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6The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, November 29, 1988 Sports ; Basketball "The Tar Heels used a 17-4 run early in the second half to take the lead for good against a Stanford team expected to challenge Arizona for the Pac-10 championship this season. With UNC down 472, reserve forward Pete Chilcutt helped jump start the listless Tar Heels with three straight buckets. Scoring on a tip-in, a back-door layup and another follow shot, Chilcutt brought his team within one, at 49-48, with 16:21 to play. Lebo then swished a three-point shot while getting clobbered for the second time in as many games. He missed the free throw and a chance at another four-point play, however, leaving UNC ahead 51-49 with 15:33 to go. The Tar Heels wouldn't trail again. Do-everything swingman Kevin Madden came through with the next three baskets for North Carolina a two-hand jam off a Lebo look, a foul-line jumper and a mean post-up, drop-step layup that had Reid's signature all over it. Meanwhile, Stanford's only offense was coming from Lichti, who banked in a short jumper at the 17 minute mark and beat Lebo on a Charlotte's abuzz over surprisingly toush Hornet team Contrary to popular belief, there is but one expansion team in the National Basketball Association this season the Miami Heat. Tonight, the beleaguered Heat will adorn their gosh-awful black uni forms, visit the best basketball arena in the world and lose again. Tonight, the Miami Heat finally meet the Charlotte Hornets in a game that both teams probably marked on their calendars before the season started. Tonight is the night that both teams must have thought win No. 1 would come on, looking at the schedule back in August. But the Hornets have outgrown their expansion status very quickly, playing competitive basketball in all but one of their early-season outings. They've even stung the Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs for their first and second victories, respectively. The Heat, meanwhile, have played like the Continental Basketball Asso ciation team they should be. They have fallen and fallen miserably, as NBA teams bounce back from losing streaks and cold shooting performan ces against them. But for Charlotte, who took the Celtics to the wire in the Garden and had Philadelphia by 8 with five minutes to go in the Spectrum last week, things are much different. "We are not an expansion team," Hornets guard Robert Reid said after the loss to the 76ers. "We're much better than that. We're in every ballgame we play. We just need to become more consistent." ELLIOT ROAD at E. FRANKLIN 967-4737 $3.00 .'TIL 6 PM DAILY- BUI Murray SCROOGED (PG-13) 2:304:40 7:00 9:30 Mlcheal CalneBen Klngsley Without A Cluo(PG) 2:354:507:059:10 Darryl HannahSteve Guttenberg HIGH SPIRITS (PG-13) 2:45 4:45 7:10 9:05 Duke University Union Performing Arts LETALrWAV M Q"q D-D 3 invites you to spend an evening with Jerry Seinfeld and special guest Charles Zucker Jerry Seinfeld is easily one of the best stand-up comedians working today " David Letter man VI I I Jen Seme'd Saturday, December 3 8:15pm Page Auditorium Tickets $11Mand $1450at Page Box Office 6844444 Monday-Friday 9-4 o back-door cut at 14:14. Madden then scored the last of his three straight baskets, and when Steve Bucknall sank two free throws with 13:06 to go, UNC held a 59-51 lead. Soon thereafter, Lichti got into foul trouble, going to the bench with his fourth personal after charging into Madden with 10:38 to play and Stanford trailing 64-56. By the time the Cardinal star returned, just 5Vi minutes remained and the Tar Heels were enjoying a comfortable 76-62 advantage. Lichti pumped in six more points over the next few minutes as Stanford whittled the deficit to eight with 2:26 to play. But the Tar Heels hit seven of eight free throws down the stretch to preserve the win. Madden was next behind Lebo in the point parade with 16, thanks to 7-of-8 field shooting. Then came Chilcutt (14 points, nine