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Basketball's 'Top 10'
By Lenox
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"Top 10" is a unique American vagary connoting organized analysis. Society
rewards order and tidy categorization in business, finance and education. It is,
therefore, no strange phenomenon that we attach some validity to anyone's 'Top 1 0"
in anything.
Given the choice between a significant, non-bestselling novel and a trite bestseller,
we invariably choose the latter. We go to see the movie "Airport" and shun "Women
In Love."
And in the sports world, our organized minds collate each week's national wire
service basketball polls. The AP and UPI rankings "are often inaccurate because they
minimize schedules, injuries and homecourt advantages, but we believe in them.
Who can forget Houston's 1968 Astrodome win over UCLA, which operated with
an injured Lew Alcindor? Houston was named the year's No. 1 team by AP, Elvin
Hayes the top player, and Guy Lewis the best coach.
Two months 4ater UCLAran Houston off the. court and literally, breezed, iaats
second, consecutivecnalioiial Jitle thf following nighty Alcindor dimplished Hayes and
quiet John Wooden returned ta.Westwood with another NCAA watchf " p
AP now waits "urfffl season's end to distribute its spoils, but inaccuracy persists.
Notre Dame, every fan's alma mater, generally ranks higher than ability merits.
Tradition also carries over from one year to the next; last year's best will certainly
obtain prominent national ranking early regardless of experience or potential.
Ratings are merely another form of entertainment, evolving from an entertaining
game. With a chuckle and a smile, we now look at the polls and the teams.
UCLA, USC imposing
UCLA (11-0), gunning for its fifth straight NCAA crown, rightfully tops both wire
service polls. Sidney Wicks, perhaps the best college player anywhere, blends well with
a superstar cast. Curtis Rowe, Henry Bibby and Steve Patterson are backhand the
Bruins have improved a seemingly invincible defense.
But don't concede anthirig yet. A team initialed USC, but based in Los Angeles and
not Columbia, is pushing UCLA in the Pacific-Eight conference as well as nationally.
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The Trojans, virtually unnoticed by some preseason forecasters, are undefeated.
Paul Westphal and Dennis Layton form the best guard combination in the country,
and Coach Bob Boyd's team has recorded single victories over the Bruins the past two
seasons. The national championship rh$J easily be decided before the NCAA playoffs
begin.
Marquette, led by Dean 'The Dream" Meminger, captured the NIT last year and is
undefeated this season. Coach Al McGuire scheduled three good teams Notre Danie,
Long Beach State . and New Mexico State along with 24 mediocre opponents.
Meminger is very good, but Marquette should flop if it enters the postseason fight. r
Penn, frequently underestimated because of its Ivy League status, is for real. All
five starters are back plus some excellent sophomores. The Quakers are . also
undefeated, and should contend for the Eastern Regional crown.
Strength of the next three ranking teams is debatable. Western Kentucky, rated
fifth, lost a narrow battle to South Carolina in the Holiday Festival Classic and barely
nipped East,Tennesee.Qarp;lina fapswho .saw the Tar Heels demolish East,Tennessee
have. reason to question ,Westem'sj prowess. ,,..,-,,, mi., .C;-. -
South Carolina (sixth) and Jacksonville (seventh) are similarly unconvincing. The
Gamecocks have suffered three straight losses, two of them prior to this week's polls.
Western Kentucky and Wake Forest; hipped Jacksonville, and the Virgin Islands
gave the Dolphins a brief scare before submitting. , .
Kansas, Kentucky and Notre Dame,. round out the "Top 10." All three should
advance to the NCAA playoffs, but Kansas stands the best chance of making the final
round of four. .:v- . .
In the last analysis, the polls arer .not a true indicator. The Atlantic Coast
Conference champion should rank highjiationally, but this year's infighting is furiqus
and unpredictable, and the survivor will, not emerge without several scars. Given the
conference's outstanding record againsrt .outside foes, the ACC tournament winner
should be an influential force in the NCAA playoffs, although that team may easily be
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by David Zucchino
Sports Writer
The Carolina freshman basketball
squad, fresh from last Friday's satisfying
73-64 revenge win over the Duke Blue
Imps, goes after its sixth victory of the
season tonight at 6:00 in Carmichael
Auditorium as they play host to the
freshmen of Richmond University.
The Tar Babies, whose only loss this
season came at Duke, 68-65, received
sparkling performances from forward
John O'Donnell and center Bobby Jones
in their triumph over the Blue Imps.
O'Donnell, a 6-6 190-pounder out of
New York City, poured in a game-high 32
points against the Dukes before fouling
out- -t&iinenbaljgarae,, .while. Jones, a
6-9 pivotman from Charlotte, threw in 23
points and grabbed off 16 rebounds while
leading a late Tar Baby surge with four
crucial lay up s.
Freshman coach Bill Guthridge praised
his Tar Babies for what he called a
"determined team effort," but added that
neither Carolina nor the Blue Imps played
to their full potential in the contest,
which was characterizied by occasional
ball-handling lapses.
Guthridge singled out 5-1 1 guard Ray
Hite, who chipped in with five points.
"O'Donnell and Jones both had their
usual good games," he said, "while I lite
played well on defense and in setting up
our offense."
Hite, a hustler from Hyattsville, Md.,
has nof received the attention that he
deserves, although he currently ranks
third among Tar Baby scorers with a 6.5
average.
Jones and O'Donnell, who are most of
the Tar Baby show, sport identical 26
point averages, while Jones holds a
commanding lead in rebounding with an
average of 17 takedowns per game.
O'Donnell is second with a 6.0
rebounding average.
Teaming with O'Donnell and Jones on
the, front line tonight will be 6-3 forward
Darrell Elston, who had his troubles in
the Duke contest but made an impressive
debut in the Tar Babies' 85-70 win over
Gaston College after a long bout with
mononuecleosis. .
Fred Gianiny, a 6-0 guard who
dropped in five points in the Duke
contest, will probably join Hite in the
backcourt to complete the Tar Baby
starting lineup.
The Tar Babies, who have posted wins
in their last four outings, have a 5-1
over-all record and are 2-1 in ACC play.
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