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The last dribble echo has faded away, the swishing nets are silent, and the thud! thud! of Len Chappell's big feel will be heard in the Atlantic Coast Conference no more Another basketball campaign is now history. But already, in dark coaches' corners throughout the land, from the basketball-crazy towns of the Mid-West tc the harsh playground courts of New York, at the University of Alaska and the University of Miami, plans are being made for next year's upsets and jumpshots. WHAT ABOUT HERE? Questions go left and right on every campus about the roundball future there and even here. Some of these queries have begun to infilitrate the gloomy recesses of a well. filled cubbyhole buried deep within the walls of an ancient artifice known locally as the Field House and abroad as the "snakepit." The single light that illuminates this small cell is the optimistic spirit of the occupant, one energetic Robert Lewis Stevens by name. Beaming brightly by the accumul. ated current of a 15-12 season's record, this guardian of Gamecock fortunes willingly expounded upon the fate the future held for his Roosters. BYE, BUD! BYE, ART! BYE BOBBY! "Experience is one thing I don't think we'll have as much of next year. You can't lose three boys like Art Whis, nant, Bud Cronin, and Bobby Robinson. who have beer playing steadily for three years and not suffer a drop ir experience. "On both offense and defense, I am expecting improve ment. This is mainly because the added time we have had to ingrain the style of play in the boys. Both of these de. partments are composed largely of instincts, and the longer we work on developing these instincts in our players, the better established they will become and the better basket. ball they will produce. CAROMS, ANYONE? "Our rebounding, just like it was this year, will be an unknown quantity. It will depend largely on the improve ment made and the aggressiveness gained by Jim Podell and Dave Barrett, along with Ronnie Collins. The develop ment of rising sophomores John Gorsage and Dennis Ostas. zewski will also mean a great deal in this department. "Those boys have the ability. They just have to develor the necessary desire to put it to full use. Podell and Barrett, especially, could benefit by improvement here. They're just too nice in the battle for rebounds. If these boys come bacl next year determined to "own the backboards" against everyone we play, it could be the key to a successful season for us. BENCHWARD, HO! "Everyone expects us to have a fabulous bench next year, with the way some of the boys showed up late in the season, but few people realize one thing. We have to fill three holes in the starting five and those replacements are going to have to come from the boys who formed the re serves this season. "Thus we now have three large gaps to fill (in the bench and we have to dlependl mainly on our freshman prospects Gorsage, Ostaszewski, and Rick Grich. Whether wve con tinue to have the boys to fall back upon wvhen we need them depends largely upon whether they continue the im provement exhibited during their freshman year. SAME OLD) STUFF "I dlon't expect we'll change our style of play much, it at all, next year. WVe will still strive for an ideal balancc of scoring and attack that will make us much harder tc defend against, going for the good shot, no matter whc takes it. "Our offense is fair to all the players concerned. Al] they have to do is run the offense and develop the plays correctly and the shots wvill become available. Therefore, we feel that if one player has a higher average than an other, its not because he is being "fed" the ball or giveii more chances to shoot, it's because he is taking better ad. vantage of the scoring olportunities that present them selves to all the p)layers. CUT-THROAT COMPETITION "ACC play is so tough that a one-man team can no longer exist. I really can't see howv the Conference can get tougher, because there were (eight good teams this year, but it looks as though some (of the schools, such as D)ukt and Clemson. are going to be improved." The shining light continues to beam from the pocket of optimism opposite "11" and ''J." It abates very little in intensity, even when its source is dIreamning of 7-foot recruiting sugar plumls, and increases with each step of Father Time toward that opening whistle in D)ecember. IDON' BET ON IT! D)on't bet this beam won't be communicated to five boys out on the Field H-ouse floor for that whistle. D)on't bel those boys won't catch that light and proceed to burn som< teams badly. I'm not betting on it, rather I'll be in the Fielk IHouse to see it. LOOK AHEAD NOW PLAN TO SAVE MONEY Participate in the Russell House Meal Plan for the Rest of the Semester MARCH 19- JUNE 1 $103.00 ic. Tax As the "Gamecock" goes to pr Intramural Basketball playoffs to Independent divisions. The four teaj ion Zone 6, defending Fraternity C Zone 6 With five double figure scorers starting, this is undoubtedly the most potent offensive team on the campus. Jumpshooter Lyles Adair is the most dangerous man when he's hitting, but Ken Lester and George Williams are also putting in 20 ppg. Todd Wilson and Earl Stanton are outside threats at the guards, and lead the fast break well. This team likes to run to open the de fense for their free lance style of play, but it really isn't necessary, for they have the balanced shoot ing to break up a slow game as well. Zone 6 bases much of its strength on board control and with the 6-4 Williams, Adair and Lester, both 6-2, underneath, they can rebound with anyone. Overall, they have to be fav ored for the title again, and only a very poor shooting night, or an exceptionally hot team should stop their march to the title. USc I Gambrell, Bradshaw Cop Firsts Carolina's track team managed to take first places in the broad jump and the high hurdles, but could muster very little other strength and finished fifth in the ACC Indoor Meet held at Chapel Hill Saturday. The Gamecocks could score only 17 1/5 points, ranking behind