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SAT.. FEBRUARY 23. 1932 THE CAROLINA TIKES -5 . y . . ...... . , j, Tourney Epidemic Approaching By Elson Armstrong, Jr. All sports andjion sports fans should be warned that there is a great epidemic rapidly u approaching and , both groups should be told of the. side effects of the fever' that will in time engulf . million of Americans from coast to coast. It's called basketball post season tournament , fever. It will begin dur ing the waning weeks of February and will last well into March, reaching it's peak on the last Monday in March in New Orleans when the two NCAA finalists due battle for the national championship. Over the next month or , so, there, will be all sorts of cage tour naments ranging from high school J.V.'s to the big boys of the NCAA. During 'this time of year, cage fans virtually go crazy as they follow their- favorites through rounds of conference, district, regional, and finally, if they're lucky, national competition. 4 Radios and televisions are in constant use and requests for tickets can reach ridiculous propor tions. f )-. 'In , reeent ; times women's V basketball, noting the uccess of male tournaments, have ot into the act and now - e ladies fully take part in the post season madness. In North Carolina, the high schools will con clude regular season play this week and over th,e next four weeks all classifications (1-A ,' 2-A, 3-A, 4-A) will play "Russian Roulette" to decide eventual state champions in men's and women's basketball. On the collegiate level, the women will begin play during the last week of this month while the -men will take : to the court during the first week Of March. In this area, there will be a feast of tour naments to chose from, the ClAA Women's Tournament will take place in Durham at North Carolina Central, N.C. State will host the ACC Women's Tourna ment in Raleigh. In men's play, the ,ACC, the biggest and most pretigious con ference tournament in America, will tip off n the Greensboro ' Col iseum from March 5-7 with the finals being" broadcast nationally on NBC-TV. The CIAA, America's Hazel Plummer Bowling Scores The Hazel B. Plummer Bowling League scores for February 15: Ladies high game: 191-Erma Reid, 191 -Flo Roberson, 191-Priscilla Malloy. Ladies high series: 531-Erna Reid, 526-Flo Roberson, 473-Dee Plummer. Men's high game: 223, 210, 200-Charles Parker, 204-Linwood Taylor, 204-Wallace Royal. Men's high series: 633-Charles Parker, bw-joe Garner, 538-Adolph Caviness. Others: 201 -JOe Garner, 201 533-Ronald Miller, 529-T-Birrj : Roberson, 506-George Thome. Four-game winners: Rovers. Split Conversions: Howard Fitts, 3-7-10. High Team Game: 860, Jive Five. High Team Series: 2303, Jive Five. biggest predominantly "black ' tournament, will hold it's shoot out at the Scope in Norfolk, Va, The MEAC, another f major black tournament, will be held at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem from March 4-6. That's only the begin ning. After the con ference champions have been decided,, then it's on to regional play. North Carolina will be: the site of the NCAA Regional preliminaries in Charlotte and the , Eastern Semi-Finals and Finals will be held at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. There will be countless games broadcast on the cable-tv systems, so the average cage fan should have more than enough action to satisfy his. or her apetite. The teams are on their mark and just waiting for the word "Go!" and, I hope your team is suc cessful. If not, enjoy the action anywav. There'll be plenty of it. Commentary Continued N.C. Central Basketball - " It has been brought to my attention that my commentary on the cur ' rent state of N.C. Cen tral's basketball program has caused somewhat of a stir in various parts of the Durham community and on the NCCU Cam- une tagie supporter who called the Times to say thijt I could get more . of a story if I went to the campus and interviewed players and students. Oddly enough, I had planned to do just that. Regretfully, another concerned caller did not leave a name (I was out of the office when the call came in) and I would like to get in touch with ..this person, immediately because this person of fered touch valuable in formation concerning, the Eagles' cage for tunes. My home number can be obtained from The Carolina Times. I'also understand that one comment in my story has caused some' "depression" among NCCU players. The statement, "schools such as NCCU have to settle -for the crumbs", was not made by me it was made by an Eagle fan who felt that all