Big East champs invade
Boshamer for 3 games
The North Carolina baseball team
hosts a three-game set with Big East
Champion Seton Hall this weekend at
Boshamer Stadium. Friday and
Saturday's contests are slated for 3 p.m.,
and Sunday's game begins at 1 p.m.
UNC stands 2-1 after an 11-1 trounc
ing of Campbell Tuesday.
Women's hoops plays
final two home games
The Tar Heel women's basketball
team, entering the weekend 11-13 and
1- 10 in conference play, wraps up its
regular-season schedule this weekend
as it plays two ACC contests in
Carmichael Auditorium.
UNC hosts Georgia Tech, 13-1 1 and
2- 10 in the ACC, Friday and No. 24
Clemson (17-8, 7-5) Sunday. The Yel
low Jackets stand one spot ahead of the
Tar Heels in league play.
The Tar Heels, coming off a 59-54
loss to Duke Tuesday night, are paced
by freshman Tonya Sampson, t he team 's
leading scorer and rebounder.
Gymnastics competes
with N.C. State, N.H.
The gymnastics team travels east on
1-40 to Raleigh Saturday to participate
in a meet with N.C. State and New
Hampshire at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Coli
seum. Women's tennis hosts
SMU, travels to W&M
The women's tennis team hosts SMU
Friday at 2 p.m. in the opening home
match for head coach Kitty Harrison's
4-1 squad.
Sunday, UNC, led by defending ACC
singles champion Cinda Gurney, visits
William & Mary for a 10:30 a.m. tilt.
No. 2 men's golf goes
to Miami for tourney
' The Tar Heel men's golf team travels
to Miami for the Taylor MadeDoral
Park National College Event this week
end, hoping to prove its worth as the
nation's No. 2 team.
Tar Heel men's tennis
competes in Kentucky
The North Carolina'men's tennis team
continues its competition in the USTA
ITCA Men's Indoor Team All Day
Championships in Louisville, Ky. The
15th-ranked Heels blasted Utah 6-0
Wednesday to move to 3-1 on the sea
son. UNC next takes on second-ranked
UCLA.
Softball heads south to
battle with Gamecocks
The Tar Heel softball team visits
South Carolina Sunday at 2 p.m.UNC
opened its season Wednesday with a
sweep of Campbell in a doubleheader at
Buies Creek.
Sports on TV
Friday, February 24
8 p.m. NBA Basketball: LA. Lakers at
Atlanta; TNT
Saturday, February 23
12 p.m. Women's College Basketball:
Tennessee at Texas; 2
1:30 p.m. College Basketball: Clemson
at North Carolina; 5
2 p.m. College Basketball: Connecticut
at Georgetown; 2
2 p.m. College Basketball: Oklahoma
at Kansas; 28
2 p.m. College Basketball: Temple at
West Virginia; ESPN
3 p.m. Bowling: Flagship City Open;
8,11
4 p.m. PGA Golf: Los Angeles Open; 2
4 p.m. College Basketball: Virginia at
N.C. State; 5, ESPN
8:05 p.m. NBA Basketball: Dallas at
Atlanta; TBS
8:30 p.m. NBA Basketball: Charlotte at
Chicago; 22, WGN
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Tyson-less
By Doug Hoogervorst
Staff Writer
Everyone anticipates another boring
Tar Heel blowout victory on the hard
wood of the Dean E. Smith Center
Saturday afternoon at 1 :30. Sixth-ranked
North Carolina (20-4, 8-3) plays Atlantic
Coast Conference cellar-dweller
Clemson ( 1 0-1 3, 1 -9) in a game that can
be seen on WRAL-TV Channel 5.
Anticipating anything but a blowout
probably would not be advisable, but
just be prepared for something else if ...
B Dale Davis comes ready to play.
Clemson's best player has tended to
become a non-factor at times this sea
son, though his statistics remain the
best on this team. The 6-foot-1 1 senior
averages 17.9 points and 12 rebounds
and shoots 53.8 percent from the floor.
Double D also has swatted 70 shots this
season.
Davis' biggest problem is getting the
ball in a position where he can score,
and when he doesn't, he's brooding
about it. The inexperienced duo manning
the lead guard position, freshmen Eric
Burks and Andre Bo vain, have had
difficultly passing the ball into Davis,
who is often double- and triple-teamed.
Worse, when the big guy does not
touch the ball on a few consecutive
possessions, he sulks. Davis stops
posting and halts his offensive re
bounding until coach Cliff Ellis relights
Davis' fire
Add to this, some facts on Davis'
game. The All-ACC Davis has limited
offensive moves and cannot create his
own offense. He needs to receive a pass
no more than five or six feet from the
basket or pull down an offensive board
to be able to score.
Even with all the negatives, Davis
can control a game if he wants to. When
he comes to play, Double D's desire to
Men vie for elusive title;
Women a lock to repeat
By Robert Brown
Staff Writer
At the start of the indoor track sea
son, head coach Dennis Craddock said
he thought the Tar Heel men could do
something this year that they hadn't
done since 1955 win the ACC
championship.
