The Da.!y Tar HH
Tar Heeh Beacons brace
tournament
Thursciary. March 3. 1973
for
p- i
i At)
4k,
Safe nn n
in
George Karl
by Winston Cavin
Sports Editor
Some call it ridiculous. Sports lllustrated's
Curry Kirkpatrick calls it Looney Tunes. Frank
McGuire used to call it Russian Roulette.
Whatever you call it, it's known as the Atlantic
Coast Conference basketball tournament, and it
determines the official league champion. Often
criticized by sports writers and detested by
coaches, the tournament survives. It is the
pride and scourge of Southern basketball.
The tournament is as rare as a Mexican
restaurant in Peking. Only two major conferences
determine their champs by tournament play and
the other one is the insignificant Southern
Conference.
Good or bad, the tournament is a reality. The
whole regular season becomes suddenly
meaningless as the whole conference slugs it out
for the crown. And to the winner goes the spoils.
Of course, there is the chance that there could
be two winners. Should regular-season champion
North Carolina State or fourth-seeded Duke win
the title, the runnerup will go to the NCAA
Eastern Regionals at Charlotte.
The three-day lunatic binge gets under way this
afternoon when second-place North Carolina takes
on number seven Wake Forest. That game begins
at 1 :30. Then at 3:30, third-place Maryland (20-5,
7-5) meets sixth-place Clemson (12-13, 4-8). In the
final first-round game at 8 p.m., number four
Duke (12-13, 4-X) collides with number five
Virginia (1 2-1 1,4-8).
In Friday's semifinals, front-runner N.C. State
(25-0, 12-0) meets the Duke-Virginia winner at 7
p.m. The UNC-Wake Forest winner meets the
winner of the Maryland-Clemson game at 9 p.m.
for the title game.
Carolina carries a fine 22-6 overall record into
the Wake Forest contest, while the Deacons are
1 1-14 overall and 3-9 in the ACC. In regular-season
meetings, Carolina defeated Wake, 99-80 in
Greensboro and 69-5 1 in Chaper Hill.
Nevertheless, the Tar Heels are not taking the
Deacs lightly. Carolina coach Dean Smith is
concerned about the first-round game, as there are
no second chances in the ACC tournament.
"We haven't really beaten Wake Forest as badly
during the regular season as the scores would
indicate," Smith says. "Wake proved recently in its
win over Maryland how capable it is. We expect a
very different game Thursday."
Smith's concern is not unjustified. Wake Forest
gave the Heels hectic first halves in both games
before folding in the final 20 minutes. If they play
above their heads they could give the Heels
nightmares.
The Deacs had their ups and downs during the
regular season. Coach Carl Tacy's team knocked
off powerful Alabama in the second game of the
year, then put together a five-game winning streak
on the way to an 8-4 record. Then the ACC wars
got under way and the Wake Forest season took a
turn for the worse.
The Deacs pulled perhaps their greatest surprise
last week when the top ten-ranked Mar land
Terrapins fell in Winston-Salem, 62-60. In their
final regular-season game, the Deacons fell to the
strong Wolfpack in Raleigh, 100-77.
Tacy's men are led by second-team AII-ACC
selection Tony Byers. A junior transfer, Byers led
the team in scoring and finished second in the
ACC in that department with a 22-point average.
He shot 46 per cent from the floor.
Byers teams with another fine guard, Eddie
Payne, in ine backcourt. Payne averaged 15.4
points per game, giving the Deacons the strongest
backcourt scoring punch in the conference. Payne
made 46 per cent of his shots as well and dished
out 95 assists.
Inside, the Deacon story is different. Tacy needs
more tall and talented players to compete in the
ACC. Rebounding strength is lacking somewhat.
Tacy does have Mike Parrish, a sophomore who is
good for 10 points and eight rebounds per game.
The other forward is freshman Lee Foye, who
shows promise (seven points, seven rebounds). The
center is Pat Kelly (five points, five rebounds) and
he could stand some improvement. Still they are
not to be counted out.
The Tar Heels will be vying for their sixth ACC
title in 20 years of conference competition. Last
season, the Tar Heels won the ACC tournament
and finished third in the national tournament.
Should the Heels win the championship, it would
be Carolina's fifth ACC title in seven years.
! O W l!fc
Z N
P I g a, o V 4
5IP i S s t g
2 1 ' Bp
" ra n
& " 8 '5 p.
Monday March 26, 1973
4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Carmichael Auditorium
3 - RINGS - 3
WHOLE HERD OF
PERFORMING ELEPHANTS
Students
Adults
$1.00
$2.00
No Extra Charges -1 Ticket
ADMITS TO EVERYTHING!
Tickets avalable
Carolina Union
Information Desk
Mon.-Fri. 9 A. M. - 7 P.M.
A Carolina Union Program
Kill III! " ' ' ' . .
- '"
1 NO W i Ytw'ttS ' x"''7 x hilts?
Tlhesetlhiiree y
aflimg mmemi ps& made Elhe
sffeSooimenTlhie SdesS os 34
Kemember when younjf people could tret uhead in busi
ness simply by frrowinp old? It ws good system for
those with a little talent and a lot of patience, but today's
technology moves too fust to wait for seniority.
At Kodak, our extensive involvement in basic research
has made the need for fresh, young thinking more press
ing than ever. So we hire the best new talent we possibly
can. Then we do both of us a favor by turning them loose
n real problems, and giving them the freedom and re
sponsibility they need to solve them.
That's how three Kodak scientists in their early thir
ties just made a breakthrough in liquid lasers, develop
ing an organic dye laser with a continuous beam. Their
discovery means more than just a new kind of laser. It
means a whole range of new laser applications, in fields
from medicine to communications.
It 'was the kind of discovery most men and women
work a lifetime for. Yet these young men still have most
of their lifetimes ahead of them.
Why do we give young men and women so much free
dom and responsibility? Because it's good business, and
we're in business to make a profit. Kut in furthering our
own business interests, we also further society's inter
ests. And that's good.
After all. our business depends on society. So we care
what happens to it.
More than a business.
ViSvS& - -ill -
-
Tony Byers