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ii ini"iirk"tif""'Jr Tuesday, March 7, 1967 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Page 5 Be nmis Sanders I For K. C, A Day In his college days, he was freshman roommate to Bill Russell, the Boston Celtics' dominating center coach, at the University of San Francisco. And together, K. C. Jones and Russell led the Dons to a pair of NCAA basketball titles. His college days behind him, K. C. Jones then join-' ed the Boston Celtics, the one National Basketball Association team that has so completely dominated the NBA in recent years, and his old roommate, Bill Russell. They were and are specialists in an age of specialists, Russell with his rebounding and defensive skills and a touch of offensive ability, and Jones, K. C. variety, with his penchant for defense. Sunday, Boston Garden, where K. C. has handled the NBA's best offensive performers with aplomb, gave K. C. Jones, never a big scorer, his "day." . . Make You Remember' There were speeches, the kind that make you re member days past, the kind that make you sorry to see such a skilled player when you know it is his last season. And there were gifts, and wisecracks, and a few words from the man in honor, who was plainly em barrassed by it all. That's the kind of fellow K.C. Jones must be. His teammates gave him a sterling silver cigar ette lighter and case, and a trophy, topped with a gold basketball on which their signatures had been in scribed. His fans gave his wife flowers, and she cried. A sports writer's association gave a color portrait, and his bosses gave him a car which his coach and one-time roommate, Bill Russell, said was ". . . so long, you can't drive it unless you wear this." And K. C. Jones smiled and put on the chauffer's cap. Someone gave him a color television. And his soon-to-be-employers, Brand eis University, who chose him as basketball coach, had words of congratulations. The Carolina ruby club gained a split in two matches this weekend. While the "A" team traveled to Char lotte Sunday and mauled Atlanta 19-0, the "B" team stay ed in Chapel Hill and was edged by Norfolk, 8-3. In the "A" team game at Garringer High School, Brazilian Louis Bush led UNC with two goals. Andy Galyon also converted two goals and Bob Wright scored one for the Tar Heel Club. Before a gathering of 200 at Navy Field, the B squad could come up with only one score against Norfolk. Jim Hughes scored Carolina's only goal in the defeat. The struggling but rising rugby outfit is still without a coach but Welshman Cecil Slome of the UNC School of Public Health is expected to begin instruction to the club this week. The next' UNC rugby contest will be Sunday when the University of Virginia invades Navy Field at 2 p.m. UNC O 4 In Final Pol ASSOCIATED PRESS The UCLA Bruins, unranked a year ago, have rebounded on a 25-0 record achieved large ly on the efforts of All-America Lew Alcindor, and gained first place in The Associated Press' final major college bas ketball poll of the 19667 sea son. The Bruins were named as the top team by all 30 sports writers and broadcasters par ticipating in the final ballot- Grapplers Third In ACC Tourney For McGuire, SG Maryland First 37 Minutes, One Shot It ws halftime, and Boston was demolishing the Los Angeles Lakers, 64-44. Typically, K. C. Jones, the man who has done so much for the Celtics and whose harassing defense gnawed at the Lakers in that first half, had only two points at halftime. But it was another old teammate, Bob Cousy, who remembered. "We once saw K. C. go 37 minutes and take only one shot. He is the most unselfish player I've known." "Coach Bill Russell echoed Coiisy's statement. And his former coach and now general manager, Red Auerbach, said something else: "K. C. - had one fault. He never told you when he was hurt, because he wanted to give himself to the team." That is the kind of player K. C. Jones must be. But the greatest tribute of all, and the one that must be the most meaningful to K. C. Jones, came from the old roommate, teammate and coach, Bill 'Russell. Never Quite the Same "If there're anybody I want my kids to grow up to be like," Russell said, "it's K.Ceriod. CHARLOTTE (AP) The luck of the draw will pair South Carolina and Duke in the Friday night semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament if both survive Thursday afternoon openers at the Greensboro Col iseum. But don't tell that to Frank McGuire, coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Right now he's concerned only with one thing beat ing Maryland. "I've been in too many tour naments to say that one bracket is easier than anoth- er," McGuire observed Mon day. "All brackets are the same in a tournament TOUGH," he added. "Anybody can knock you off and the way this first round shapes up it should be tre mendous. It looks like the greatest first round the ACC has ever had." As for a meeting with de fending champion Duke, which canceled its two games this season with South Carolina in the aftermath of the Mike Grosso controversy, McGuire insisted, "I'm not talking about Duke. Our next game is with Maryland." Admissions irregularities in the Grosso case resulted in NCAA probation for South Carolina, which means if the Gamecocks win the ACC title they will not be elieible for NCAA competition. Thev also are barred from the Nation al Inivitation Tournament. But the Gamecocks can complete their best season in two decades on a rousing note if they have a good tournament. has improved greatly since then and may give the Blue Devils a more difficult time Thursday afternoon. The