rebounds), Bucknall (13) and Williams (10). Sophomore point guard King Rice made up for an O-for-4 shooting night with eight assists in 24 minutes of playing time. Joining Lichti in double figures for Stanford were power forward How ard Wright with 13 points, and senior Langston Wertz Staff Writer That's not to say Charlotte will win 30 games this year. They won't. But they are competitive. People are talking about future Hornet teams in the Queen City. They are talking about playoff contenders, not pretenders. "We're going to be Dallas reincar nated," said A.D. Keal, owner and operator of Neal's Barber Shop, as he was giving yours truly the sym metrical flat-top haircut last Wednes day. uIt11 take us about three or four years to do it, but everyone's talking about Baby Jay. All they need is a big man." C'mon A.D., Baby Jay? Is it possible that UNC's J.R. Reid could be wearing pinstripes next season? Charlotte will most likely be in the lottery, and who knows, Carl Scheer could well hold up a teal-and-white 4434"jersey cheesing uncontrollably while CBS' James Brown asks him how it feels. But that's all speculation. What about this season? "This year, well do all right. We should win enough to keep the fans happy," said Ben Bright, who works in The Finish Line, a Charlotte-based sporting goods store. "I hope so, because business is booming. The paraphernalia is selling like wild. But to answer your question, yeah, well do all right." All right for Charlotte may be 15 wins. Great would be 20 celebrations, but it's hard to say how many games this group of hard-fighting, pinstriped warriors will win. One thing's for sure, though: Win No. 3 will come tonight. ARQITV lo te if ikl z:uu5:uub:uu Al V EAST FAWKLINA-Z COCOUrT2:004:157:059:20 in J M f t Tt """""" " Passionate Jazz... "The best movie ever made about jazz. t jSee it twice!" -Gary GKJdmt. THE VILLAGE VOICE A FILM BY CLINT EASTWOOD HURRY ' " MUST END SOON! j ry r ... .I i I. i vm k- r Si """,JIJ MEN'S AND WOMEN'S Siuimming & Diving vs. Penn State 3 pm - Women 7 pm - Mesa JX from page 1 guards Terry Taylor and Scott Meinert with 1 1 apiece. "Had we played better in the zone and been more patient on offense, while hitting the boards, I felt we had a legitimate shot at winning the ballgame," third-year Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said. "In the second half, we just weren't as patient on offense. We wanted to force things a little more. And they killed us on the boards. We just stood around and watched." Stanford shot a sizzling 64 percent from the floor in the opening half to grab a 43-40 lead at the intermission. The Cardinal cooled off considerably after the break, going 14-for-29 (48.5 percent) in the final 20 minutes. North Carolina shot 54.4 percent (3 l-for-57) for the game. "We should have come out fired up in the second half, up by three points and all," Lichti said. "We didnt come out harder than we did in the first half. They did, and that made the difference." As great players often do, Lichti blamed himself for his team's second half failure. "Looking back, maybe I should have been a little more patient, more of a leader out there," he said. "I feel bad. WeVe played against two teams now who we felt we could have beaten, but we didnt. It gets to be a little painful. We've got to go out and prove ourselves. We cant just talk about it." The Cardinal used a 10-2 surge late in the first half to transform a 36 33 deficit into a 43-38 lead. Meinert scored seven of those points on a breakaway layup, an 18-foot jumper and a three-point bomb. North Carolina, which led by as many as six points in the early going, the last time at 16-10, then pulled within the three-point halftime mar gin on a Williams follow shot just before the buzzer. UNC 87, Stanford 78 Stanford McSweeney 0-1 0-0 0. Wright 6-13 1 3 13, Bruton 2-2 0-0 4. Taylor 3-5 3-4 11. Uchtt 7 14 6-6 2a Keete 3-3 1-1 7. VTahov 3-61-3 8, Meinert 5-70-1 ll.Wingate 1-3 CW)i Patrick 0-0 0-0 aTolals 30-54 12-18 7& UNC Bucknaa 4-11 5-7 13. Madden 7-8 