-THE CAROLINA TIMES, SAT., FEBRUARY 27, 1982
ACC Tournament A
Hot Time In The City
: By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
In the world of sports
there are events . and
there are EVENTS with
a capital "E". In pro
football there is only one
Super Bowl; in baseball,
nothing matches the
magic of the World
Series; in horse racing,
no event holds the magic
of the Kentucky Derby;
and, even though the
Rose Bowl hasn't decid
ed a collegiate national
champion in years, it is
still the most watched
bowl on New Year's
Day.
When it comes to col
legiate conference post
season tournaments, the
ACC showcase in March
long ago took it's place
among the heavies of the
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. Since . Jhe Atlantic
Coast Conference was
formed in 1954, the first
week of March has been
highlighted by this
basketball ritual that has
been both praised and
cursed. Yet, it has grown
to mammoth propor
tions with time.
From 1954 to 1966,
the ACC Tournament
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was nciu uu uic campus
of N.C. State University
in Raleigh since State's
Reynolds' Coliseum was
the biggest arena in the
league. Needless to say,
State won more than it's
fare share of tourney
titles Hnrincr thic ci-ian In
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the fifties, led by Everett
Case, the infamous State
mentor who has been1
credited with bringing,
big time basketball to the
ACC, the Wolfpack was
on the prowl and usually
ruled the classic.
In the early sixties,
Wake Forest, under the
leadership of the colorful
"Bones" McKinney (a,
Durham native), took
center stage as the
Deacons soared to dizzy
ing heights.
From 1963 to 1966,.
Vic Bubas took the Duke
Hornets
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ing (he first period. "
Antwain Smith scored
16 points followed by
Stanley James who con
nected for 12. John "Sky
Walker" Davis tossed in
10 for the Hornets.
The rpundball season
has ended for the
Hornets and tCoach
Williamj says he is .
definitely pleased with
his team's performance
for the season.
Coach Graves and his
Bulldogs have the State
4-A playoffs in mind. '
They must take on
defending 4-A State
champion Chapel Hill ;
Tigers Friday, Feb. 26,
in Chapel Hill. Graves
believes the Bulldogs can
go all the way. He said
the 'Dogs would not try
anything special against
the unbeaten Tigers, but
would rely on senior for
ward Perkins to shut out
Chapel Hill's All-Big Six
Conference senior center
John ' Davis. Davis is ';
averaging around 20
points per game for the
Tigers. 1
top
the
Blue Devils to the
and Duke owned
ACC prize.
Dean Smith of North;
. Carolina made his
presence felt beginning;
in 1967 when the Tar1
Heels' won their first:
. tournament in ten years.
During the span of 1967,
' 68 and 69, Dean Smith's
teams won the ACC
regular season, ihe tour
nament, and the Eastern,
Regionals for each of
those years. No other
coach has matched that
feat yet.
With the expansions
of coliseums in
Charlotte, Greensboro,
and later Landover,
Maryland, the ACC bid.
a farewell to Raleigh;
after 1966. Most of the!
time it has been played in'
Greensboro , but ; the
ACC tourney fever; has
now reached epidemic
levels.
The event has changed
the life style of many
persons from Maryland
to Georgia.
. While 15-16,000 lucky
, fans pack the arena, the:
rest of the region cranks
up the television sets and
radios. Bars and hotels
display the action on the
big , screens. Office
workers, nurses, doc
tors, school children and
politicians often ask each
other, "what's the
score?"
The arena takes on the
appearance of a political
convention as.
homemade signs are
waived and spectators ;
wildly cheer for their
favorite heroes.
Ticket scalping, .
although illegal, is at a
premium and tickets can
cost up to $500. In 1980,
one zealot was offering
his wife to anyone who
had two extra ducats!
The tournament has'
been called a rich
person's holiday with
some amount of truth
because to get on - the
ticket list at any ACC;
school, one must be a'
heavy contributor to said
institution's booster
club(s). There are a cou
ple of hundred tickets
allotted to each school
for the students which
are usually dispensed by
a lottery system.
Like any great event,
the ACC has it's golden
memories. The best
game ever took place
between N.C. State and
Maryland in the 1974
finals. These were two of
the best teams ever field
ed in this league.
