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•/The Daily Tar Heel/Thursday, March 25, 1993
Tar Heels face No. 2 Volunteers in Mideast semis
By Zachary Albert
Assistant Sports Editor
It was as if Carrie McKee saw it
coming. The UNC sophomore almost
overlooked the Tar Heels’ March 21
opening-round matchup with Alabama,
prematurely claiming she was looking
forward to meeting top-seeded Tennes
see in the regionals.
“I Can’t wait to play Tennessee,”
McKee said in a March 16 press confer
ence.
McKee never got the chance to taste
those words, as she helped the Tar Heels
came from behind to ebb the Crimson
Tide, 74-73.
North Carolina had not claimed a
spot in the Sweet 16 since 1986. The
overtime win changed all that.
When UNC sophomore guard
Stephanie Lawrence canned a 3-pointer,
her only bucket of the day, in the wan
ing seconds of the extra session, the
cliffhanger was solved. When the Vols
upended Northwestern 89-66 in its tour
nament opener, the stage was set.
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ketball team has something to prove
tonight. The upstart Tar Heels hope to
earn the role of giant-killer against a
perennial women’s hoops powerhouse
in the NCAA Mideast Regional in lowa
City, lowa.
The No. 2 Volunteers swagger into
the Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a
highly-acclaimed history of tournament
highlights. Tennessee has garnered 12
NCAA berths in as many years, along
with seven Final Four appearances and
three national championships.
North Carolina, however, has not
enjoyed similar success in post-season
play, posting a 3-6 all-time record since
the program’s inception in 1975.
Tennessee romped through the SEC
regular season, winning all 11 contests,
until stumbling in the conference finals
to No. I Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels
finished third in the ACC, compiling an
11-5 record against conference foes.
In all previous meetings with the
Vols, UNC has triumphed once in 11
tries. That victory came seven years ago
in Carmichael Auditorium.
What does this all mean? UNC guard
Tonya Sampson says nothing. “On any
given night, any team can be beaten.”
UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell
expresses the same sentiments, but for
her, the complexion of the game takes
on a much more personal meaning.
Hatchell and Vols coach Pat Summitt
both attended Tennessee graduate
school from 1974-75. While Summitt
signed on as coach of the varsity squad,
Hatchell coached the JV team.
“Pat and I are very good friends,”
Hatchell said. “We talk a lot, we went to
school together, but when we go out on
tlft floor, all that will be forgotten.”
Hatchell will rely on the big-game
play of Sampson, who leads the team
and the ACC in scoring, piling up 21.2
points per game. After a recent bout
with bronchitis, Ms. Clutch bounced
back to tally 30 points against the Tide.
The Tar Heel frontcourt boasts 6-
foot-0 forward Charlotte Smith and 6-5
junior Sylvia Crawley. Smith chips in
15.2 points per contest and leads the
squad in boardwork, husking in 9.2
rebounds per game.
On the other side of the court, Ten
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Lisa Harrison at one forward slot. The
senior leads the team in scoring and
rebounding, averaging 14.3 points and
9.5 boards per outing. Peggy Evans and
Dana Johnson alternate at center, com
bining for 23 ppg and 12 rpg.
Backcourt skills are the forte of
sophomore guard Tiffany Woosley, who
contributes 11.5 ppg and a team-high
3,1.7 minutes per contest. The 5-foot-6
Woosley has also shown range from
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beyond the arc, knocking down 43 treys
on the season.
While the matchup may be tabbed as
the new stranger versus the town bully,
rCTfflfffffWUNC point-guard Jill Suddreth (6.lppg) has shown she
bring the ball up the court, but hasn’t been a consis-
O | i-j- r-1 I tent offensive force. Senior Toni Montgomery has earned
Z the start at off-guard, but is also gun-shy. Tar Heel reserve
S Stephanie Lawrence has shown she can nail the clutch
E-t E_s three. The Vols’ Tiffany Woosley (11.5 ppgjshould shine.
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q advantage into the paint. However, height (or lack
Z thereof) is a problem for the 6-foot duo of forward Lisa
Sjj Harrison and center Peggy Evans, who rank 1-2 in scoring
H for the Vols. Tonya Sampson can dominate a big game.
:BMn™ The Tar s may be in for a workout. North Carolina’s
top reserves Lawrence, Gwendolyn Gillingham and
O Irt r*ll Carrie McKee, combine for only 15.0 ppg. Outside of
Z Jyjfy these three, nobody else plays any real minutes. While
I UNC has three players that net more than 30 minutes per
|H • ■ game, only one Volunteer plays better than half an hour.
■ J7|PT3|T||TjßSylvia Hatchell has done an excellent job of turning the
Heel program into an ACC contender. However, in
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jg “ victory in three NCAA tries. The Vols Pat Summitt
hj USubmprs owns more wins than any other coach in thebrackets: 34-
p CJi 8* seven Final Fours, three national crowns. Enough said.
I[|]W|TmnnTC>K, so Tonya Sampson isn’t an intangible, but her game
is. As Sampson goes, so go the Tar Heels. Also, UNC has
§ 'T'im 1 nothing to lose, and everything to prove. If the players can
Z maintain their composure, North Carolina could make
W things interesting. However, UT could be on a Final Four
mission after losing to Georgia in the SEC tournament.