Maryland, the winner for the sev enth straight time with 61 points, North Carolina, Clemson, and Duke. First place winners for USC were Charlie Bradshaw in the hurdles with a time of 8.6 and the surprising Billy Gambrell, wvho broad jump)ed 21' 9%~j" to winl that event. Carol in a virtually swvept the b)roadl jump, with Dan Upton fin ishing second to Gambrell. Upton and Bradshaw were both members of the USC mile relay team, the other members of wvhich wvere Erich Wowra and Jimmy Barrow, that got second place. Two sophomores accounted for the remaining Gamecock points. Carl HeILndricks came in fourth ini the high hurdles and Torn Caughman finished in a fifth place tie in the high jump. In the freshman division, the Gamecock first-year men did the varsity one better by finishing fourthI. Maryland as usual wvon this divisionl also, finishing far ahead of Duke, Clemson, and Carolina. Placing for the USC frosh wvere Bob Moleta and Robert Fischer, second andl fourth, respectively, in * 60 million times with ice-cold Coc as namm ... ..n. nS e...m.a a Playoffs ass Tuesday night, four teams hav advance to the finals in both the ns are defending Independent and C hampion Sigma Nu, Zone 5 and Pi Sigma Nu This appears to be the only team capable of coping with the Zone 6 power. They also play fast break ball, with exceptional ball players in 6-3 Jimmy Johnson and Jimmy Howell, who have to be conceded their points. Whether they can take the title depends mainly on the ability of John Breedin, Jimmy Mills and John Pfalzgraf to give these boys some offensive help. They play tight defense, but tend to concede the out-shot. They need to get rougher under the boards, where Johnson, Howell and the 6-3 Breedin carry the load. Overall, they appear stronger than last year, and have a well organized offense. They must curb a tendency to attempt un wise shots and find a couple more "hot hands" to match Johnson and Howell if they are to take Zone 6. They also lack good depth, which may hurt in a tight, fast ball game. ishes the shot put. John Hemmer, who finished fourth in the 60-yard dlash, was the only double placer Senior Dana Upton shows~ the ft top broad jumper for the last two y this event, but may face some steri team. In the ACC Indoor last Sa teammate Bily Gambrel!, who won CAMPBELL'| PH ARJ Cornell DRUGS - SCH4 NOTIONS - SO eOVRa,oHI 39Oos ?NI COCA-COLA COMPANY COCJ 10~ 365Y a day people get that re: a-Cola' mes COrMBIAn COCA.n COA BOim.i Narrowed BY BLANDING CLARKSON, JR. e survived the The finals in Fraternity and deadline, so the ampus Champ- THE CAMPUS Kappa Alpha. EIGHT O'CLOC: Zone 5 This team carries an undefeated record into the playoffs and is t perhaps the most adaptable quin- c tet of the four. The big scoring 1 punch is usually supplied by 6-3 8 Mike Kirkpatrick, a footballer t with a soft shot. t The other offensive threats are 6-4 Joe Williams, a high-jumping rebounder, and little Joe Griner at guard. Driving coach Holbrook S Platts sets up plays at the other s guard, with the fifth position be- t ing the weak one. Rebound depends on Kirkpatrick b and Williams, but they do a good u job. The offense tends to stall when Kirkpatrick is stopped, but , a good night from outside by g Griner would help solve this. Overall, this team is very well i organized and can play slow or o fast, but they don't possess the n1 overall balance of the other teams c and probably won't make the fi- t nals. f Fifth for the freshmen, as he was a member of the second-place mile relay team. .. . . ....... ....... rmn that has miade hint the state's ears. iIe holds~ the state record for m opposition this y ear on his own turday, Upton finished second to the event wit a leap of 21-9%. 5 CORNELL VIACY Arms )OL SUPPLIES DA FOUNTAIN b.COLA ANO COKE Alt ROS(AtO TaAofMA*ffg freshing new feeling 3 COMPANY To Four both divisions were played Wednei four remaining teams are coveret CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE I K IN THE FIELD HOUSE. PiKA This is the smallest of the four eams, but undoubtedly the fast st and this tends to make up for ick of inches. Very good outside hooting gives any zone defense rouble, while their speed makes hem difficult to take man-to-man. All five starters, Billy Gam rell, Tommy Pilcher, Woody oodward, Charlie Hussey, and ammy Anderson, can score. Hus ey, the tallest at 6-1, Gambrell, a remendous jumper for 5-11, and Voodward do most of the re oundng, while the others pick p many loose caroms. Overall, they have great speed nd good depth, which may prove actors on the long Field House ourt, but they have trouble cop ig with their opponents' big men n defense, giving up tipins under eath. While they will score points n anyone with their shooting, hey probably won't make the inals. Try our 1 Economy fluff i 5 lbs. (8c per Many items are ready LAUNDRY 8 DEOD( Here's deodon~ YOU CAl Old Spice Stick Deodorant. day, every day protectioni I active men ... absolutely depe speedily..,.dries in record tim --most convenient, most econ buy. 1.00 plus tax. day and Thursday, after the sports I below. THE FINAL GAME FOR 3LAYED MONDAY NIGHT, AT Overall The natural thing to assume would be that the defending champions in both divisions will advance to the Campus finals, but this can not be depended upon in an unpredictable year in Intra mural play. Four matchups are possible, ) with very different results prob able in each. If Zone 6 and Sigma Nu do manage to come thru to the finals, look for a fast, tight contest with the Independents balanced scoring the difference. If PiKA and Zone 6 meet, the pace would be even more frantic and the result more lopsided be cause of the champs' rebounding advantage. A PiKA and Zone 6 match would show less scoring and a very even game, with the result a tossup. If Sigma Nu meets Zone 5 in the title contest, a slow cautious game by the Independents may slow the Fraternity men down somewhat, but it would only de lay a verdict for Sigma Nu's scoring power. SPEEDY Service 1' fold 40C pound) to use or to put away. 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