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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1957
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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UNC On Top By Wide Margin
The Tar Heels: They Did The Impossible
Back on Dec. 1, Carolina basketball coach Frank McGuire sounded
a warning that his team would probably 10e four or five games dur
ing the upcoming season. On March 1. just three short months later,
the final returns were in. Twenty four won, none lost.
Coach Frank McGuire and his Tar Heels had somehow done
the impossible. They had swept through a rugged conference and
intersectional schedule without a loss, despite a swarm of minor
personnel setbacks that would have felled many a lesser team.
The season was full of thrills, scares, and downright breath .tak
ing escapes that left partisan Tar Heer rooters walking in circles
And worst of all, the season isn't over yet.
That nebulous thing called a "regular" season has been offi
cially concluded, and the Tar Heels are undisputed kings of both
the Atlantic Coast Conference and the nation. But despite their
14-0 conference mark and their 24-0 record overall, they are
only now opening their real season, they are only now begin
ning to play the games that mean something.
Tomorrow night, that 14-0 record goes out the window when the
ACC tourney opens in Raleigh.. For to reign as official kings, the
proud Tar Heels must win the tournament championship.
Then if they ,?in the tourney, they advance to a playoff game
against the Ivy League charrp in New York City ta see who gets
into the .NCAA regional tournament in Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia, they must win two more games to qualify for the
finals in Kansas City. And in Kansas City, they finally get a chance
to prove their right to the golden crown signifying the National Col
legiate Basketball championship.
Now add them up, and you get. a grand total of 8 games. One slip,
and you're out for good. ,
. Let's Throw Out The Tournament
The last 'five games are perhaps justified, although we don't be
lieve in loading the NCAA tourney field with several mediocre teams.
But the first thretare totally unnecessary, for the Tar Heels have
undisputably proved their right to the ACC championship by going
through the regular season unbeaten.
The conference tournament is being held for one-reason only:
money. By putting on the gala three day show, the ACC takes in
a pretty nifty sum, and ifs hard to blame them for wanting to
continue the tournament. But if Carolina gets knocked out of an
NCAA tournament berth, the present system of determining a
champion will be subjected to he&vy fire.
Of course if the Tar Heels win, and we think they will, there's no
problem. At least there isn't one as far as getting into the NCAA
playoffs is concerned. But tney must play their first game on next
Tuesday night after going through a rigorous three days of intense
competition on the preceding weekend.
The letdown will be tremendous, as other ACC teams, notably
State, have found out in the past. State had a fine team last year,
but lost in the NCAA first round to Canisius. They were dead
on their feet after the strenuous ACC tournament.
The same thing could happepn to Carolina this year, or to any
one else who might happen to win the conference title.. The ACC is
literally committing NCAA suicide by holding the tournament. Per
haps someday the powers that be will wake up and do something
about a deplorable situation.
Tar Heels Should Win Crown
As for this year's tourney which begins tomon-ow, it should be
a, good one. Carolina, Clemson, State and Wake Forest are in one
bracket, while Duke, South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia are in
the other.
. The Tar Heels were favored by the luck of the draw. Clemson,
their first round opponent, is at the present time the weakest cluh
in the conference, and should provide little competition.
Friday night the job gets tougher with either State or Wake For
est furnishing the opposition. These two play the final game tomor
row night, and the winner may still be in a mild state of shock when
they go against the mighty Tar Heels.
If the Tar Heels survive their semifinal test, they will probably
meet either Duke or Maryland in the championship game. And either
of these teams can be trouble.
Our guess is Clemson in the quarter-finals, Wake Forest in the
semis, and Duke in the finals. And Saturday night, Captain Lennie
Rosenbluth and his UNC teammates will reign as ACC kings
John Antonelli
Figures To Be
20 Tilt Winner
By JERRY LISKA
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Al
though uncoiling iiis talented left
arm for a second-division club,
John Antonelli this year figures to
be a 20-game winner for the third
time In four New York Giant sea
sons. .
Giant mangaer Bill Rigney to
day said his ace hurler may even
be headed for a 25 or better vic
tory year, although Rigney ma"
have his problems trying to im
prove the Giants' sixth place fin
ish in 1956.
Antonelli, erstwhile $65,000
bonus signee of the old Boston
Braves in 1948, last year had a
20-13 record, after finishing 14-16
in 1955 and 21-7 in the Giants'
pennant-winning year of 1954.
Rigney said Antonelli, who
turns 27 April 19, still is heading
for a pitching peak.
"Just stop and realize," said
Rigney, "that until late August
last season the Giants made as
many as four runs in a game only
twice for Johnny. .
"There is no reason Johnny
can't hit 25 or 30 victories in a
season."
Tickets On Sale
A limited number of tickets
remain on sale at the William
Neil Reynolds Coliseum box of
fice for all sessions of the ACC
.tournament which begins tomor
row afternoon in Raleigh.
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The North Carolina Tar Heels
will have three major objectives
in the Atlantic Coast Conference
championship basketball tourna
ment which gets under way
Thursday in Raleigh, N. C.
They are not necessarily in
order of importance:
1. To gain an NCAA berth by
winning the tournament.
2. To continue an- unbeaten
season in which they've won 24
games.