2-3 16, Williams 4-12 2-2 10, Lebo 6-10 8-9 24. Rice 0-4 2 3 Z Fox 4-4 0-0 8, Chilcutt 6-6 2-2 14, Davis 0-2 0-0 ft Denny 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-57 21-26 87. HalfSme Score Stanford 43-40. Three-point goals Stanford 4-11 (Taylor 2-3. Lichti 0-3. VTahov 1-3. Meinert 1-2. UNC 4-10 (Lebo 4-6, Bucknal 0-1. Rice 0-2. Davis 0-1). Turnovers Stanford 16. UNC 2a Rebounds Stanford 18 (Wright 7), UNC 38 (Williams 13). Assists Stanford 14 (Wright 4), UNC 23 (Rice 8). Fouls Stanford 21, UNC 15. A 17378. Dyke. Noire .Damme sMl .top , polls. ; From Associated Press reports Duke remained atop The Asso ciated Press college basketball poll after the first major weekend of games. The Blue Devils, 2-0, were No. 1 in the preseason balloting of a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters and have stayed there for the first two polls of the regular season. Only one new team joined the Top Twenty, Tennessee, although there was some shuffling in the order of teams. Duke, which beat The Citadel 93 52 in its only game last week, received 47 first-place votes and 1,229 points. Michigan, which won the Top Twenty-heavy Maui Classic, moved from third to second with seven first place votes and 1,162 points. The Wolverines, 3-0, beat Vander- BIRD 2:005:0Q8:00 area exclusive KINTEC STEREO ' ' in I I I in i ill I n I I I I 1 "M-m yh Hole in ozone is behind the NFL's most recent shake-up This is the year pro football visited the Twilight Zone and got lost in the episode about the plastic surgeons with blue faces. Friends and neighbors, it hasnt been a pretty season. Nothing has gone the way anyone predicted. Teams that once led the league are now cellar-dwellers, and teams that were once basement mold are now sitting high as weather vanes in the sunshine. And my own favorites, the defend ing world champion Washington Redskins, are now 6-7. Their chances of making the playoffs are about as good as mine for getting a date this weekend: It's, possible, but highly suspect. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "John, why is football so mixed up this year?" and "John, why are so many quarterbacks going down with serious injuries?" and "John, why is Bon Jovi so popular?" and "John, why can't you get a date for this weekend?" . The answers to these questions are explained in one simple phrase: Freaks of Nature. That's right. It's got something to do with the greenhouse effect. See, back when we still had an ozone layer, back in the 70s, it was a rare occurrence for a loser team like the New Orleans Saints to whup up on the Dallas Cowboys. In fact, it just plain never happened. But now that the ozone is making like a piece of Neese's sausage and shrinking, more ultraviolet rays are getting into the New Orleans water system, making those Saints into a bunch of winning mutants. It's happening in Buffalo, too. And Cincinnati. And itH probably happen . in Tampa Bay before long. But in other parts of the country it's having just the reverse effect. Places like Dallas, Pittsburgh and Miami, for example. I'm telling you, it's not a pretty sight. Take the Cowboys. Tom Landry's team is 2-11. Their big bruising back, Herschel Walker, has failed to live up to the Super Bowl expectations placed upon him by Dallas fans. And the Cowboys haven't had a decent quarterback since Roger Staubach. Sports Briefs bilt, Memphis State and then-No. 4 Oklahoma to win the eight-team tournament, which had four members of the Top Twenty in the field. Georgetown changed places with Michigan after receiving seven first place votes and 1,096 points. Geor getown won both of its games, 105 69 over Hawaii-Loa and 95-55 over Hawaii Pacific. North Carolina, which followed its 91-81 loss to Missouri with a 106 92 third-place victory over Indiana, fell from fifth to round out the Top Ten with 709 points. Irish solidify hold on No. 1 Notre Dame, fresh from a 27-10 victory over Southern California in their 1-2 shootout, was a near unanimous choice as the nation's top college football team Monday