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Locke JOHN Ll Duke and N. C. State reached the finals of the ACC Basketball Tournament as was generally ex pected, but there were definite signs that our Gamecocks are on the way up. USC defeated Clemson 60-52, in the opening garde, the first Caro lina tournament win since 1962. Against N. C. State the next night, Frank McGuire's troopers played excellent basketball for 25 minutes and opened a 45-39 lead, before faltering and losing 75-62. In both these games, our young players looked very good. Guards Skip Ilarlicka and Jack Thompson drew unrestrained praise from coaches, fans, and opposing play ers alike. Virginia coach Bill Gib son calls Thompson the best guard in the conference. The Raleigh Times, thinking up nicknames for Tournament stars, had this to say about Thompson: "The Flash . . . Jack Thompson of South Carolina, who else? His clever passing and handling of the roundball leaves fans gasping and opponenLts wondering." Skip liarlicka, Frank Standard, and Al Salvadori also drew high praise from Raleigh, Durham, and Greensboro newspapers. Harlicka shot and passed well in both games, Standard went to the boards aggressively and scored 21 points against State, and Sal vadori tossed in some lovely bas kets, including three long, graceful hook shots against Clemson. Sal spent a good bit more tim- right around the basket than he has lately, and he seemed right at home. As for John Schroeder and Skip Kickey, they were their usual re liable selves. The veteran Schroe der was a superb steadying influ enee in the Clemson game. As I said before, the perform ances of our young players were particularly encouraging. With Mike Grosso joining them next season, they'll be hard to beat. MOVE THE TOURNAMENT The good citizens of Raleigh are upset over the ACC's new policy of rotating Tournament sites, but it is for the best. Despite their ef wwna; r Talk DTTICH I forts to play it down, N. C. State can't help but have an advantage by playing in Reynolds Coliseum. That advantage, measured in points, might get as high as ten or twelve. State backcourt ace Tommy Mattocks tried to shrug off the home court as an advan tage, saying, "Shucks, the only ad vantage would be the fans, and everybody has fans up here." Right, Tom, but most everyone in Raleigh pulls vociferously for the Wolfpack, and N. C. State fans invariably outnumber everyone else. According to Raleigh Times Sports Editor Bruce Phillips, ". . . the Coliseum favors all the Big Four-UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, and State. The others could never feel hospitality in the belly of the big building. "This is likely to remain true until the tournament moves out of the state (N. C.)." So-let's move it. And starting very soon, it would also be a good idea for the North Carolina sports writers to try and be a little more impartial in their all-ACC choices. Coaches Roberts of Clemson and Gibson of Virginia were on solid ground when they blasted the se lectors. Nine of the ten boys on this year's ACC "dream team" were from the Big Four schools. State's Eddie Biedenbach is no better a guard than Jack Thomp son; yet he made first team, and Thompson failed to muster enough support to make even second team. We see why when we look at where the votes come from. Eighty-two of the total number of votes come from North Carolina, 27 from South Carolina, 19 from Virginia, nine from Maryland. Frank Standard, Carolina's 6-4 sophomore forward from Brooklyn, N. Y., finished second in the 1965 66 Atlantic Coast Conference re bounding race. Standard, who re covered 28 rebounds in two ACC Tournament games, wound up with 255 for a 10.6 average in 24 games, a shade behind Duke's Mike Lewis, who averaged 10.9 re bounds per game. niost for gn l'are J to Vo1 WOll(I( our ti somet Alt USC's John Schroeder leaps high to tap in a shot againt N. C. State in last weekend's tournament. Looking on are Ray flodgdon, Frank Standard (23), Peter Coker (54) and Tommy Mattocks (10). STA TISTICS VARSITY NAME FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT RB AVG PF FO TP AVG Skip llarlicka 131 322 .404 76 108 .704 76 :3.2 81 5 31I 14.3 AI Sah%adort 115 :121 .452 12 65 .#; 16 170 7.1 73 3 332 13.8 Frank Standardi 111 256 .445 s3 133 .6;21 255 10.6 71 2 1 13.0 Jack Thompsoni 102 253 .403 51 69 .78:1 67 2.8 )1 1 258 10.8 John Schroetivr 33 62 .532 :12 58 .552 115 6.0 71 3 98 4.1 Skip Kickey 29 52 .558 13 19 .684 67 2.8 45 0 71 3.0 Earl Lare 14 35 .400 16 21 .667 23 1.2 19 0 14 2.2 Lyn lurkholder 11 17 .647 9 15 .600 30 2.0 12 0 31 2.1 Larry Womack 13 31 .419 3 6 .500 20 1.2 7 0 29 1.8 Charlie Farrell 7 27 .259 3 5 .600 7 0.5 10 0 17 1.1 Bob Gorgrant 4 14 .286 0 0 --- 5 0.7 10 0 8 1.1 TEAM 107 4.5 TOTALS 606 )390 .436 3:11 502 .659 972 40.5 452 14 1513 64.3 O','ONENTS 591 1356 .436 422 608 .694 934 38.9 411 12 1604 66.8 FRESHMEN NAME FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT RB AVG PF FO TP AVG Mike Grosso 102 187 .545 23 48 .479 260 