Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday, April Sports People Deacons' 1 1 * 1 1 says nea a< By SAM DAVIS Staff Writer Recently, the nation's best college basketball players gathered at the University of Indiana to battle for 12 positions on Coach Bobby Knight's U.S. Olympic basketball team. Among them were dark ? ^ ^^^^^h<5f?B"a^plenTy3'uffforS" moreunheralded than Wake Forest's 6-9 Anthony Teachey. For three years, Teachey played in the shadow of more polished and publicized players. But each year he played for the Deacons, Teachey improved in every aspect of his game. Finally, with Wake doing well during the final half of the '83-84 season and making it to the final eight in the NCAAs, he got his chance to shine. "Towards the end of the season, we beat some tough clubs, and that gave the team and myself some recognition," said Teachey before departing for the Olympic trials. "The seniors knew that, the further we went in the tournament, the more exposure we'd get. Since the tournament, I've been getting a lot of recognition throughout the country. 44I still have a. lot to prove," said the v lean, powerfully-built Teachey. "I've had to play out of position for four years and take on taller, stronger players. I'm a true forward that has been forced to play center. Yet Teachey believes playing center at Wake improved his chances of making both the Olympic team and the professional ranks. "I think my chances of making the Olympic team are pretfy good," said Teachey before the tryouts. "I've been told that six forwards and two centers will make the team. Since I can *> ... +*& H ^K t! * J **s ?nMP?OlttCBd t^E^B Giving It His All Ifi Calvin Rrnum tnrlnn *? ????*??*? ? - ?t y 111^ 1.VT IICJJU1IQ1C < an air traffic controller? No. The Gi placing second in the long jump for syth County's Special Olympics hek Black College Sports Delaware ? By BARRY COOPER Syndicated Columnist One of the most dramatic turnarounds in college athletics has occurred at tiny Delaw It was only five years ago that the Hor team lost one game by a staggering 105-0 s< Delaware State's other sports were in sh what with the basketball team struggling t .500 and the spring sports teams little mon & 26. 1984 i s reachey o it all again play both positions, l think my chances of making the team are increased.'* Teachey did indeed do well in the eyes of Knight, surviving the first Olympic cut. - And, though he fell victim to the second cut (as- did a number of nationallyrespected players), Teachey has come a long way both athletically and personally. Reflecting on his career at Wake Forest, Teachey said he'd do it all again if he had the chance. "Coming here to play basketball and get an education was a decision I feel will help me throughout life," he said. "It's a small school, and everyone knows you. The classes aren't large so you get personal attention from the instructors. "The athletic department stresses academics very heavily," Teachey said. "No matter how good you are, you have to attend class and do your work. A communications major, Teachey plans to receive his degree this year in summer school and, though he doesn't know when he'll need to put his education to use in'a full-time profession other than basketball, he said he's prepared for that day. "I've gotten a very good education and . met a lot of people," he said. "It has opened me up more as a person and ( prepared me for the future. You've got to have something to fall back on when your basketball days are over and I think the | school does a good job of doing that." f Teachey's also proud of the record the J Deacons achieved in '83-84. His class is i the first in Wake history to win 20 games four years in a row. And Teachev in- ( dividually is the second winningest i Please see page B3 I 5T ' t' W >Ya < |^B kl. .HI .. sf s ^^rBBr V^^^B imt M K? m ^R ^B ' ^ ^MHflBB|^^^| p XHMMi^. IBnt I season against Georgia Tech (photo by J< i with alumni Sa ~ time. On the other hand, the coach also had no idea what kind of shape former stars such as Kermit Blount, Anderson Noble, Jerome McDaniel and Marvin Morrison were in, or just how hard they would be able to play. At the end of the game, won 31-12 by his present players, Hayes was still a little confused. His team had played raggedly on offense and defense. The Rams were, in fact, actually qutgained by the alumni club and Hayes admitrking miracles y scoring and rebounding and the rest of the team providing support, the Spartans got through November and December unbeaten and their confidence grew with each win. "We played some tough road games early," Christian recalled. "In one game we were down by 12 and won and in another we won in overtime. Then we beat a tough Winston-Salem team in our first home game." As the team improved, Christian continued to preach the basics. "] L'pnt imnroceinn nnAn tViam /-* ? a I rwpi lllipl upun IIIVIU I\*J r? VJl IV IU minimize the other team's strength and they "Coaching basketball is not something I set out to do. I was an industrial engineering major and I got my first coaching job after a principal saw me play and needed a bricklaying teacher who could coach." - Charles Christian began to take pride in doing that," he said. "We set a goal to limit the opposition to 35 points per half." Christian soon began to notice an eagerness -rcr accept individual ?MWhrn the kid*? tice at 8 a.m. and they were all there and ready at seven," he said, "and all of them seemed to accept their role, whether it was starting, playing 20 minutes, or five minutes." Practicing what its coach preached and achieving its goal of holding opponents to less than 70 points per contest, Christian's team rolled up one win after another until running into pre-season favorite Virginia Union in Richmond on Jan. 26. The Spartans lost that contest in overtime as they failed to limit the powerful A m to tin athletic ; h of the Year honors. The winners in- athletic d roach Joe Purzycki, one of only two credit for ball coaches at predominantly black and brinj ; basketball Coach Stanley McDowell, from Dui Dach Fred Sowerbi, men's track Coach Their vrestling Coach Bill Collick. coaches, dible coup for the Hornets, who now it had noi ghing-stock days behind them. The man his first j for the turnaround may be DelState's ~ f ^^ KTyiI ?^PQ5t?\ a^t t t