Maryland had John
Lucas, Tom McMillen,
and Mo Howard. State
was led by David
Thompson, Monte Towe
and Tom Burleson. The
game was a classic. Back
and forth the war went
and at the end of regula
tion, the scored stood
97-97. State pulled it out
in overtime, 103-100 and
later went on to win the
NCAA Title. For
Maryland, the loss was a
bitter pill. Fans still
recall the tears rolling
down Durham's John
Lucas' cheeks as State
accepted the big trophy.
.The best tournament
was in 1975 as every
; game was a nail-biter.
Over three days of action
each contest was decided
by six points or less.
North Carolina beat
State 70-66 in the cham
pionship game. ' -Two
' tournaments
stand out for the unex
pected. In 1960,
unheralded Duke went
I on a three-day binge and
upset the applecart and
walked off as cham
pions. In 1976, Virginia did
likewise and won it's
first and thus far only
tourney title with a stun
ning upset of No. 3 rank
ed North Carolina 67-62.
In 1970, when South
Carolina lost to N.C.:
State, USC Coach Frank
McGuire refused to ac
cept the . runner-up
: trophy.
For the last four years,!
the tourney title has beeni
voUeyed between Duke
and North Carolina (the
.two teams actually only
;met once in the title
game during this span
when UNC won in 1979).
UNC beat Maryland
61-60 in Landover last
year.
Since it's inception,
only three non-North
Carolina based teams
have won the tourna
ment Maryland-1 958,
South CaroIina-1971,
Virginia-1976.
Clemson is the only
charter ACC member
that's never won the
tournament-. (Georgia
Tech joined the league in
1980.) -
Incredibly, since
Ralph Sampson has been
at Virginia, the Cavaliers
have yet to play in the ti
tle game, a fact that
could be remedied this
year.
Lefty Driesell, . the
coach of Maryland, has
the hardest luck in the
classic. He has never ;
won it, but he has come
in" a close second five I
times, often Osingby
three points or Jess.
. This year's classic will
take place in Greensboro
from March 6 through 8
and there's not a hotel
room to be had in the
Gate City. But take
heart, cage fans, all the
action will be broadcast
live on television.
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LOWNESBORO, ALA. Civil rights marchers look on as seventeen years ago during the Selma to Montgomery march.
Tony Liuzzo of Detroit places a heart-shaped wreath near the - The spot where Mrs. Liuzzo was killed is several miles west of
spot his mother, Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, was killed by nightriders here on Highway 80.
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Vince Taylor Exits Duke In Grand Style
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
Eleven minutes before
the tip-off of the Duke
Clemson game on
February 24 in' Durham,
Vince Taylor was
presented to the crowd
because the contest
would be his last home
game. The crowd of over
8,300 gave the Lex
ington, Kentucky native
a rousing reception that
lasted several minutes.
As Vince Taylor stood
alone in the spotlight,
the throng screamed!
"Let's Go Vince!"
A couple of hours and
three overtimes later,:
Taylor, who's often call
ed "Vince the Prince",
had turned in a royal
performance that will
take it's place among the
Cameron Stadium an
nals of great performances.
St. Paul's Gets
$265,000 In Grants
NCAA
Top Ten
1. Virginia
- 2. North Carolina
3. DePaul
4.. Kentucky
5. Fresno State
5.- West Virginia
7. Oregon State
8. Missouri
9. Idaho
10. Tulsa
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RICHMOND Dr.
S. ; Dallas Simmons,
president of Saint Paul's
College, Lawrenceville,
Virginia, announced last
week the receipt of
$265,000 in grants from
private sources during
the last quarter of J981.
"This will in part offset
nationwide . ,cuts;, in
federal aid," he saicr&
Simmons made the in
nouncement at a meewng
of the- Finance commit
tee of the college.
The United . States
Steel Foundation of Pitt
sburgh, Pa., gave
$25,000 for. science
equipment.
The George I. Alden
Trust of . Worcester,
Mass., initiated an Alden
Trust Scholarship Fund
with a gift of $25,000
with promise of a second
$25,000 when matched
by other gifts.
The Teagle Founda
tion of New York City
gave $15,000 for scholar
ships, and The Lettie
Pate Whitehead Founda
tion of Atlanta, Georgia
has made gifts of
$20,000 for scholarships
for women at Saint
Paul's College.
From the estate of
Mary Alice Whaley of
Morristown, New
Jersey, came $75,000 for
endowment. A bequest
from the estate of Mary
Niven Alston of New
York City in the amount
of $50,000 will come to
the college later in 1982.
