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sportopics
MIKE McCARTHY
Sports Editor -
The 1962-63 basketball season has ended for the Game
cocks, but Chuck Noe still has a big job ahead of him. No(
must not only find replacements for guard Scotti Ward
and center Bob Haney, but also he must solve the problen
of finding some height for next year's team.
John Schroeder who is 6-6, showed great promise as a
member of the USC freshman team, but he alone cannot
fill the gap left by Haney's departure. John Gorsage playe
only sparingly this year, but his game experience will be
very important next season.
The newspapers have hinted that Noe may turn to the
junior college ranks to find some big men. At present this
is the only logical solution to Noe's problem.
Because he was hired late last Spring there was littl
opportunity to recruit. Coach Noe had to be content witt
boys who had already committed themselves to other
schools. Despite this disadvantage Noe did recruit some
good basketball players, but academic failure cut the fresh
man squad to six men by the end of the year.
For the future Chuck Noe faces an even more challeng
ing problem. There are not enough good basketball player
in South Carolina to rely on in-state recruiting so Noe mus1
look elsewhere. When he does, he runs up against the rest
of the Conference or the Southeastern Conference.
The biggest setback to Carolina's recruiting program is
the poor playing facilities. The only other schools in th
Conference with poorer playing facilities and seating capaci
ties are Clemson and Virginia, but neither of these school
have ever sought to build up a basketball power.
Noe has the ability to produce a great team. His coach
ing record at VPI is proof enough of this, but whether h
will be able to recruit players with which he can build a
winning team is a big question mark.
Carolina basketball would have been greatly aided if
the citizens of Columbia had voted for the Richland Coli
seum, but the proposal was a failure. Without adequat
playing and seating facilities it is difficult to stimulate any
real interest.
A coach with Chuck Noe's ability should be given a de
cent place to show his team. The fans at VPI acknowledged
this and Noe was given an 8,000 seat Field House. He lefi
this to come to USC where the facilities were by far poorer.
Noe refused to throw in the towel despite preseasor
predictions and his team won nine games because of hustl<
and Noe's ability as a coach. Only two teams in the pasi
six years have had better records.
The Gamecocks are members of a Conference which is
noted for its basketball. It is about time that USC jumped
on the band wagon and made use of some of that prestige.
For the first time in Carolina basketball history we have
a coach who can produce a great team if he gets the players
he needs. Why don't we take advantage of this situatior
and give him a decent place to play so that recruiting goot
players will be easier.
The 1963-64 basketball season is a long way off, bu1
between now and then Coach Noe will be doing all he can t<
give USC a winning team. There are some other people wh<
should be doing the same thing.
As usual Maryland is favored to retain the ACC In
door Track Championship, but UNC will give them a
run for the money. Maryland has won the ACC title
every year except in 1955 since the Conference was
formed. It would not be a misnomer to speak of the
ACC as Maryland and the Seven Dwarfs in regard to
track.
N. C. State has the big guns and the depth to win the
ACC Swimming Meet, but it will be a team effort if Statt
expects to get by Maryland and North Carolina. Maryland
was undefeated until they came South to swim State and
UNC a week ago.
The Maryland wrestling team goes unchallenged in
the Conference as a team although UNC and Virginia
may have a few individual champions. Maryland has
not been beaten in the Conference the past five years.
Gamecocks Bow Out
In Blaze Of Sniffles
The Gamecocks managed to getrcodt9-5frteya.D
five men on the court for their itthsCocCukNc
loss suffered in the first round ofmntodasagdpsiblyf.
the ACC tourney against UNC. AC CocofteYasieth
This in itself was a major victory. Gnccshdmdor aei
All nine players and Coach Chuckanbetevrlemsndca
Noe were very sick with variousclstoheopeasiteCn
forms of the flu. In addition, Bill frne
Yarbrough fouled out with 17:23 Ls erBbSees o
to go and Jimmy Collins ran intoOlhoareivdteCch;
an upright in a valiant effort to teYa wr o i 51 e
block a shot with 10:23 remaining.od.AolstyrChcNc a
Jimmy sufferea a concussion and Vt( otenCneec oc
missed viewing the rest of the o h erfrhs1- eoda
tournament on doctor's orders al-.VI
though he was able to visit down
town Raleigh on Saturday.
Coach Noe remarked that he was
sorry the team had to go out this
way after fighting so hard all
season long.
Yogi Poteot of the Tar Heels got
the opening tip and drove in for the
score. UNC's points were not to(
come this easily but the Heels
scored often against the weakened
Gamecocks.
USC came back to take the lead
3-2, but this was the last time they Ga
would be ahead as UNC dumped in
eight straight points to lead, 10-3.
Carolina cut the lead to four
points andi hung on for a long
while but UNC opened the gap at Sh tS ee
49-34.
The teams traded shots for most
of the half but UNC pulled away Sesce
at the end of the half and led, 49
34. The Tar Heels had the lead
again cut to only four but their Shrsdei so
superior speed andl strength de
feated Carolina.
Scotti Ward and Ronnie Collins
led the Gamecocks with 23 points
each. Billy Cunningham led UNC
with 18.