Tennessee 86, UNC 72 —Compiled by Zachary Albert
UNC hopes to use this game as a spring
board to NCAA clout. Anything can
happen, says Sampson.
Who knows...
Fond goodbyes to Duke’s
monopoly of NCAA news
Pardon me while I wipe a few tears
off the keyboard. The Midwest Region
plays its semifinals tonight, and the
Duke Blue Devils are a notable absen
tee.
Duke seniors Bobby Hurley and Tho
mas Hill have played their last basket
ball game as collegians, falling short of
their accustomed perch atop the basket
ball world. The fall of the Berlin Wall
got less press coverage.
Hundreds of seniors laced up their
sneakers last fall to play their last sea
son of college hoops. As of now, only
two of those have national champion
ship rings.
Hurley and Hill are those two. They’ll
both be playing at the next level this fall,
making more money in a few seasons
than I’ll ever see in my pathetic exist
ence, and they both have the most cher
ished prize in the sport twice over.
My heart bleeds.
According to the media, it should.
When I awoke Sunday morning, con
tent that Jason Kidd and company had
ensured that I wouldn’t have to hear any
Dookie lauding until November, the
media charades were far from over. In
fact, they had just begun.
There was the Camelot squad and
their coach hogging the TV screen yet
again. There was that Mike Krzyzewski
press conference over and over again.
And there were the announcers feeling
sorry for him. A virtual Duke eulogy.
This is no knock on Krzyzewski. All
but two coaches (the NCAA and NIT
champs) must comfort seniors who con
clude their careers on a losing note, and
that elicits emotion
But Krzyzewski is certainly not alone
is having to deal with it it’s not a
novelty, it’s a part of every college
sport.
This is a knock on the media. The
canonization of Duke has become ad
dictive, and it’s snowballing. The Blue
Devils now become a story even when
they’re not.
The Cal win was deemed the biggest
upset of the tournament. Many teams
will (and should) take offense to that
statement.
A decent at best Duke team with little
depth, which lost eight games and its
ACC tourney first-round game, falling
to a strong California squad from a
tough conference is not the upset of the
tournament. A sixth seed over a third
seed? Please.
How about Western Kentucky? The
Hilltoppers, who lost their top two scor
ers from a mediocre season ago, beat
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Cremins
returns to
Gamecocks
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. Bobby
Cremins resigned as basketball coach
at Georgia Tech on Wednesday to
run the program at South Carolina,
his alma mater.
“I would like to end my college
career where I started it, and that’s
right here in Columbia,” Cremins
said.
The 45-year-old coach led the
Gamecocks to national recognition
as a player in the late 19605. He spent
12 years at Georgia Tech, compiling
a 240-135 record. Cremins’ overall
record is 340-205.
Cremins replaces Steve Newton,
who resigned Jan. 18 when an inter
nal report detailed five secondary
NCAA violations.
“The past few days have been very
trying for me,” Cremins said. The
coach saidhe talked with former USC
coaches George Felton and Frank
McGuire before accepting the job.
*1 wanted to come, but the players
and die Georgia Tech people were
holding me back” because of theft
pleas for him to stay, Cremins said.
A published report had said most
of the Tech players called Cremins
Monday night in an attempt to per
suade him to stay.
Cremins was met with applause
from a large crowd that jammed a
university lounge as he entered the
news conference. “I hope you’re still
clapping after the first year,” he said.
Carter
Toole
Assitant I
Sports Editor f
Seton Hall, a
team many
people picked to
win the whole
thing.
Southern?
The Jaguars,
sporting 10
first-or second
year players,
spanked ACC
champ Georgia
Tech by 15 after
being down by
14.
George Washington? The Colonials
were, get this, 1-27 just four seasons
ago. Now they are in the Sweet 16 after
two convincing tournament wins.
And what about, for God’s sake, Santa
Clara? The Broncos fell to Stanford, the
last-place team in the Pac 10, by 31
earlier in the season. But they beat Pac
-10 champ Arizona in the first round,
becoming just the second 15th seed to
top a No. 2 seed in the NCAAs.
But these teams got less press in the
thrill of victory than Duke got in the
contrived agony of defeat. Why? Re
porters cited emotion. Reporters cited
class.
Duke had lost, yes, but look how
much class they showed in defeat!
They.’ re still the program everyone looks
up to! They do it both on the court and
in the classroom!
Wow. I’d never seen emotion in a
hoops game before. I never knew
Krzyzewski pioneered the term “stu
dent-athlete”. I never knew I’d find the
Laettners, Parks and Hurleys of the
world next to the definition of “class” in
Webster’s.
You want emotion? Try Santa Clara.
Try Southern. Try George Washington.
Or even Rider. That’s why they invite
64 teams to give lesser-known pro
grams the ultimate high, a chance to
channel all their emotions into scaring
the big-time programs.
You want class? Try Southern coach
Ben Jobe, 60, who, after the biggest win
of his life, told a reporter that he hated to
beat his former coaching roommate
Bobby Cremins because “he needs this
more than I do, I’m old and on my way
out.”
That’s class and that warrants more
credit and attention than that school in
Durham losing a basketball game.
Reminds me of another coach from
these parts that doesn’t get as much
credit as he deserves. And he’s still in
the tournament.