Aggies
listed
among
greatest
Magazine ranks A&T
No. 62 on ranking of
all-time best programs
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The N.C. A&T men's basket
ball program has a rich history of
success.
The Aggie accomplishments
and standout players are numer
ous. So much so. they caught the
of a
national
publica
tion. In
Street &
Snjith's
specialty
publica
tion of
the great
Aulas est col
lege bas
ketball programs of all time, its
assembled panel ranked the N.C.
A&T men's program No. 62 all
time.
The magazine article pointed
out the Aggies' seven straight
conference tournament champi
onships (1982-1988), the 156-51
record during the '80s, the 16
MEAC tournament titles, and the
legendary players from N.C.
A&T such as A| Attles, current
Golden State Warriors front
office executive; Hugh Evans,
senior NBA official; and Joe
Binion, the Aggies' all-time lead
ing scorer (2,143) and rebounder
(1,257). Former Aggies coach
Don Corbett and his 249 wins
between 1979-93 were also men
tioned in the article.
"Despite the prolific individ
uals like Evans, Attles, Corbett
and Binion, it is- A&T's team
success that has brought the
Aggies the most acclaim," said
Street & Smith's writer William
T. Conroy. "In fact, only six
teams in the history of basketball
have won more consecutive con
ference championships than the
seven the Aggies won during
Corbett's tenure."
The Aggies are six wins
away from 800 all time. The
Aggies have more NCAA tour
nament appearances (nine),
more MEAC regular-season
championships (11), and more
conference wins (278) than any
other MEAC school. The former
CIAA school also has five cham
pionships from that conference.
Photo by Anthony Hill
Reynolds High senior Anthony Lev'me signed a scholarship to ploy for Tennessee State Uni
versity last week.
No More Wait
Reynolds senior signs with Tennessee State
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
Reynolds High All-Confer
ence and All-State football star
Anthony Levine has waited for
the day he would sign a college
scholarship for as long as he can
remember. He's also had to wait
on a few other things before he
could actually sign his letter of
intent to play college ball.
Levine had to wait until he
made the appropriate score on
his SAT. He had to wait on the
right schools to recruit him. He
also had to wait on the attention
he deserved on the football field.
Fot some reason, Levine has
been slightly under the recruit
ing radar in this state. But after
putting together a fine senior
football
season at
Reynolds
and
improv
ing his
academ
ics, the
wait is
finally
over for
Props t L e v i n e .
Last
week, Levine signed a national
letter of intent to play for Win
ston-Salem native James Web
ster at Tennessee State Universi
ty next fall. Levine couldn't be
any happier with his choice.
"I feel real good about Ten
nessee State," Levine said. "I
felt comfortable ever since me
and my dad went up there for a
visit. I really like coach Webster,
and the other coaches. I like the
players up there too. Another
thing that played a big role in
my decision to go to Tennessee
State is the fact that coach (Mar
cus) Gladden will also be going
there next year."
Levine is expected to play a
number of positions on the
squad. He's expected to be a
Sec Levine mi B4
Photo by C'twrlte Pfaff
The Winston-Salem State Rams are playing with a lot of emo
tion on the court this season.
Is this the
Rams' year?
All-County junior varsity hoops team coming
FROM THE
HUDDLE
Anthony Hill
Can this be the year the Win
ston-Salem State men hoist the
CIAA championship trophy in
Raleigh? Does this year's team
have what it takes to sweep
through the CIAA tournament,
defeating teams such as
Virginia Union and
Bowie State?
The Rams beat Vir
ginia Union pretty
badly on Jan. 4. They
beat the then-No. I
team in Division II 76
62. Then, on Jan. 29,
the Rams skated past a
tough Bowie State
squad 67-62. Both of
those games were in
Winston-Salem, of course. 1
know there are some other teams
that will present potential prob
lems for Winston-Salem State,
but Virginia Union and Bowie.
State are the main obstacles.
I think the Rams can do it. I
Brown
think they're more determined
to win the C1AA championship
this year, and I believe they're
more confident of their abilities
than they've been in recent
years. The past two seasons it
was almost as it tne
Rams hoped to win,
rather than believed
they would win in
the tournament.
And that coinciden
tally led to an early
exit from the
action.
The Rams seem
to be flying high
this year. They
earned their 20th
victory of the season on Tuesday
at the Joel when they beat N.C.
Central 79-58. That improved
their record to 20-6 overall (13
2 CIAA, 8-2 CI A A West) on the
season. Thai's a great record in
Sec Hill on B3
a
Photo by Anthony Hill
Young
bailers at
H a n e s
Hosiery are
playing
some of the
most excit
ing games in
the Hot
Hoops Bas
ic e t b a I I
League.
Basketball squads
making playoff push
Postseason sef to start soon
BY JOHNNY JAMISON
FOR THE CHRONICLB
As the season winds down,, teams at
the Hanes Hosiery continue to make a
strong push toward the postseason. A
few teams have set themselves apart
from the pack, while others are still
trying to find an identity or salvage
what's left of the season.
In the 6-10-yeaV-old division, no
team has made a push quite like the
Blue Devils. They've already clinched
first place in their division.
Blue Devils 31, Wolfpack 20:
Infiniti Penn was too strong inside for
the Blue Devils, leading them to a 31
20 victory over the Wolfpack. Penn
scored 16 points, while the talented
Sec Haiws on B5
Reunited
Photo by Charlie Pf?ff
Wake Forest star point guord Porsche Jones reunited with
UNC s Camille Little during last week's game between the
Deacs and the Tarheels. The two former Yellowiackets have
faced each other only twice here in Winston-Salem . Little and
the Tarheels won 78-69 in the Joel on Feb. 16.
Paul also
scores in
classroom
Wake Forest guard named
Academic All-District
CHRONICLE SJAFF REPORT
Wake Forest's Chris Paul is not just
doing big things on the basketball court. He
is also handling major business in the ^lass
room. .
The talented sopho
more was selected to
the 2005 ESPN the
Magazine Academic
All-District III Men's
Basketball University
Division Team,
announced College
Sports Information
Directors of America
(CoSIDA) last week.
Paul
lo De eligible tor the
team, student-athletes must have a cumula
tive grade point average of 3.2 or higher.
Academic All-America selections will draw
from the pool of All-District teams later this
year.
Paul averages I S.I points per game and
' See Paul on IS
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