Craddock still believes that goal is
within reach, but now admits that his
sixth Tar Heel squad needs a little luck
to pull out the cherished first-place
finish at this weekend's ACC Indoor
Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.
The UNC men with three con
ference champions and three record
holders boast plenty of talent. But
they face a deep and talented Clemson
team.
"Clemson will have to have some
sort of breakdown, and we will have to
have a perfect meet," Craddock said.
"I think if Clemson is at their best and
we are at our best, they still have too
manymembers for us."
The Tar Heels will heed strong
showings in both the running and field
events if they hope to knock off the
Tigers, winners of four straight ACC
track titles and three of the past four
indoor championships.
The top running events for the Tar
Heels are long sprints, middle dis
tances and the two-mile relay. UNC's
key field events include the 35-pound
throw, the high jump and pole vault.
Co-captain Reggie Harris, the Tar
Heel's top sprinter, looks to repeat his
ACC performance of a year ago. At
that time, Harris won the 400 in an
ACC record-setting time of 46.69
seconds and placed second in the 200.
Sean Murray, the team's other co
captain, aims to capture his second
straight ACC title in the 35-pound
throw. Last weekend, Murray broke
his previous school record with a toss
of 64 feet.
In the pole vault, UNC not only has
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rebound is unmatched in the ACC and
that can mean as many as 1 4 to 1 8 points
alone off the offensive boards. He also
can control the defensive board and
intimidate penetrating guards on de
fense. B North Carolina's confidence means
the team overlooks Clemson. This
should never happen, especially since
Saturday's game is the only action UNC
will see between the Citadel win Mon
day and the game in Atlanta against
Georgia Tech Feb. 28. Nonetheless, the
Tigers have never known the thrill of
victory on the road against the Tar Heels.
Dean Smith knows that Clemson has
lost all 35 games between the two teams
inside the Chapel Hill city limits.
"(The record) scares me every year
simply because you know they're going
to win here (eventually)," Smith said. "I
don't want to tell somebody that they
haven't done something when they're
capable of doing that.
"Clemson is certainly capable of
beating us."
Come on Dean, stop sounding like
Lou Holtz.
B Clemson's latest walk-it-up-the-floor
offense can come up with just one
more consistent offensive force outside
of Davis. With senior Sean Tyson no
longer on the Tiger squad, David Young,
Ricky Jones and Burks appear to be the
top candidates. Still, none send shivers
through the veins of opposing coaches.
Tyson was expelled from the team
last week after being served with a
warrant charging him with assault and
battery of high and aggravated nature
and also for possessing a weapon on
school property. The two charges were
unrelated.
As for Young, Jones and Burks (all
average better than 10 points), Young
can shoot it from the cheap seats, but is
streaky and nearly always in Ellis'
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a chance to win an ACC title, but
could gain some valuable points as
well. Kevin Brown, last season's ACC
champion, leads a strong group of
contenders.
William Darity, the Tar Heel's all
time leading high jumper, goes after
his first ACC title this weekend. Last
season, he finished second to
Virginia's All-ACC football player
Herman Moore.
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The Tar Heel women's team is a
heavy favorite to take home its 4th
straight conference indoor champi
onship. Returning ACC indoor champions
Tisha Waller, Kendra Mackey, Sha
ron Couch, Penny Blackwell, Rebecca
Russell pace the Tar Heels in their
title defense.
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UdCilCOUrV consistent play has been the catalyst. J??ij2f n'9nt- Has ne learned anything?
Hubert Davis has regained his shot ifjnSnn Donnell Bruce, the latest starter,
and confidence to use it. Both D up. ItU iLiSJ Ik? can shoot, pass and defend a little.
Rick Fox has been best when the JZ2 Dale Davis leads the team in almost
m - - team has needed him. Pete Chilcutt Fry everything and could use some help.
FrOnf COUrt nas moved UP t0 become an NBA 7-JjMz Ricl Jones is an exce,,ent athlete
first-rounder. George Lynch is TnttSnr and can play good basketball when
destined for greatness - next year. UUdixJ UD he chooses. 6-8 Colby Brown starts.
A lot of quality players on the bench, Shooter David Young used to start
- but UNC hasn't gotten equal 1 but lack of defense got him a seat.
Dgnth contributions. Eric Montross, Henrik Steve Harris is quickand will develop
P Rodl, Derrick Phelps, Clifford Rozier ifjnjSfjr1 if shot selection improves. Andre
and Brian Reese get the most time. IUI ISsJ ILd Bovain provides Burks with a rest.
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of the same here. Rice will give the TnttiJjnP lack of discipline hurts. If Davis gets
young Tiger point guards a hassle. IUI JiNJ Ikj in foul trouble, expect to see zone.