the real ly talented players would go to schools such as Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, N.C. State, or Georgetown because these schools simply of fered larger scholarships and got more media at tention than schools such as NCCU. In my opinion, NCCU has no so-called "crumbs" On it's team, -but let's face it, the North Carolina. Central could very well build the same sort of pipe line. Tragically, many black players have been' exploited by the bigger schools. Central could use this appeal when recruiting. They could tell their prospects that , Eagles aren't, likely to get Hunter; MicfraeUordofl, receive their degrees and etc., tor the reason that this disgruntled fan gave, the bigger schools can ex- offer them more and, if I vhad basketball talent, I would make a large school my first choice. I still say that there is so much talent in this area (and from what I hear walking around on the NCCU campus) that the Eagles can become a winner if they just put strong support behind recruiting them. For various reasons, not all locally talented players want to go to the ACC schools. Many black players would prefer to play at a predominantly black school and thisls where I think NCCU has blown it! Just look at other so called small ' college basketball rosters and you will find at least one player from the Durham Raleigh area on it. Heck, there's a junior college in Merced, California that consistently fields cham pionship teams with players from Eastern they will never be ploited by NCCU. I didn't mean to demoralize the current Eagle squad with last week's column. It's not their fault. The situation at NCCU happened over a long period of time. I did intend to focus atten tion to the current NCCU situation and I make no apologies for that. I welcome letters or other responses from you. tp knowVwhat.your ; Finally, again f say to" that concerned (anonymous) NCCU supporter with the wealth of information, give me a call. I'd like to follow up on it. ; ' ' r i J PV ORK-.fieorRe Foster smileS as he holds up his new f ivevear, $10 million contract durino t First A Reader's Viewpoint Virginia Survives Wolf pack Scare By Elson Armstrong, Jr. For a while it seemed as if newly crowned No. 1 Virginia was destined to leave it's lofty posi tion on the floor of N.C. State's rowdy Reynolds Coliseum last Wednes day night. With State trailing 37-36 and 12,400 roaring fans on their feet, the Wolfpack's Dereck Whittenburg launched a 20-footer with five seconds left that bounc ed off the rim into the waiting hands of UVa's Ralph Sampson and the, Cavaliers had survived a major scare. Sampson was im mediately fouled with 1982 NCCU Football Season Tickets On Sale We're offering the five-game 1982 season tickef at $25 lor adults, $20 for students, and $10 for children 12 and under. (The season ticket price schedule is normally $30 for adults, $20 for students, and $10 for children, 12 and under.) We can offer this special savings to you tor a limited time only. After Ilay 31 , season ticket prices will be at the regular price of 530 for adults, 520 for students and 510 for children, 12 and under. But do not wait until May 31! The sooner you purchase your ticket, the better your reserved seat will be. If you had season tickets in 1981. the seats you held will be reserved for you until Monday,, March 1. We are looking forward to our third winninq season in CIAA olav. We have en- oyed a measure of success the past two years. We won the CIAA Championship n 1980 and the Southern Oivision Crown in '81. We finished second to Va. Union. We have a very attractive home schedule for your entertainment. Featured are two teams that played in the NCAA Division II playoffs - Va. Union and Elizabeth City State. Our home slate: September 11th Virginia Union; September 18th -Winston-Salem State; October 23rd - Elizabeth City State; November 6th -Johnson CI Smith for Homecoming; November 13th - North Carolina A&T State, You may purchase your season ticket at the Athfetic Office or order by mail A small handling charge will be added if you ask us to mail your tickets Join us as the Eagles continue to Fly High in 1982, i' ,- three seconds left. He calmly made his free throws and Virginia won' it's 23rd game against , won loss 39-36. State chose to slow the tempo from the very beginning and they never let Virginia pull out to any kind of comfortable lead. In fact, the Cavaliers' aggressive play got them into foul trouble, therefore the , Wolf pack was able to run it's motion offense nearly to perfection. State held a 24-23 lead at the half. In the