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Last year’s success leaves men’s
basketball team hungry for more
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ASST. Sports Editor
On UNC Wilmington Head Coach
Jerry Wainwright’s desk a quote reads,
“Determination: Some people dream of
success, while others wake up and work
hard at it,” For years, the UNCW men’s
basketball team dreamed of winning the
Colonial Athletic Association Conference
Tournament and advancing to the NCAA
tournament.
Last year this dream became a reality,
as the Seahawks fought past an up and
down 18-12 regular season and posted
their first CAA championship and trip to
the Big Dance. In what was the most ex
citing time to date for the program,
UNCW was catapulted into the national
spotlight in the week leading up to the
NCAA tournament. There were inter
views, TV appearances, and even a wild
party thrown at Trask during Selection
Sunday, where the Seahawks learned that
they would face number one ranked Cin
cinnati.
The Seahawks were ultimately domi
nated by a score of 64 to 47; nonetheless,
UNCW received their fu-st real taste of
success and a name as a mid-conference
major.
“There is no question that a NCAA
Tournament appearance gives a program
credibility. From a program perspective,
it enhances recruiting. It was another
jumping off point from a program on the
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Junior Ed Williams adds to his 28 point total in
Monday night’s rout over Bowling Green.
rise," Wainwright said. “1
was really happy for our
city. It was a storybook
ending.”
Returnees
This year, the book
has a new chapter Char
acters who are no longer
on this team include de
parted graduates guard
Raymond Ferine, for
wards Danny Dahl and
Victor Ebong and center
Oleg Kojenets. The
Seahawks return three
starters, including an ex
perienced backcourt and
Marcus Green, a starling
center who came on late
in la.st year's tournament.
Green, a senior froin
Wilmington, has not av
eraged more than 3.6
points a game in a season,
but has always been a sig
nificant leader on and off
the court.
“We came out of no
where last year. We want
to work harder than last
year,” the second-year
captain said.
One of the players that
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SGA plans for outdoor commencement in May
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Seniors graduating in May 2001 have
voiced their opinions about graduation
issues and the class gift and the senior
class government is making an effort to
change preexisting procedures to ac
commodate the type of ceremony se
niors desire. Changes will include an
outdoor commencement and a senior
gift that is both a landmark and a phil
anthropic effort.
Aaron Davis, the senior class presi
dent, is leading the way in these efforts
and he is getting results. Davis has be
gun a new tradition at UNCW in the
form of a club called “Senior Chal
lenge,” which will focus on issues per
taining only to seniors. The club is not
yet official and is in the process of be
ing registered.
The survey that was sent out last
month to all seniors through the college
email system was an idea spawned from
the club’s first ad-hoc meetings.
The questions on the survey pertained
mainly to graduation and the senior class
gift. The survey also had space for stu
dents to make comments.
Lorie Smith, a senior environmental
science major, liked the fact that she had
a voice in these decisions.
“I was definitely glad to see the sur
vey. We at least got to have a say in [the
process],” Smith said.
At the last Student Government As
sociation (SGA) meeting, Davis said that
the survey was a success. Several ini
tiatives he had been lobbying for were
agreed on by seniors and have been fi
nalized. Seniors will graduate in school
colors instead of cap and gowns, and the
senior class gift will be the combination
of a landmark on campus and a dona
tion of volunteer hours to the campus.
Davis also said that the graduation
will be a single ceremony held outside.
The only indoor venue available for
graduation is Trask Coliseum. If gradu
ation were held there, the ceremony
would be split into two, and only two
tickets would be allotted per graduate.
This caused controversy as many seniors
feh that an outdoor ceremony would al
low seniors to invite more family and
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