Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bruins fell behind, 10-2, after the tip-off, as the Crimson opened in a zone defense designed to block Phil Brown, the league's leading leaper, off the boards...
...junior failed to snare the pill through the game's first 14 minutes, but his teammates came on strong when Sanders pulled his team out of the zone. The Bruins went ahead, 14-13, and battled head-on with Harvard, albeit without Brown's rebounds, to trail only 31-30 at halftime...
Harvard again came out skating hard in the second period, and the Crimson's gogo offensive style of sending all three forwards deep into the attacking zone began to wear the Terriers down...
When opponents first get the ball in their own backcourt, the Bruins use a 2-2-1 zone press-harassing the man with the ball all the way to midcourt...
Throughout the game Rohan used a half-court zone defense that employed elements of man-to-man. He stayed with that unusual defense until 1:59 was left; Harvard had possession of the basketball and a 59-53 lead. Then Rohan whistled to his team to apply full-court pressure. Sanders called for a freeze (a tactic that Penn and Princeton used effectively last weekend against the Crimson), and despite a few last-second jitters Harvard withstood the pressure...