Dean keeps saying the team is just .ZSn Cliff Ellis was ACC Coach of the Year.
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wOuCmnQ Tournament. Ask him and he'll say j?5Sf tit,e-He nad underrated Marion Cash :'
he's afraid of Clemson. He's sounding fnTfjJjfl and two All-ACC players. Now the ;
more and more like a broken record. UsUdiixjlk? last-place Tigers need him badly.
Hooga's Pick: North Carolina 87, Clemson 70
doghouse; Jones plays best in an open
court, fast-break style; and Burks, the
point guard, is supposed to be making
plays for others instead of himself.
"I do know they have quickness,"
Smith said. "I know I recruited Ricky
Jones. He certainly is very quick, and
Dale Davis and these young freshmen
are quick. You have quickness, ball
handling skills which they do and
the rebounding in Dale Davis, and you
can beat anyone.
Diver Esposto makes
By Matt Johnson
Staff Writer
" guess I've done pretty well here."
North Carolina's soft-spoken diver,
Nunzio Esposto, does not do his ac
complishments justice.
UNC diving coach Randy Emerson
does not have as much trouble describing
Esposto. .,....
"He's been the hardest worker I've
ever coached," Emerson said. "He's
been the backbone of the program."
Esposto, a senior from Butler, Pa.,
has been named All-ACC twice in his
three years at UNC, and has never fin-,
ished lower than fifth at the ACC
Championships.
He' 11 get the opportunity to take home
an ACC title this weekend as UNC
hosts the three-day men's ACC Cham
pionships at Koury Natatorium. Pre
liminaries begin at noon Friday, Satur
day and Sunday. Finals start at 7 p.m.
each night.
Esposto and the rest of the Tar Heel
swimmers and divers will also get the
chance to take back the ACC title that
was theirs in 1988 and 1989. UNC en
ters the meet 9-1 overall and 5-0 in ACC
dual-meet action.
One of the reasons for that success is
Esposto. AtButlerHigh School, Esposto
captured two Pennsylvania state
championships (and finished as runner
up twice), was an 1 1 -time national junior
finalist, and was named first team All
America three times.
He didn't miss a beat during his
transition from high school to NCAA
competition, placing second on both
the one- and three-meter boards at the
ACC meet and being named to the All
ACC team during his freshman year.
Esposto attributes his early ACC
success to the programs he was involved
in as a high school diver.
"It was pretty much from being in the
age group program at Pitt, and growing
up with Julian (King, the diving coach
at the University of Pittsburgh). He's a
real good coach who's had many people
go to Olympic Trials. I think it's just
coming out of that program and coming
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"What you do when you slow the
game down is you make it a shorter
game, and in a shorter game anything
can happen. If we played the Boston
Celtics in a game to 10, we might win it.
We'd have a better chance than if we
played a game to whoever gets to 1 00."
Ellis said the latest slow-it style has
helped the Tigers find other offensive
options.
"We have played better being patient,
but our depth situation is such that we've
Nunzio Esposto
straight here."
Esposto began diving at age 10,
swimming for a local YMCA team.
"One of my sister's friends got me
interested," he said. "I used to go down
to the Y and dive all the time and hang
out during free swim."
Soon after, he joined the University
of Pittsburgh age-group team, where he
began his involvement with Krug.
"I didn't have a coach at Butler High
School, but the coach at Pitt is pretty
much responsible for most of (my div
ing success)." Esposto said. "I still talk
to him every once in a while. I could call
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been forced to do it," he said. "I think,
that our ballclub has worked real hard to ,
strive to concentrate on where the ball .
needs to go and try to create the offense,
from there."
Ellis has experimented with new
starting lineups like a mad scientist, just ,
looking for a combination that works. ,
After 14 different starting lineups thjs,
season, Ellis settled upon the same lineup
in the past two games. Maybe he's found
something. Then again, maybe not.
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him any time I ever wanted to go home;
and dive or just needed anything."
When the time came to pick a coJk
lege, Esposto faced national recruiting,,
and a difficult decision. : t
"Julian really wanted me to stay at
home in Pittsburgh, because he thought
that was the place for me. I think that
once I was getting better in high school ,
I thought that I needed to go on and have
a change. I don't think that I would have
been unhappy at Pitt, but it's good for
me.
"I thought about school, but I think
diving was most important, because I
had been doing it for so long. I also
wanted to go to a good school, and UNC
was the best school I was looking at, as
far as academics."
Esposto, a radiologic science major,
manages to balance his practice schedule
with his work in the radiologic science
program at N.C. Memorial Hospital. He
is interested in a career in radiation
therapy after college.
Esposto has seen much improvement
in UNC's diving program during his
stay here, and that improvement should
benefit him in this year's meet.
"If I do well at ACCs and then go to
prequals (the NCAA Zone B Diving
Championships March 1 5-1 6 in Koury),
and if I dive at prequals like I do at
ACCs, I think I may have a good shot at
NCAAs."
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