in the Associated Press' next-to-last regular-season poll. The setback dropped Southern Cal from second place to fifth and cost the Trojans their shot at the national championship. Defending national champion Miami, an 18-16 winner over pre viously unbeaten Arkansas, moved up from third place to second and West Virginia, Notre Dame's Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl rival, jumped from fourth to third. It was the highest ranking ever in the AP poll's 53-year history for the Mountaineers, who, like Notre Dame, completed an 11 0 regular season for the first time. Bruised Bears lick wounds LAKE FOREST, 111. Coach Mike Ditka is a firm believer in overcoming adversity, but he says the Chicago Bears are pushing the idea to its limits this season. 0J! lailg Wat Uml ; Classified Info Tht Dally Tar Haal doaa not accept cash for payment of clas sified advertising. Please let a check or money order be your receipt Return ad and payment to the DTH office by noon one business day before your ad is to John Bland Staff Writer So what's wrong in Dallas? Does Landry need to go on a nice, long vacation, or what? Up in Pittsburgh, the Steelers are swimming around in some of that oil that's clogging up the Monongahela. Gone are the glory years of the late 70s, gone are the days of the Steel Curtain and Terry Bradshaw, the days of Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris and Lynn Swann. Welcome to the days of Bubby Brister. (No, I do not know how he got his name, and I don't particularly care to find out). "We may as well punt on first down," the eloquent Brister said of coach Chuck Noll, who probably took that tidbit into consideration. Noll is barely .500 since winning his last Super Bowl in 1980. Does Noll need to take a nice, long vacation, or what? As for the Dolphins, they have got to be one of the most frustrating teams in the NFL. While the best quarterback in pro football, Dan Marino, is lighting up the offense, the defense is lighting up the offense of the other team. Look at it this way against the Jets a few weeks ago, Marino threw for 521 yards (a near record) and the Dolphins still lost. I don't mean to be cruel or any thing, but since there are no Dolphin linebackers in the immediate area, I will be. Miami's defense is like a watered-down white wine spritzer wimpy and weak. But I have confidence Don Shula knows what he's doing. After all, he ranks first in career wins among NFL active coaches. Then again, Landry and Noll rank second and third, respectively. Maybe they all need to take a nice, long vacation. Now we go to the other end of the spectrum. Look who's sitting pretty at the top of the heap: The Bills, the Saints, the Bengals. Scary, isn't it? Acquiring quarterback Jim Kelly was the smartest move the Bills ever made, although lately it has been their Quarterback Mike Tomczak and defensive end Richard Dent were the latest to go down with injuries in Sunday's 16-0 victory over the Green Bay Packers. "You have to overcome adversity and injuries," said Ditka, maintaining the company line he originated. "But I dont know of a team ever losing so many key people in a season." Tomczak, who had been starting in place of injured Jim McMahon, suffered a separation in his left, non throwing shoulder and Dent went down with a fractured left ankle. Tomczak will be out at least three weeks; Dent from four to six weeks. "To lose players like Dent and Tomczak is tough," said Ditka, "but you have to make do. It provides an opportunity for others and they should know that." . Jim Harbaugh, the Bears' only AP Top 20 1. Notre Dame (57) 11-0-0 1.197 Z Miami, Ra(1) 9-1-0 1.124 a West Virginia (2) 11-0-0 1.069 4. Florida State 10-1-0 1,013 5. Southern Cal 10-1-0 946 & Nebraska 11-1-0 891 7. Auburn 10-1-0 865 a UCLA 9-2-0 733 9. Arkansas 10-1-0 731 10 Oklahoma 9-2-0 649 11. Michigan 8-2-1 591 12. Oklahoma St 8-2-0 548 13. Clemson 9-2-0 488 14. Houston 9-2-0 402 15. Wyoming 11-1-0 306 1&LSU 8-3-0 259 17. Washington St 8-3-0 222 1 a Syracuse 8-2-0 170 