3. To remain on top in the
Associated Press' weekly poll of
sportswriters and sportscasters.
The Tar Heels got a huge vote
of confidence from the nation's
experts in the season's next-to-last
poll based on games
through last Saturday
Collecting 55 first place votes
and 711 points, they held a com
fortable margin over tire run
iierup Kansas Jayhawks, who
got. only eight firsts and 605
points on the usual basis of 10
points for first place, 9 for sec
ond, etc. The Tar Heels meet
Clemson in a first round game
of the ACC title competition
Thursday night..
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BUT TAR HEELS GO UNBEATEN
Gamecocks And Terps
Win Statistics Titles
GREENSBORO (AP) South
Carolina and Maryland apparent
ly have sewed up the offensive
and defensive team titles in At
lantic Coast Conference basket
ball for 1957. but unbeaten North
Carolina ' neverthless has sound
statistical proof of why it was
able to complete is regular sea
son without a defeat.
South Carolina nas an offensive
average of 82.7 points after scor
ing lis against Clemson Saturday
night, with the Tar Heels second
at 80.3. Maryland's average point
yield is 60.3 points, compared to.
the 63.0 of Wake Forest and the
65.5 of North Carolina. '
But the Tar Heels according to
latest regular-season compilations
by the ACC Servict; Bureau, boast
an average scoring margin of 14.8
points a game over the opposition,
while the Gamecocks have man
aged to outscore the opposition
only 4.5 points a game and Mary
land 4.1.
South Carolina also leads team
rebound average with 51 a game,
but North Carolina boasts an aver
age margin of 11.1 rebounds a
game over opposition, easily best
in the league.
In field goal shooting, the race
is so close betwen four teams it
will take The championship tour
nament to decide the season wln-
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main unchanged with Kentucky
in third place with 476 points,
Southern Methodist fourth with
399 and Seattle fifth with 331.
Seattle, 22-2 for the year, drew
five votes for first place from
the 76 who participated.
The most notable advances
made by Michigan State and
Oklahoma City with the Spar
tans, unranked last week, mov
ing into the No. 8 position, and
OCU jumping eight notches to
10th. These two replaced Brad
ley, which fell to 13th. and In
diana, loser last week to Michi
gan and Michigan State. The
Hoosiers are unranked this
week.
Louisville moved up two
places to sixth on the strength
of victories over DePaul and To
ledo. UCLA which lost twice fell
, one place to seventh. Vanderbilt
remained in the No. 9 spot.
West Virginia heads the sec
ond ten, followed by St., Louis,
Bradley, California, Idaho State
and Oklahoma A&M. California,
which leads the Pacific Coast
Conference was unranked last
week.
The season's final poll will be
released next week.
The top 10 teams with first
ner. Tournament games count in
final tabulations since they are
part of the season.
N". C. State is No. 1 from the
floor with an accuracy mark of
43.8 per cent. But close behind !
ire Wake Forest 43.5, North Caro- ! Inspirational Books, book of daily
Una 43.3 and Maryland 42.9. Other ' meditations, the works of C. s.
FG percentages are Virginia 41.8, j Lewis and J. B. Phillips, contem
South Carolina 41.4 Clemson 40.3 porary evangelists
and Duke 38.6.
Wake Forest at 74 per cent ac
curacy tops the free throw shoot
ing division, with Clemson the
only close challenger at 73.4 per
cent. Trailing are Maryland 71.3.
North Carolina 70 8- South Caro
lina 70.1, Duke 68.4, Virginia
67.8 and N. C. State 66.9.
N. C. State and Clemson have
averaged the most personal fouls,
19.4 a game, while Maryland is
tops in personal foul avoidance
with only 16.4 personals a game
Initiation Ceremonies
The Monogram Club will hold
formal initiation ceremonies to
morrow night for 32 nw mem
bers. Chancellor Robert B.
House will speak at 8 p.m.
President John Bilich has urged
all clvb members to be on hand
at 7:30 p.m.
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place votes and won-lost records
through Saturday, March 2 in
parentheses (points on a 10, 9,
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis):
1. UNC (55) (24-0) .- 711
2. Kansas (8) (29-2) 605
3. Kentucky (1) (22-4) 476
4. SMU (1) (21-3) - 399
5. Seattle (5) (22-2) 331
6. Louisville (1) (20-5) 194
7. UCLA (21-4) 188
8. Michigan State (14-7) .' 122
9. Vanderbilt (17-5) 115
It). Oklahoma City (2) (17-8) 101
Lemon Looks
TUCSON, Ariz (AP) Bob
Lemon of the Cleveland Indians
believes this season will be the
toughest in years for any Ameri
can League pitcher to win 20
games.
"The race is going to be closer,"
the big right hander predicted to
day. ''Detroit and Boston are bet
ter. So are other clubs. You aren't
going to see two or three teams
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12. St.. Louis (1) (18-7) 83
13. Bradley (19-5) " 80
14. California (18-4) 72
15. " Idaho State (24-2) 64
16. Okla. A&M (16-8) : 63
17. Tow State (16-6) 54
18. Miss. State (17-8 47
19. Memphis State (21-5) 39
20. Wake Forest '(18-8) 37
St. Peter's (NJ) received two
first place votes.
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