Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UNC Terps (Continued from page 1) of time to think about the pattern of circumstances last. March. Twice ACC Player-of-the-Year Roche returns with 6-11 Tom Owens to give the Gamecocks the tested 'super stars'. Roche was an All-America pick the past two seasons while Owens nabbed all conference honors. Owens has led the conference in rebounding the past two campaigns. Others returnees from the sixth ranked 1969-70 team are 6-8 John Ribock and 6-10 Tom Riker. Bob Carver, a 6-2 guard, and 6-7 sharpshooter Rick Aydlett add depth as does sophomores Kevin Joyce, Danny Traylor, Casey Manning and Jimmy Powell. USC's major competition in the league should come from old nemisis Duke. The Blue Devils have five starters back from last year's NIT team and will bring up the best freshman squad in the - conference. Starters returning include all ACC Randy Denton (21.5 points, 13.9 rebounds), 6-9 Larry Saunders (10.0), 6-7 Rick Katherman (13.1) guards Brad Evans and Dick DeVenzio, a dazzling playmaker. Allan Shaw, 6-10, seems destined to break the starting lineup. Shaw ied the frosh last year. He will be joined by sophomores Richie Included in this special pre rundown on each and every the Holiday Festival Christ analysis of the national scene top teams are picked includli ACC and the top twenty in t The stories were complied I as were all the ratings. Riker fire USC center Tom Riker set Owens edges under basket to g Both return and expect banns 0 withou have I O'Connor, Jeff Dawson and Gar Melchionni. All are slick ba handlers with good outsid shooting. N. C. State won the ACC title las year in the tournament and despit the loss of MVP Vann Willifor, should once again make thei presence felt. 6-9 Paul Coder heads thi returnees. Coder hit for 16.8 point: a game last year while haulinj down 9.8 rebounds per outing. E< Leftwich and Al Heartly give thi 'Pack experience at guards. Tol Sophs are Bill Benson and Riel Holdt. Wake Forest boasts one of th4 most exciting players in the natioi in guard Charlie Davis. Wher Davis, 6-1 165, shoots it's pure poetry. Davis is the best prospec for scoring honors with tht slowdowns Roche is likely to face He hit 25.6 a game last year. Gil McGregor gives the Deacon board strength and he will Ix getting help. Sophomore Pat Kelly and transfer Terry Provonahs bear impressive credentials Depth could be a problem. Maryland has little more thai Lefty Driesell but that's good enough for a break even season. The Terps do have a pair of hot shot sophs in Jim O'Brien and ;eason basketball edition is a Carolina opponent including m.as Tournament. Also, an and the ACC race. Preseason ig the order of finish in the Ne nation. >y the Gamecock sports staff away to fire jumper as 6-11 Tom et position for the rebound. 'r years in 1970-71. t star; )riesell y Harvey White and some ex 11 perience in Sparky Still and e Charley Blank. Steve Kebeck has some experience at guard. t For the first time in years North e Carolina is without a super star. j The Tar Heels, therefore, are not r regarded as a threat for the con ference title. Inside men Lee Dedmon and Dennis Wuycik return along with Bill Chamberlain but the guards are weak. Virginia is the dark horse team in the ACC. The Cavaliers return 6 7 Bill Gerry and 6-10 Scott Mc Candlish. Clemson has a new coach in Tates Locke but the Tigers have the same problem winning basketball games. The best there is to offer are Dave Thompson (11.6) and 6-6 Dickie Foster (8.0). Depth bi nationalc, (Continued from Page 1). guard as his 15.0 rebounds on the frosh team indicate. Other top sophs coming off the frosh are 6-2 Casey Manning and 5 11 Jimmy Powell. They, along with Dennis Powell, 6-0 senior, are expected to handle most of the reserve chores. "It will be hard for us to post more victories than our great 25-3 team of last year," McGuire said. "You don't go 14-0 in regular season AC c0m6%LApet1ii every USC fac in Christ By CliARLIE SENN Sports Writer U.S.C's highly touted Gamecocks, last year's Sugar Bowl Tournament winners, face a formidable line-up in the Holiday Tournament this year. The Christmas Tourney at Madison Square Garden, New York City, offers a look at some of the nation's finest and most ex perienced basketball teams of the 70-71 season. Western Kentucky heads the list, returning last year's entire squad. Coach John Oldham's team averaged over 90 points per game in the 69-70 season, ending the campaign with a loss to Jacksonville in the NCAA Tour nament and a 22-3 record. Seven foot All-American can didate, Jim McDaniels (28.6) leads his team, along with the rest of last season's starters, Clarence Glover, 6-8, Jerome Perry (14.9), Jim Rose (14.1) and Gary Sund macker. Junior College transfers ,Jerry Dunn of the 1970 J.C. National Champion Vincennes, and Rex Bailey, along with Ray Kleykamp (24.4), Roger Baldridge (15.6), Chuck Witt (14.7), D)on Waldron (10.9) and Dennis Fox (9.2), up from the Frosh squad, should add formidable depth. Holy Cross, after suffering a less than excellent season's end last Roche, Dej g plus in fampions) year. But we will have a strong team capable of going all the way. "We plan to be more aggressive c* defense this season. We don't know how much slowdown play we will face, since we don't do the coaching for our opponents, but it did increase last year over the previous years. However, since we did lose only three games, it was not all that effective." McGuire call the ACC "the toughest league in the country" es tough mas Toui Jim McDaniels year, returns all five starters and four promising sophs. Bob Kissane, unanimous All New England choice with a 22 point average comes back with Don Sasso (10.2), Stan Grayson (11.2), Buddy Venne (17.0) and playmaker Jack Adams (12.7). Jim Schnurr, 24 point scorer for the Frosh comes up along with Gene Doyl (19.0) and highly promising Keven Stacom. Manhattan College is no also-rap in the experience department, with ten lettermen back. AMI-Met guard Brian Mahoney (18.0), Henry Seawright (17.8), Ron Manning, iton colide USC's ip search and said it was the most "heavily recruiting conference in the country." McGuire also had some thoughts on the USC schedule. "It should be even tougher," he 5ad. "'With the addition of teams like Notre Dame and Houston to such strong holdover outside foes as Davidson and Temple, not to mention our regular 14 ACC games and the ACC tournament." fineup 7ament Bob Gregory, David Stoeblmg (18.9) and Matt Lynett led thier team to last years NIT quarter finals. The Frosh team donates 6-9 Pat Guy and 6-5 Pete Swanson (15.1). Providence rests its hopes on five returning starters who all averaged in double figures, and an excellent 21-3 freshman team. Versatile Jim Laranaga (16.4), Vic Colluci (13.9), Don Lewis (12.2), Ray Johnson (11.6), and Gary Wilkins (11.2) made up last year's squad. Freshmen Ernie DeGregorio (27.9), 6-8 Fran Costello (21.2), and Nehru King (21.1) should offer some healthy competition for the veterans. St. John's sophomores should tell the story this year, led by potential All-America Mel Davis with 25.4 points and 16.4 rebounds per game for the frosh. His teammates showed promise with Bill Schaffer (22.8), Ron Rutledge (18.0), 6-7 Tony Prince, and ballhandler Larry Jenkins. The veterans fighting off the attack are Richie Lyons, 6-8 Greg Cluess, and seven foot Bill Phillips. St. Peters, in its first Holiday Festival appearance, comes off a year that saw them out of the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in four years. Transfers Mel Davis, who stands 6 4, Harry Anderson, and Rick Rinaldi will determiine the fortunes of Coach Don Kennedy's club.