UNC vs. Georgia Tech
What we'd like to see happen in ACC tourney
By NORMAN CANNADA
It has been said that anything can and usu
ally does happen in the Atlantic Coast Con
ference Tournament. The following are some
of the things we would like to see happen in
the 29th tournament this weekend.
As North Carolina and Georgia Tech warm
up to open tournament play, Tech center
Lee Coza is seen trying to become a part of
the UNC warmup drills. He tells Carolina
coach Dean Smith that he has always wanted
to play for the Tar Heels and asks if he can
tryout for the team. Smith tells Coza that al
though he likes the way Coza shoots layups
on the UNC side of the floor,' it is too late to
move to another team. Finally Tech coach
Bobby Cremmins leads the disheartened
Coza to the appropriate goal.
ON SPORTS
The Tar Heels open up a twenty-point lead
in the first half as Coza gets four fouls and
has five shots blocked. Before the second
half can begin, Cremmins announces that the
Yellow Jackets are not coming back on the
floor. No explanation is given, but the Tech
players leave the court screaming "wait 'til
next year."
With the early ending to the first game,
N.C. State and Maryland are not ready to
start their contest Worthy, Perkins and Smith
go to call Wolf pack coach Jim Valvano and
Terp coach Lefty Driesell, waking up Val
vano. The coaches hurry their teams to the
coliseum and the game begins 30 minutes
early.
With less than a minute to go in the game,
the two teams are tied at 58-58, with Mary
land's Adrian Branch scoring 56 of his team's
points. The other two points were scored by
Coza who has vet to leave the arena. The
Terps hold for the last shot and Branch hits a
40-foot shot with three men guarding him to
put Maryland ahead with two seconds left
On the inbounds pass. State's Chuck Nevitt
throws the ball the length of the court to De
reck Whittenburg. Whittenburg is supposed
to be guarded by Taylor Baldwin, but Bald
win is talking to a friend in the stands. He
turns around just in time to see what is hap
pening and fouls Whittenburg as he makes
the shot. Whittenburg makes the free throw
and Drisell throws Baldwin off the team.
At the beginning of the Virginia-Clemson
game the Tigers decide to start four football
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ed TerryHolland. The announcement is the
return of a favor. A few years ago, Holland,
the Cavalier coach, named his dog Dean
Smith.
The game is close most of the game, but
the Tar Heels pull out an eight-point victory,
outscoring the Cavs 10-0 in the last two min
utes. That spurt was sparked by a Jimmy
Black slam dunk over Sampson. "I've been
saving that all year," Black says.
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Scm Perkins finds himself in a tight spot.
players for moral support. The feeling is that
they have been in pressure situations before.
That does not last long, though, as all four
foul out in the first five minutes. The Tigers
do manage to tie it at the half behind Vince
Hamilton's 20 first-half points.
' Clemson gets the ball at the start of the
second half and holds it for one shot That
shot is taken by Hamilton with five seconds
left and missed. Ralph Sampson grabs the re
bound for the Cavs an throws it the length of
the court and into the basket as the Wahoos
win.
Both Wake Forest and Duke go into their
evening contest singing "Carolina On My
Mind," as both teams appear to be looking
ahead to the next game with the Tar Heels.
No one tells them that the winner plays Vir
ginia and not UNC. The point is even further
emphasized as neither team scores in the
first half. Duke finally calms down in the
second period, though, and comes away
with a 32-30 win.
As North Carolina and N.C. State prepare .
for their second-round game, Valvano says
that the Wolfpack is now ready to play a
team with the talent of the Tar Heels. That
team, however, is not UNC as the Heels roll
to a 35-point victory and Timo Makkonen
scores 10 points to chants of "Timo, Timo."
The Virginia-Duke game is delayed for
two hours because of a power failure. The
power is restored in one hour, but officials
give another hour for doctors to look at
Sampson who hits his head on the rim on his
way to block a shot as the lights went out
Sampson is ruled healthy and the game is re
sumed. The Blue Devils come out totally
frustrated and Virginia advances to the final
round with a 65-40 win.
Before UNC and Virginia take the floor
for the championship game. Smith announc
es that he has just bought a dog he has nam-
For those who are interested in obscure facts,
here are some things to think about when watch
ing the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
this weekend.
North Carolina has won more tournaments
(nine) than any other ACC team. The Tar Heels
have won four of the last seven tournament
championships.
The Tar H eels a Iso have the on ly two freshmen
to win the Everett Case Award given each year to
the Most Valuable Player in the tournament. Phil
Ford won it in his first year 1975 and Sam Perkins
won the award last year.
The onl time all five players on both teams
played an entire 40-minute game was in 1969
when Duke beat South Carolina 68-59 in a semi
final game. Georgia Tech coach Bobby Crem
mins was one of the five starters for the Game
cocks. Duke was also involved in the lowest scoring
.game in the tournament history. The Blue Devils
lost a 12-10 game to N.C. State in the 1968 semi
finals, as both teams used a delay game strategy.
Clemson has had the worst luck in tournament
play. The Tigers sport a 7-35 record and have on
ly gotten past the first round six times in the last
28 years.
The regular season champion has won the tour
nament 15 out of 28 times, taking away from the
importance of being the regular season cham
pion. Two times the tournament winner has gone on
to win the national championship. Carolina won
it in 1957 and State was the national champion in
1974.
Duke, UNC and State have won nine of the 10
tournaments that have been played in Greens
boro. South Carolina won the other tournament
game in Greensboro beating the Tar Heels 52-51.
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Norman Cannada is a sport columnist for Spotlight.
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