19. Georgia 8-3-0 149 20 Alabama 7-3-0 90 Others receiving votes: Colorado 81, Michigan State 29, Texas-El Paso 20, Southern Mississippi 13, South Carolina 5, Fresno State 4, Arizona 3, Army 1, Indiana 1. run. Ads must be prepaid. Rates: for 25 words or less Students, Student Organizations and Individuals: $2.00 per day Consecutive day rates: 2 days - $3.25 3 days -$4.00 4 days $4.50 5 days-$5.00 .50 for each consecutive day Businesses: $5.00 per day Additional charges for ail ads: ' 5 per word per day over 25 words $1.00 per day for boxed ad or defense (led by "Bruise Brothers" Bruce Smith and Cornelius Bennett) that has been doing the job right. Coach Marv Levy seems to have done a Marv-elous job getting Buffalo back into contention. But the Bills in the big one? Buffalo in the Super Bowl? No, I'm sorry, but it just can't happen. It would be. too soon and too weird. And how Tout them Saints? New Orleans-area Kroger's now have an overstock of No. 12 paper bags because nobody needs them anyr . more. (They ought to ship them to Dallas.) The team once dubbed the ": Ain'ts by their own fans has turned it around in the late 'SOs, riding the : Western Division wave above the Rams and 49ers. ' Head coach Jim Mora proved in ! the USFL that he is, indeed, the best coach in pro football, and he's doing r it again here. Look for the Saints to : go far this year. And up in Cincinnati, Sam Wyche ; is wiping the sweat off his brow, and Bengal fans have, for the moment, taken down the noose over the goal post in Riverfront Stadium. But I don't know about the Bengals. Sure, they've got Boomer Esiason, who gets better every year, but I don't think they can take it all the way to the big bowl. Sure, they kicked tail on the Bills Sunday, 35-21. But I just can't see it. Cincinnati is living proof that this has been the year in the Twilight Zone. So, come January, who's going to be clashing in Joe Robbie Stadium? . Will it be the Bears and Bills? Will it be the Saints and Seahawks? Will it be the Redskins and Raiders? Will the Giants bruise their way in once '. again? Or will Minnesota pull the underdog trick again this year andf; take it all? Truthfully, I cant say. '";"; Put it this way: It's going to be, an NFC team that wins it all this year! r , Again. Whether it be the Giants bYv Bears or Vikings or (please, God) the;' ; Redskins or the Saints. One of those-'-' aforementioned teams will win the; Super Bowl. I'd guarantee it, but tk way this season's been going, I ain't : putting a bet down on nobody. Arid ? I mean that. other healthy quarterback, replaced Tomczak Sunday and played the entire second half. Crotty named player of the week, - GREENSBORO, N.C. John Crotty, who was named the most valuable player of the Investors Classic and led Virginia to the tournament title, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball player of the week Monday. Crotty, a sophomore from Spring: Lake, N.J., scored 34 points, had 10 assists, grabbed seven rebounds and: made four steals in the two games. ' He scored 20 points in an 99-73 j opening round victory over Dart--mouth and scored 14 points and had seven assists in an 80-63 champiorir ship victory over Marquette. - AP Top 20 1. Duke (47) 2. Michigan (7) 3. Georgetown (7) 4. Syracuse (1) 5. Oklahoma atawa(1) 7. Illinois a Missouri a UNLV 10. North Carolina .11. Arizona 12. Georgia Tech 13. Louisville 14. Florida State 15. Ohio State 16. N.C. State 17. Temple laVillanova 19. Florida 20, Tennessee 2-0 1,223-: 2-0 1,162'; 4-0 1,096.' ' 2-0 1.090!- 2- 1 970 . 1-0 91.4;" 1- 0 808 v 3- 1 766 2- 1 742" 3- 1 709 0- 0 670 1- 0 520 0- 1 397 1- 0 369 1-0 364 1-0 2S9 0- 0 205 1- 1 145 2- 1 121 1-0 103 Others receiving votes: Loyola Marymount 91; Connecticut 75; Memphis State 57; New Mexico 40; Georgia 33; UNOChartotte 33; Wichita State 30; Houston 22; Pittsburgh 21; Stanford 17; Seton Hall 15; Texas-El Paso; West Virginia 15; Indiana 12; Southern Illinois 12; Southern Methodist 11. bold type ; ; . 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