Wednesday, January 11, 1978 The Daily Tar Heal 11
Coast-to -coast wins move Carolina recor
d to 124
Heels claim Rainbow title
with Ford, O'Koren
By GENE UPCHURCH
Sport Editor
HONOLULU Late December in
Hawaii is not an ideal time or place for a
group of college students to think seriously
about winning basketball games.
But, despite wide, sandy beaches, tropical
weather and Polynesian beauties, Carolina's
basketball team was able to sweep to the
championship of the 14th annual Rainbow
Classic with wins over Brigham Young (94
W, Texas Tech (88-76) and Sanford (92-6 1 )r
The climax of the tournament was
expected to be a showdown between No.2
Carolina and then 13th-ranked Providence,
but the Friars were knocked off by Stanford
in the semifinal game.
Carolina guard Phil Ford was named the
tournament's oustanding player after
scoring 31, 25 and 13 points for Carolina in
three wins. Mike O'Koren was named to the
five-player all-tournament team.
; Carolina had little trouble defeating any
of the teams in the tournament, culminating
a strong comeback after a surprise loss to
unranked William & Mary Dec. 7. The Tar
Heels defeated Rochester 101-43 Dec. 10 and
Cincinnati 67-59 Dec. 17.
Carolina built a 16-point lead in the
opener against Brigham Young before a
sparse, apathetic crowd in Blaisdell Center
Arena here. (The crowd had lost interest in
the tournament when host Hawaii lost its
opener the previous evening and eventually
dropped the rest of its games in the
consolation to finish eighth.) Carolina's lead
was cut when the Cougars stole Tar Heel
passes and converted the steals into eight
straight points. Brigham Young cut the lead
to five in the second half and again to six
when Carolina was in its four-corner oitense.
but Ford took control and converted three
straight one-arid-one opportunities to put
the game out of reach.
The Tar Heels overcame the jet lag caused
by the five-hour time difference between the
East Coast and Hawaii in time to shoot
ahead of Texas Tech in the semifinals 22-8
with 1 2 minutes left in the first half. Carolina
led by as much as 16 in the first half and by 14
at halftime on nearly flawless execution. The
Red Raiders cut the lead to seven in the
second half, but a full-court press by
Carolina caused several turnovers. Carolina
built its lead to 23 before Tar Heel coach
Dean Smith cleared his bench.
Many people were picking Stanford to be
the giant-killers of the tournament after
downing Providence in the semifinals, but
Carolina overwhelmed the Cardinals in the
opening minutes of the game, blowing out to
a 27-2 lead in the first eight minutes. Most of
the points came off fastbreak opportunities
and Stanford turnovers. Stanford changed
to a zone defense and cut the lead to eight at
halftime, 38-30. After Stanford cut the lead
to six at the open of the second half, Carolina
ran off 10 unanswered points and dazzled the
small crowd with a show of lightening-quick
passing that left the Stanford defenders
bewildered.
"We've had an excellent December,"
Smith said. "We have improved."
He said the Classic answered several
questions about Carolina and helped the
players adjust to the roles they had to assume
with three starters from last year missing.
"We played better ball in this tournament
than we did in early December," he said,
temporarily ending speculation that
freshman Al Wood would be moved to a
starting position replacing Dudley Bradley.
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By WILL WILSON
Staff Writer
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - From the
build-up here, one might have thought
North Carolina and Virginia were playing
basketball last Saturday night for the ACC
championship, as they have done the past
two seasons.
As the game turned out. the 76-61 UNC
win at University Hall was just another in a
series of well-played contests for the Tar
Heels, but it was anearth-finding loss for the
previously undefeated Cavaliers, who had
been flying high alter eight wins.
Several factors provided for the almost
tournament-like atmosphere. To start with,
like any pair of ACC teams, L'NC and
Virginia already had an intense rivalry,
heated by those two ACC tournament final
games, both close with each team winning
once.
This year. Virginia did not face a ranked
team in winning its first eight games, so this
was its chance to show it deserved its 12th
place national ranking, if not a higher one.
On top of that, Virginia Coach Terry
Holland made some widely-publicized
remarks about UNC Coach Dean Smith the
week before the game, saying Smith was not
the gentleman he appeared to be.
Holland continued his boldness at a
Thursday luncheon here, saying. "1 think
we're on the verge of being the best team in
the ACC. And I'm not just talking about this
year, but about the future. This game is very
important to us."
All this led to the scene at University Hall
Saturday night. So many tickets were
distributed to students, who still had a week
before they were to return to school, that
Tar Heel guard Phil Ford, shown reaching for two points against N.C. State in the Big
Four finals, was named Most Valuable Player as Carolina took three victories on its
way to the Rainbow Classic championship in Honolulu. Staff photo by Allen Jer-nigan.
Carolina slips by vicious Tigers
they were told to sit closer together than
normal. Outside, some of those without
tickets were offering at least $40 for a pair of
them.
For just over 16 minutes, the game lived
up to its advance billing. With 3:40 to go in
the first half and the score 29-29, the game
had been tied four times, the lead had
changed three times, and a technical had
been called on each bench.
