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"They're very active, they're very big and they have great help-side (defense)," Mulkey said.
Final Four boasts tourney's top defenses in Connecticut, Baylor 2010
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I'm the help-side defender and I got there just in time. ''
USATODAY.com 2008
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Wall said the turnover improvement came from increased awareness of help-side defense on pick-and-rolls.
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` ` It's not so much playing one-on-one with the man you're guarding, I'm talking help-side defense, recognizing a breakdown and coming over and making that guy make the next pass, challenging at the rim. ''
USATODAY.com 2007
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•Brandan Wright, 6-9, 205, North Carolina: Most Valuable Player of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament; set ACC freshman single-season field-goal percentage at .646; has enormous wingspan and excellent body control; good help-side defender; an efficient offensive player who seldom strays from his comfort zone; needs to add weight and improve his strength.
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Especially against Detroit, because they play a lot of help-side defense.
USATODAY.com 2004
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When I passed halfcourt, I tried to create and go to the basket, but when I was all the way to the basket I saw a lot of help-side defenders, so I looked up and Richard was wide open and he made the play.
NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - North Carolina St vs. California 2002
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"Our help-side (defense) can't be as severe (against shooters),"
USATODAY.com - Sooners think they have defense to cool off Hoosiers 2002
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"I was there for help-side defense," said Griffin, who is from
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"There is no facet of the game that we don't need to work on, from free throws to box outs to guarding the ball to help-side defense to not turning it over," Williams said.
The Seattle Times 2012
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