second half, the lead went back and forth until the 4:28 mark when State, trailing 37-36, decided to tempt the fate and hold for the last shot. UVa stayed back in a zone and let the 'Pack run the time off. With :17 seconds left. State called time out to set up the Whittenburg shot attempt. State Coach Jim Valvano said, "The shot was there, it just didn't go. If it had there . would've been a lot of celebrating." ,, On this night, the only celebrating was in the ' .Virginia locker room. . Notes: An informal poll of writers at this game showed that most of them favor Virginia to win the national cham pionship im March. Most also felt that North Carolina would also 1 make" the final four. ' Ralph Sampson only scored 11 points, but. he was still "Ralphf" Duke: continues to "' puzzle -'everyone. This time they lost to Stetson 88-81. , The finals of the ACC Torunament (March 7) will be broadcast on na tional tv. ; , I read the February 13, 1982 Cbmmentary: "Why Can't .N.C. Cen tral Win In Basketball" with interest and pain. I have the same concern as Mr. Elson Armstrong Jr. and wonder why N.C.C.U can't win in basketball, particularly since the team is com prised of some very talented young men. While I understand the pain and frustration that Mr. Arrnstrong must feel when he is asked why his Alma Mater is flying so low in basketball, it does not justify categorizing fine, sensitive, talented young men as "crumbs". Maybe this is one reason why the team is not winning. I am also sure that the student athletes who are members of the team suffer much pain and can't perform at their best knowing that such opinions exist at the Last Shift Bowling Scores The Last Shift Bowling League scores for February 11: Ladies high 'game: 229-Bernice Shipes. Ladies high series: 530-Bernice Snipes, 495-Rosa Taylor. Men's high game: 201-Charles Parker, 200-Eric Roberson, 197-Leroy Walters. 193-Charles "Bo-Jim" Parker. 192-Buck Parker. Men's high series: 549-Charles "Bo-Jim" Parker. 534-Buck Parker,. 508-Eric Roberson. . 498-Charles Wilkins. ' High Team Game: 836-Four B's. , High Team Series: 2387-Four B's. Let's give a hand to: Nancy Rowland for making a 4-7-10 split. Eison's NCAA Top Ten 1. Virginia 2. - North Carolina 3. DePaul . 4. Tulsa 5. Georgetown,. DC 6; Fresno State 7. Oregon State 8. West Virginia 9. Iowa ' 10Wakf Forestldahp i community level. Obviously, there are some major problems which need to be iden tified and resolved. The current basketball team has talent. There are three former starting players for Jordan Miuh School (1980 State Champions) a Chancellor Scholar-high school all-stare and other local and non-local talented players. The majority of N.C.C.U. basketball players could have chosen other schools to attend. Yes, some of those schools are predominately white institutions. What N.C.C.U, does have is a group of talented athletes who are good students. These students Chose N.C.C.U.. because they wanted an educa tion and wanted to play basketball for a Hornet Boys Team Wins Two By B. Dawson Last week, Hillside's varsity team took a need ed Elig Six Conference victory over Roxboro Person, 52-46. Hillside stands at 4-4 in con ference play after losing to unbeaten Chapel Hill Tigers, 87-57, on Friday in Chapel Hill. Hillside . entertained Roxboro by taking a 15-10 first period lead, ' but Roxboro rallied mid way through the second period to go up over . Hillside 20-19 with 3:40 left in the first half. It was Roxboro's only lead, as the Hornets played solid "D" defense for the re mainder of the contest. Leading 29-24 at the start of the third period, Hillside quickly fan up a 39-29 cushion with 1:45 left in the third period. Hornet senior guard Steve Reed provided two outside jumpers early in the fourth! period to lift (Continued on Page 7) predominately black school. Thgy also believ ed that it could be done: that is they believed that they could contribute something to the school and be a participant in the building of a winning ii.ii. .V), what . ae problem? Maybe there is another side to be told.t such as broken promises by the administration and poor leadership. Name withheld hv request -. ; EetiFeimaeoaft Santraettlhninig To -Simile AtoonattS An Individual Retirement Account could add glitter to your golden yean. Visit any of our convenient Raleigh locations. Well give you die (acts about IRA Accounts because with YOU'RE SOMEBODY SPECIAL! r l MECHANICS & k JFARUERSBAIIK ..J ' 118 Wast Parrish Street 'ki PawattKvitiA strut 411 E. Chanel Hilt Strteli tat iim aaa a I
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