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By OWEN DAVIS
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A team that has been to the
NCAA championships the past
two years can do little for an
encore, and Coach Deafi
Smith's basketball Tar Heefs
may be hard-pressed to satisfy
home fan appetites short of
winning the national title itself..
. Four of the five starters
from last year's nationally were evoked, and up until last
second ranked team are back, season more was said about the
and enough material is still 1957 team than the current
around to strongly challenge ones.
UCLA's two-year grip on the
national crown.
North Carolinians have been
dreaming about a number one
team ever since the Tar Heels
pulled an upset win , over
Kansas in 1957 for the NCAA
championship.
When Carolina was in a
tailspin in ensuing years,
memories of Lennie
Rosenbluth and Pete Brennan
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Smith has recruited a
planeload of new stars to
change that. Rosenbluth is
only mentioned when
yesteryear flicks are run.
Names such as Charlie Scott,
Rusty Clark and Dick Grubar
have replaced his.
Smith has so many good
players this season that his
biggest problem will be to find
a way to play them alL
Junior guard Eddie Fogler
got so discouraged at his
prospects of seeing much
action that he decided to
transfer to St. John's at the
end of- the school year, but
since has changed his mind and
is now back.
Not even Fogler could avoid
the feeling that a big prize may
be at hand.
Begin with the four
returning starters arid you can
why the Heels will be one
of the nation's best.
There is height, including
6-10 Clark and 6-9 Bill
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. . .Tar Heels Ended 1967 Season On Sweet Note, 20-9
25-footers are no fluke.
He hit over 55 per cent
from the field, and that
Bunting; speed, with Scott and included few layups. Whether
an untested sophomore can
answer all the team's outside
shooting problems is
questionable, but the lack of
an outside attack didn't keep
the Heels from running up a
28-4 record last year.
With height, speed, shooting
defense and depth, what more
could you want? Smith isn't
complaining.
He won't predict another
NCAA trip or even a
conference title, but he can't
help but smile when he looks
at his roster.
Grubar; shooting, topped by
Scott and Clark; and defense,
which includes everybody.
Scott has all-America
promise, and beat out the likes
of Rick Mount, Calvin Murphy
and Pete Maravich for a spot
on the Olympic team.
Clark is a good
all-conference bet, and Bunting
may be the best defensive
player on the eastern seaboard.'
Reserves for these four are
everywhere, and the
competition for the fifth
starting position will be hot.
There are three experienced
guards to support Scott and
Grubar. The three-Gerald
Tuttle, Jim Delaney and
Fogler are all small but quick.
All. three have also played in
pressure situations.
Front liners besides Clark
and Bunting are topped by
senior Joe Brown, a tough
rebounder, and promising
sophomores Lee Dedmon and
Dave Chadwick.
Dedmon and Brown will
probably compete for the open
starting spot vacation by
all-American forward Larry
Miller.
Dedmon has an edge in
height, 6-10 to 6-5, and is a
good shooter, but lacks
Brown's savvy under the
boards.
The only thing the Heels
may lack is consistent outside
shooting, and a crewcut soph
from Burlington who didn't
have a scholarship last season
may help fill that void.
The soph is Dale Gipple,
who proved time after time last
year on the frosh court that his
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The name of the game is
defense and that's why the
North Carolina Tar Heels count
so heavily this football season
on a couple of hard-hitting
linebackers named Bob Hanna
and Mark Mazza.
Coaches rate those two
players, both of whom were
starters in 1967, among the
key men in the Tar Heel cast
Much of Carolina's hopes for
an improved season will
depend upon how well they
perform.
Head Coach Bill Dooley
says that Hanna and Mazza are
two of the toughest
competitors in the Tar Heel
camp. "Neither has much
speed," he says, "and they
aren't the biggest linebackers
you'll find. But I think they
make up for their shortcomings
with hustle and desire. We
consider them winners."
Mazza is a 202-pound senior
from Dundas, Ont., who
played fullback for the Tar
Heels two years ago when he
was a sophomore. Dooley
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switched him to linebacker last
fall and Mark showed up well
at the new position.
Hanna, 198-pounder from
McKeesport, Pa., broke into
the starting lineup as a
sophomore and surprised
coaches with his play last fall.
He had an outstanding spring
practice this year and was
voted by newsmen as the best
defensive player in Carolina's
annual Blue-White game in
May:
University officials are
remaining tight-lipped about
the NCAA investigation of the
Carolina athletic program.
Nothing has been released
concerning the charges in the
investigation or what areas of
the program are covered. The
only official comment from
the chancellor's office is that
an official inquiry is in fact
Smith shows few grins when taking place,
his schedule is mentioned.
however. It includes onlv one
patsy, The Citadel, and it
doesn't appear until Feb. 22.
Before New Year's Carolina
must meet Oregon twice,
Kentucky (in Lexington),
Vanderbilt and a power-packed
slate in the Holiday Festival in
New York.
UCLA is among the
eight-team festival field. -Unless
' ' Charlie Scott,
. currently , prepping for .. the
Mexico City Olympic Games,
get's poisoned on a taco and
enchilada dinner or Rusty
Clark breaks his leg, Carolina
should be an odds-on bet for
another conference title and a
berth in the Eastern Regional discussing it.
Notice of the investigation
was first disclosed by the
Charlotte Observer Aug. 16.
Since then, there has been no
comment from Carolina
officials or the NCAA.
"All matters pertaining to
the investigation are
confidential," said acting
Athletic Director Walter Rabb.
"I imagine there will be some
information released in - due
time. 7, , . ,f .,,
"We have nothing to hide."
One University official said
that "the reason- we're not
allowed to say anything is that
we would be breaking our
confidence with the NCAA by
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and,: our own : evidence' .he,
said, "I have no doubt but that
we will be cleared." "'
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There will be stiff
competition both in and out of
the conference, and the Heels
may be knocked off a couple
of times on their way.
But when the ultimate
stakes are laid on the line in
the conference tourney in
Charlotte, count Carolina in.
"The NCAA has only
contacted us through private
communication and has
released no information itself."
The NCAA infractions
committee, which imposes
penalties on offending schools,
meets in January. The official
said, however, that "it is hoped
the matter will be cleared up
long before then.
"After reading the charges
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