Large Virginia gifts
have been received from
Pecht Distributors of
Lawrenceville for science
equipment and for the .
band; from Wheat First
Securities and the Ruth
Camp Campbell
Charitable Trust for
books; from The Perry
Foundation of Charlot
tesville for, the New
President's Discre
tionary Fund, and from
the Treakle Foundation,
an unrestricted gift.
A Richmond friend of
the college has pledged
$30,000 for a three-for-
one challenge, the entire
$120,000 thus obtained'
to be used to repair"
buildings and grounds.
President Simmons,
with the counsel of facul
ty and staff, is preparing
a flexible, long-range
plan, fqr presentation in
late spring to the Board
of Trustess of the Col
lege. This will form the
framework for future
development plans.
which the college u pur
suing are: Scholarship
aid to replace in part lost
federal funding;
$100,000 each year for
the decade of the 1980's
for library acquisitions;
rehabilitation ... ofthe
largest men's dormitory;
and, funds to build endowment.
Orange Voters To Meet
Candidates Sunday
The Northern Orange
Black Voters' Alliance
for Political Progress is
sponsoring a "Meet the
Candidates Forum" on
Sunday, February 28, at
Lee's Chapel Baptist
Church in Cedar Grove,
at 3 p.m. Carr, Cedar
Grove and Tolars voting
area leaders will coor
dinate the affair.
Information will be
given on registration
procedures and special
registration dates.
All political can
didates for the June elec-
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tion are invited to par
ticipate. For additional
, information, candidates
may contact Ms. Rosetta
Moore at 732-2402.
The public is invited to
? attend.
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Oddly enough, this
game was played on a
day that seemed destined
to be remembered by
Durhamites for other
things than a Duke
basketball game. After
all, the Blue Devils, with
a record of 9-15, were
finishing up one of their
worst seasons in decades.
Clemson -at 13-11 had
been a major disappoint
ment. Even a Durham
sports editor had said
that afternoon that
Vince Taylor would not
be greatly remembered
five years from now.
Duke fans like other
Triangle residents seem
ed more concerned with
the weather as February
24 had seen the
temperature in
downtown Durham
reach an unseasonable
high of 84 thus
Cameron Indoor
Stadlatn that night for
many was just a stop off
to continue their early
celebrations of Spring.
In the end, Vince
Taylor was the center of
a wild mid-court celebra
tion that was worthy of a -championship
game as
Taylor was swept up on
the collective shoulders
of the happy mob.
All Taylor had done
that night was scored 35
points, including the
winning basket, made
several defensive plays
two that eventually
saved the marathon con
test for Duke and
grabbed six rebounds in
a Hollywood-type effort
as Duke finally won
73-72 in triple overtime.
The first half was
'roughly played as bodies
scrambled and fell all
over the floor. Clemson
went on top at the inter
mission 39-32. -
In the second half,
Duke slowly but steadily
got back into the game
finally catching Clemson
with Tom Emma's
18-foot bomb from the
top of the key which tied
the score at 62 with 4:02
left in regulation.
The Tigers turned the
ball over and Duke held
for the last shot. With
:021eft, Mike Tissaw was
fouled, but he threw up a
brick and the game went
into the first overtime.
Both teams traded a
bucket each in the extra
period. Again Duke held
for the last shot only to
see Doug McNeely slip
and fall, losing control,
and the game went into
the second overtime
locked in a 64-all strug
gle. This period was nearly
a carbon copy of the
previous one as both
clubs swapped baskets.
Duke holds for one, but
Engelland's driving shot
is picked off. Oemson
races tip 'court with a
chance for victory but
David Shaffer (a,
Durham native) missed
from close in, largely
because he had to adjust
his shot with (you guess
ed it) Vince Taylor
breathing down his neck.
In the tryrd overtime,
both 'teams upped the
tempo - and Clemson
went on top 72-71 with
1 :06 to go. Taylor nearly
became the goat here as
he missed a shot from
the key, then fouled
Vince Hamilton of
Clemson. Hamilton
missed and Taylor re
bounded, the Devils
worked it around with
:27 left. Taylor banked
one in off the glass and
the crowd went into a
trenzy. , as uemson
smiphf tct win it. Tavlnf
torced Hamilton to lose;
control of the ball at-mid-court
with one se
cond to go. The fans
danced in "Devilirium"
as the victory finally
belonged to Duke.
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BOSTON Anti-abortion crusader Dr. Mildred F, Jeffer
fn launched her candidacy for the Republican nomination to
oppose Sen." Edward M. Kennedy,
rally.
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