26.0 31 0 227 22.7 lIoh Fulter 111 272 .419 51 71 .689 110 7.3 41 3 279 x.i Charlie Varea 91 186 .489 47 72 .653 177 11.8 43 1 229 i5.: E<idle l'o%%ell 81 149 .513 37 58 .638 37 2.1 36 1 199 13.:1 Hank Martin 52 120 .433 26 40 .650 37 2.6 21 0 130 9.:1 Clyde Lewellen 32 6 1 .500 10 17 .588 7:1 5 2 25 1 74 5.1 Jim P'rather 25 a6 .4116 4 12 .333 51 3.9 16 0 51 4.2 JImmy Ilewitt 14 29 .4831 1 6 .167 12 1.0 1:3 ( 29 2.4 Ne11 thine 5 12 .417 3 7 .429 8 1.0 1 0 13 1.11 TEAM 74 5.0 TOTALS 516 1075 .480 202 :134 .605 839 55.9 230 6 12:14 82.: 0 PPONENTS 457 1149 .398 186 280 .664 638 42.5 261 7 1100 73.2 n's has been called one oIf the mnusuzal shops in the South ... and od reason. This is one of those laces where you cani browse r heairts ('ontent through a 'rful collection of fine ant iquues, tive accessories which symbolize aditional clothing. You'll find hing for everyone and every on. Stop in soon. Md t ax "Committed to Quality" 1337 Main Street Raleigh As ACI By JOHN LOTTICH Sports Editor There comes a time in the life of every true basketball fan wher he should have the opportunity tc view the kaleidoscope of activity that is the Atlantic Coast Confer ence Tournament. The Tournament, of course, has reached the point where it is more than just an athletic event. For the past thirteen years, Raleigh N. C., has been home for this an nual cage classic. The Tournament has become an integral part of Raleigh social life as well as the year's biggest athletic attraction Now, the AOC is taking The Tournament away from Raleigh and Raleigh is sick. Sports Editor Bruce Phillips of the Raleigh Times wrote, "This peaceful cit3 will never be the same again Raleigh without the ACC Tourna ment will be like a bubble dancei without her bubble-a little less than the law should allow." Next season's Tournament wil be held at Greensboro, the follow. ing year at Charlotte, and even tually, we can hope, in Columbia The city of Raleigh, often called "The basketball capital of the South," gave the ACC a rousing send-off in last weekend's affair William Neal Reynolds Coliseun was packed for every session, an< Al' CTL TO 1 p mto CITY CLUI Truju shake up 1 weekend a great bi~ handsewr Here's the penny loafer soled with a cushion of Scotch grained leather < leather in black, black c W,oulIdn't you hke to be mn ou rs Available at these fine C. B. FORREST ? SON A Mai Seaso the rafters rang with the ecstatic cheers and agonized screams of dyed-in-the-wool fans. There were absolutely no motel or hotel accommodations tv be had as thousands of roundball fanatics swarmed into the "Tobacco Road" area to witness the ACC's annual season-ending ritual, in the 10,000 seat Coliseum on the N. C. State campus. "It's a great holiday for the fans," Frank McGuire has said of The Tournament, and it was ob vious last weekend that the fans were thoroughly enjoying their holiday. They got almost as wrapped up in the games as did the coaches and players. When UNC pulled its incredible freeze on Duke, an elderly, rather rotund man, obviously a Tar leel advocate and obviously a bit in toxicated, leaped to his feet and shrieked repeatedly, "Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!" until Coliseum guards took him away. While the adults enjoyed them selves immensely, this year's tour nament had its customary special significance for the small fry. It I offered them the chance to see in the flesh the idols they had wor shipped f r o m afar - Verga, Lemard, Marin, Thompson, Vacen dak, Lewis, Biedenbach. Salvadori, 1lelms and the rest. The kids took ALLYI ULT THE PAt A CCOM441ODA TE MVIY OFh.S. WEA T/El 4 I i wihlan ssar:teisd foam. The outside with hand >f black cherry, black forest or herry or palamino. City Club ~ stores: THE HUB DEPT. STORE ihouse n Ends advantage of the opportunity. In one case, two small boys, passing a shoeshine shop with their father. noticed Jack Thompson and Al Salvadori. The youngsters grabbed two paper bags, commandeered their daddy's ball-point, and presto -two valuable autographs. All the Gamecock players, even man agers Al Facchinetti and Ron Rob inson. were besieged for auto graphs. It was really something. The Tournament, this year as al ways. was a gathering place for basketball celebrities. Chuck Tay lor, Chuck Noe, "Hot Rod" Hund ley. St. Joseph's Coach Jack Ram say, Jeff Mullins, as well as pro scouts and many other college and high school coaches were sprinkled throughout the crowd. All in all, it was a typical ACC Tournament, no different from the previous twelve at Raleigh. There i was something for everyone, a great deal of excitement, and al most everyone went away satis fied-hut eagerly looking forward to 1!1;7 and Greensboro. USC led the Atlantic Coast Con ference in team defense (luring the 1965-64; hasketball season. The Gamecocks gave up an average of 6.1.3 points per game and ranked among the nation's top 15 teams in defense. 14 E OR/INA LLY .rOLLECT1ON ALL JACKETS rujuns $10 to $1 go.l hares. THE FAMILY BOOTY Ro-ck Hill,. C.