But from there on, the contest degenerated
into a Tar Heel runaway. Virginia's next
score did not come until 17:42 was left in the
second half. By that time, Carolina had built f
up a 43-29 lead, scoring the last 10 points of
the first half and the first four of the second.
The Cavaliers managed just one shot and
committed three turnovers in those last three
and a half first half minutes.
That 10-point halftime lead put the Tar
Heels on the launch . pad for a phenomenal
second-half shooting performance that
never really let Virginia back into the game.
Carolina hit on 16 of 17 field goal attempts
for 94 percent.
"We certainly gave them their 10-point
lead," Holland said afterwards, "but UNC
made their breaks the rest of the way."
Several UNC turnovers midway the
second half helped Virginia cut the score
from 53-35 to 55-45. But after a UNC
timeout. Tar Heel guard Phil Ford put in 10
straight points to break it wide open again.
The score reached 74-47 with 4; 32 left before
Virginia made it closer against the Tar Heel
reserves.
Ford led the scoring with 23, and UNC's
Mike O'Koren had 16. Freshman Jeff Lamp
led Virginia with 16.
The win improved Carolina's ACC record
to 2-0 and its overall mark to 12-1. Virginia is,
l-l in the conference and 8-1 in all games.
By LEE PACE
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson did an excellent job of ruining Dean
Smith's offensive plans in two crucial plays late in an ACC game last
Wednesday. In fact, the Tigers did a little too well.
When the Tar Heels owned the ball with 24 seconds remaining in
regulation trailing 72-70. the Tigers figured either the old reliable
Phil Ford or the hot-shooting Mike O'Koren would be the one to
take UNC's final attempt.
And later, with 14 seconds to go in overtime and Clemson ahead
77-76. everyone in Littlejohn Coliseum expected the ball to go to
Ford or O'Koren.
The Tigers shut off Ford and O'Koren. They forgot about Gcff;
Crompton and Tom Zaliagiris.
Crompton took a pass from Zaliagiris with seconds left in
regulation, wheeled and powered a layup over the helpless arms of
two Tiger defenders to send the Tar Heels and Tigers into overtime in
the first ACC clash for both teams.
And after UNC blew a three-point lead in overtime, O'Koren hit
Zaliagiris breaking toward the basket left of the foul lane. Zaliagiris
twisted for a layup and was fouled by Colon Abraham. Zaliagiris'
three-point play sealed Carolina's 79-77 win, its I Ith in 12 starts.
"Mike and Phil were supposed to run a two-on-two play, but
Clemson trapped both of them off," said Zaliagiris, whose 15-point
scoring total was second behind O'Koren's 23. "My man must have
picked up Phil, because the lane was wide open.
"I was trying to draw the foul more than make the basket, but 1 was
concentrating on that. too. I didn't know whether it was eoinc or not.
All I could think of w as us winning the game. I had been a little down
on myself because 1 missed several shots late in the game that we
needed."
Clemson neatly won it in regulation following Crompton's bucket.
Stan Rome took a long pass from Chubby Wells about 18 feet to the
left of the Tiger basket, dribbled once and arched a jumper that
barely rimmed out at the buyer.
"I thought it was in all the way," said UNC's Smith. "They
shouldn't have gotten that good a shot."
' Clemson's final attempt in overtime wasn't as close, however.
Reserve guard Bobby Conrad took the inbounds pass, raced upcourt
and forced an awkard 20-fooler that wasn't close. "We were just
trying to get a shot," said Tiger coach Bill Foster. "There's not a
whole lot of strategy when you've got to go 94 feet in lOseconds."
Clemson had opportunities in regulation and in overtime to nearly
put the game out of reach of the No. 2 Tar Heels. Crompton fouled
.Wells with 37 seconds to play in regulation and Clemson up by two,
but Wells missed the front end of the one-and-one.
With Clemson leading by one with 33 seconds left in overtime,
Ford fouled Conrad, who also missed the one-and-one.
"We had a lot of chances to win it," Foster said. "No one play cost
us the game. We missed some golden opportunities. They hit the
buckets when they had to have them."
Beside their failures late in the game, the Tigers, 9-i entering the
contest, played an excellent overall game, "perhaps our best from
beginning to end all year," Foster said.
UNC still
No. 2
NEW YORK (UPl) - The United Press
International Board of Coaches college
basketball ratings with won-lost records
through ' games of Sunday, Jan. 8, and
number of first place votes in parentheses:
TEAM RECORD POINTS
1. Kentucky (39) 40-0 417
2. NORTH CAROLINA 12-1 336
3. Arkansas (2) 12-0 279
4. Marquette 9-1 273
5. UCLA 1 1-1 211
6. Notre Dame 7-2 187
7. Indiana State (I) 10-0 154
8. Louisville 9-2 139
9. Syracuse 1 1 -1 107
10. Kansas 11-2 48
11. Michigan State 10-1 25
12. Georgetown 10-2 20
13. Indiana 8-2 14
14. Holy Cross 9-1 13
15. (tie) Providence 10-1 10
(tie) New Mexico 9-2 10
(tie) Nebraska 12-1 10
18. North Carolina State 10-1 9
19. Cincinnati 8-3 8
20. Texas 10-2 6
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