The Birds started off with their SyeHaq
3-2 offense but later switched to
a running game in order to keep 14
up with the red-hot Tar Heels.
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at Rex Enright Center. The boys
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Block "C" Club.
Tourney
As B1
The Duke Blue Devils, the No. 2
team in the nation, came through e
to win the Atlantic Coast Confer- 1
ence tournament with a win over E
Wake Forest, thus ending the two- a
year reign of the Demon Deacons. C
Wake Forest had the Devils in d
trouble for the first twenty-seven t
minutes of play. The Deacons were f
tied with Duke at 39-39 when All- t
American Art Heyman broke loose. s
Heyman scored 15 points in 10
minutes and Duke led 59-51 with a
3:25 to go. t'
The tournament was unusual in 4
that it followed the pre-tournament r
form. The bottom four teams were f
eliminated in the first round, the f
next two in the next round, and the
top two fought it out for the v
championship.
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In the first game of the tourney,
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the flu-ridden Gamecocks lost to
the Tar Heels of North Carolina.
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ACC Meet
A travel-weary USC swim team
arrived home late Saturday night
after losing to Maryland on Fri
dlay and Virginia, Saturday. The
two defeats marked the end of a
very unsuccessful season for the
Gamecocks wvho have not won a
meet in their last thirty-one out..
ings.
Against the Terps the USC
squadl could only win two of eleven
events. Johnny Evans won just the
200-yd. ind(ividual Mledlay and .Joe
Hulings won the 200-yd freestyle.
Virginia p)ouredl it on against the
undermanned USC team and won
-(GG-26. It was the worst beating
that the team has suffered all
year. H[ulings won the 100-yd. free-.
style and .Johnny Evans captured
firsts in the 200-yd. Individlual Mled
ley and 500O-yd. freestyle.
There was one consolation in (de
feat. Many of the boys had never
been to Washington, D). C. andl the
trip) t.o Maryland gave them a
chance to see the nation's capital.
The varsity swimming team wvill
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u e Devils
The second game saw the small
st crowd of the tourney as Mary
md was downed by Wake Forest,
0-41. The crowd left en masse
fter the score became known.
oach Bones McKinney praised the
efense but it was generally agreed
hat Maryland, in setting the record
or fewest points and largest vic
ory margin, put on a pretty poor
how.
Virginia looked like they were
bout to pull a Maryland when
hey got behind against Duke,
4-23. The Cavaliers came back and
ianaged to come within four be
are losing to Duke's superior
orces.
The last game of the first round
ras the most thrilling of the day.
lemson led State by eight points
rith three minutes to go but Clem
on managed to make a few mis
skes and only led by two. John
.akins made a basket and was
ouled. Woody Morgan touched the
hot as the ball bounced around the
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a 79-78 win.
The next night, the Wolfpack
gave the Blue Devils a battle but
when the smoke had cleared, Duke
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Wake Forest and North Carolina
rought it out next. This game was
rated a toss-up and it wasn't until
Bob Woolard netted a tip-in with
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The ACC All-tournament team
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In ACC Track Meet
Saturday evening UNC will play host to the Ninth Annual ACC
Track Meet. As usual Maryland is favored. The Terps will come into
the Conference Meet with a number of individual stars and' all-around
depth. This is a tough combination to beat, but UNC and Duke should
provide a little excitement for the mighty Terrapins.
Conference champion Don VanReenan will be favored to win the 60-yd.
dash again this year. The hefty sprinter finished third in the AAU
Championships held in New York. Van Reenan is from Maryland.
The 600-yd. run will be a toss-up between Bob Hart of North Caro
lina and Don Stauffer of Maryland. Hart is the defending champion, but
he will have a race on his hands against the sprint star from Maryland.
880
The 880 could be the most exciting race of the meet. Maryland's
sensational distance man, Dick Smith, has placed well in all the indoor
meets In which he participated this past season, but he will have to
get a good running position if he expects to run away with the race.
Last year he failed in this attempt and finished third.
The mile is left to Louis VanDyck. He placed second this year in the
Conference cross-country meet behind Henry of UNC. VanDyck also
placed second in last year's outdoor meet. Unless Maryland's Dick Smith
runs the mile Van Dyck should run away with it.
The two mile could be won by a number of runners. Van Dyck could
win, but he will have stiff competition from UNC's Carmine Lunetta,
Maryland's John Garten, and USC's Alan Rose.
Hurdlers
Wesley King, the defending champion in the low hurdles is favored
for a repeat victory in this event. The Clemson trackman will also have
a shot at the high hurdle championship along with Neil Atkinson of
USC, Brown of UNC, and a number of others.
Dick Gesswin of Duke is unchallenged in the shot put. Last year
he threw over 66 feet outdoors. If Walt Christenson of USC is in form
he could give Gesswein a little competition.
Maryland's 16-foot pole vaulter, John Belitza, will have to do little
more than show up to win this event. He is the defending champion and
the only serious threat to dethroning him is Whittle of UNC who has
vaulted 14' 6".
Tom Clark of UNC should retain his high jump title. Last year he
soared almost 6' 8" for a new Conference record. Ronnie Collins of USC
will give Clark competition.
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