They played man-to-man, which is easier to read, but it becomes more of a physical game.

Now he is the key defender, given the responsibility at times to blitz, and to play man-to-man.

"The defense is going to have to play us straight-up man-to-man with no double teams, and we're going to be tough to stop."

Illegal defense occurs when a defender plays zone rather than man-to-man.

We hadn't played man-to-man in a game this year," Stringer said, "but the players were very focused.

Bonilla stayed with him, as if he were playing man-to-man.

In the article, several Miracle players said the Liberty played a zone against them last month "because they couldn't play man-to-man."

You can't do that unless you've got the players to play man-to-man.

Karl's response was: "We don't necessarily play man-to-man, but we're legal.

Wooden said one time, 'I know if they're playing zone or man-to-man.