Thursday niffht meet ing of top - seeded North Car olina and N. C. State will be their third this season. The nationally ranked Tar Heels nipped State 79-78 in their first game, then breezed by the Wolfpack 77-60. Clemson and Wake Forest, which met in Thursday's 9 o'clock contest, have split a pair. Wake Forest caged the Tigers 90-80, then lost a 78-68 sizzler at Clemson. McGuire's maior task ap pears to be getting his team to concentrate on its game with Maryland which opens the tournament at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Looking ahead to a Thursday, could be take. mis- His young children had a field day. His son cov ered his ears to squelch the applause that rocked the Garden when K. C. made his speech. His daughter friing to his leg, and even the leg of an official from Brandeis University, and then K. C. gently priced her Friday meeting with Duke, im nnrl hplrl her. and whisnered something to her. which opens against Virginia MHVt J J 9 and she was quiet and still. And an elderly gentleman along a floor-level row took off his glasses and wiped tears away, in plain .view of the Garden and a television audience. i And who know how many others in Boston Garden, who have watched K. C. Jones' exploits over the years, felt like doing the same thing, but didn't. Because K. C. Jones was leaving the Celtics, and the Celtics will never quite be the same. South Carolina played at Maryland three months ago and edged the Terps 65-63. Several weeks later, playing at home, the Gamecocks pre vailed 80-53 in one of their season high spots. Duke trounced Virginia by 16 and 23 points, but Virginia Trivia I Water is so precious in parts iof the Sudan that drillers dig 25; feet to find it. The alligator's long rear legs suggest that it once walk 1 ed like the dinosaur. NEW YORK FILM CRITICS AWARD Jfiest Actress $ The Year!'-' jOUIMBIA) PICTURES. i PtCMffiS . V? ma if f m I " " for LYNN REDGRAVE (CO-WINNER) NOV PLAYING Come to the CHAPEL HILL TIRE CO. for GUARANTEED GOODYEAR TIRES ALSO Factory Method Recapping and Factory Seconds with up to 50 discount. 502 W. Franklin St Chapel Hill 37-7031 By KAREN FREEMAN DTH Sports Writer Maryland broke the ACC wrestling tournament scoring record this weekend in Char lottesville, Va., taking 10 out of 11 championships. The Tar Heels settled for a disappoint in thigrd. All but one of the Heels placed. Carolina brought home 3 second places, 3 thirds, and 4 fourths. In team scoring, Maryland was on top with 124, Virginia next with 62, North Carolina had 51, N. C. State had 37, and Duke had 26. Although- the Tar Heels wrestled as well as they have this season, Coach Sam Barnes "thought we'd do bet ter." Keith Lyons (145), Phil Wanzer (167), and Fred Pries ter (177) took second places for Carolina. Winning. thirds were Lane Verlendon ,Bob Crane, and Steve Lister. Jim Minor, John Stacy, Bob Steele, and Chuck Alexander finished in fourth place. Carolina went to the tourna ment with eight wrestlers who had never been in tournament competition before , six of them sophomores. Keith Lyons came closer to a championship than any oth er Tar Heel, losing by a nar row 8-7 decision. Nine of Carolina's losses in the opening rounds were to Maryland wrestlers the oth er two were to Virginia. But the Heels came through in the consolations to place. Barnes considered the over all quality of Carolina's wres tling this weekend to be poor "our execution just wasn't sharp." The only championship to be won by a non-Maryland grappeler was taken by Greg Hicks of N. C. State at 160. Three champions were de fending their titles. Bob Karch at 167 is now a three - time champion. Keith Bilotte of Maryland and Greg Hicks of N. C. State are now two-time winners. Lag. Louisville finished second followed in order by Kansas, North Carolina, Princeton, Western Kentucky, Houston, and Texas Western. UCLA placed first in the fi nal poll once before, in 1964 when it compiled an unbeat en regular season record in 26 games. The Bruins still have one season game remaining this year, against Southen Cal ifornia this Saturday. There were only a few note worthy changes from last week's poll. Kansas advanced one place to third, switching positions with North Carolina beaten by South Carolina 70-57. Boston College and Texas Western also switched posi tions with the Eagles climb ' ing to ninth and the Miners dropping to 10th place. Texas Western won the NCAA title last season Louisville, 23-3, accumulat ed 253 points which were awarded on the usual basis of 10 for a first-place vote, 9 for second, 8 for third etc. Kan sas had 197 points. It was re latively close for the next four spots with North Carolina compiling 73 points, Prince ton 163, Western Kentucky 149 and Houston 125. This year's UCLA team can become the sixth to go through an unbeaten regular campaign. The others, in addition to the 1963-64 Bruins, were Columbia in 1950-51, San Francisco in 1955-56, North Carolina in 1956 57 and Ohio State in 1960-61. Columbia and Ohio State were defeated in post-season tour naments. Kentucky, the leader in last year's final poll, have won only 12 games and lost 13 this season. Duke was the 1965-66 runner-up and rounding out the top ten were Texas West ern, Kansas, St. Joseph's, Pa., Chicago Loyola, Cincinnati, AND Western Kentucky. Ular ni Sports The final top ten, with first place votes in parentheses, re cords through Sat. March 4 and total points on a 10-9-8-7-6-, 5-4-3-2-1 basis: 1. UCLA (3) 25-0 300 2. Louisville 23-3 253 3. Kansas 20-3 197 4. North Carolina 21-4 178 5. 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