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Norvall Nov" doing an exceptional lob. The only question is at what. ot only has he stated that the recent probation 'scandal' did not originate in his office, he is gradually succeeding In destroying one of the nation's finest basketball conference's, probably THE finest. To start with, Neve's actions concerning the probations were almost inexcusable. Granted, if secrecy had somehow been m ned, his stubborn silence may have been correct. continuel refusal to neither confirm nor deny the Is absolutely ridiculous. The was front page news all over the nation. Even paper th a limited following dwelled on the fact that Ga k ace John Roche was in danger of losing his a eligibility for the remainder of the season. The follows for Duke's Randy Denton, who was also ed. I was not Denton, but another Blue Devil, Rick erm o allo umors to fly that he was certainly aware were true is Unds for condemnation. While the reputations of Woof the ference's finest basketball players were being ta@ted, e stalwartly held his gound, admitting that the zpbbation did not come from his office. In addition, he stated M. he knew nothing of the penalties. The Sp rtanburg Herald said that the rulings came from he office' of the ACC commissioner. Neve denied it. So did .the man Who wrote the original story. The man who wrote .the story, saying the rulings came from the commissioner, flatly denies it. The man who supposedly distributed the rulings also flatly denies it. Who is kidding whom? If the story had not leaked out, Neve's silence would have been commendable. He was only looking out for those players involved. This is understandable, and an unwritten rule for a man in Neve's position. Unfortunately, the story did leak out, though contrary to the opinion of Neve. As rumors flew, Neve made no attempt at clarification. And so, the continuing saga of Norvall Neve continues. Having disrupted five of the ACC's basketball powerhouses may not be enough of an encore. He may not complete his lob until he sees South Carolina run all over him... as an independent. Allovy me a few kinds words for that great offensive s'Otegist at the University of Marylamd, head coach Lefty Driesell. I can thoroughly understand Driesell's method. He wanted to win. He turned the ACC's most publicized athletic event into a sleep-inducing exhibition of pitch and catch. Basketball, college basketball to be specific, is in danger of meeting the same fate that professional baseball is in the process of meeting. It is becoming increasingly boring. The Terp fans relished their victory over the Southern 'bullies.' But they would have enjoyed it much better had a fight broken out. Face it, everyone in their arena was expecting some sort of violent showing. Instead, they were treated to a good baseball game. At the seventh Inning stretch, as half time may soon be referred, the score stood at Maryland 4, USC 3. 4-3? Brings back memres of Doctor John Naismith, and his hilariously insane game of putting a deflated ball through a peach basket. .Unless some action is taken concerning this act widely ,known as the 'freeze,' the 'stall,' or whatever, college basketball will soon die. It may continue, but the followings will decrease. It is really too b.ad that teamrs that are not quite up to the quality of others should be given such a tool. it does not prove superiority. When a team gets the opening tip, then plays for the one shot, this hardly proves which team is the better. So let Lefty Driesell continue his boring antics. And make sure Norvall Neve doesn't realize that ACC basketball may decline in popularity. And let the nation's inferior teams play for the one shot with twenty minutes to go. Then, all of you big time conference heads, watch your cage sport fall apart at the seams. 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Carolina, smarting from a 15 C point lacing by North Carolina and i one point loss to Maryland after F blowing a five point lead in the last r 24 seconds, should be the favorite I over the scrappy Cavaliers, 9 although UVa owns an impressive, and surprising 8-2 record. t Virginia is ahead of USC in the I conference race with a 2-1 mark as opposed to Carolina's 3-2 standing. h USC breezed a 14-0 regular season I ACC mark last year and had a 17 h game ACC win streak going into a the UNC game. The balanced Gamecocks have been lead by All-America guard .John Roche. center Tom Riker, n forward Tom Owens, and guard s NIITFC select Three University of South ( Carolina trackmen have been a selected to participate in the t National Invitational Indoor Track d and Field Championships to be s held at the University of a Maryland's Cole Fieldhouse, e Friday. Halfmiler Bob Kaczka, hurdler Billy Novo and sprinter Jim Small v will compete in their specialties h against some of the top collegiate i runners in the nation. .Kaczka, the Atlantic Coast o C k Suggs t ((ontiued fr'om Page 3) In discussing his opponents, Gu5ggs said that he didn't know mnuch ab)out the Blue team. "We didn't see a whole lot of them, during the week. They stayed in a different hotel, so we didn't get to mess around too much. They were fr areal rough team. Not dirty ord anything like that. Just tough. G They hit real hard and were a fine ,, al STUDE NIGE TUESD 5 PM til CI SIZZLING S STEA DINN Just present you identification to Our regular $1.6 sirloin steak ser baked potato, grn and garlic toast. $11 Come os you are POlNDEI 548 KNOX AS oves mn fourth v Va tonigh Kevin Joyce. Roche is still the top ;corer with a 20.8 average after getting only 8 in the slow-down game with Maryland. Riker and Owens, their ef ectiveness neutralized by the Terp tall, saw their scoring averages lip almost two points. Riker had a 0.0 mark going into the game but rot only :1 points. His average is ow 18.6. Owens only scored two oints and is now hitting 15.8 a ame. The pair of 6-10 inside men are he top rebounders although they ad only one between them against laryland. Riker got that one but is rebound mark still dove from 0.8 to 10.0. Owens may have lost is ACC rebound lead as his verage dropped from 13.5 all the iay to 11.3. Joyce was the only Gamecock Dt hurt statistacally by the Terp's all. He still hit 14 points and his USC trio onference champion both indoors nd outdoors in the 880 and sixth in iat event in the 1970 NCAA out oor championships, will run in a pecial invitational final 880 event gainst some of the finest half tilers in the narion. Novo, the ACC champion in the 20 yard high hurdles last spring, 'ill be entered in the 60 yard high urdle event, while Small will run ie (60 yard dash. The meet is the first competition the year for the USC trackmen. oach John West's charges will eck off their indoor schedule for e whole squad with a dual meet Auburn Feb. 6. Error| In Doug Williams' column 'ednesday The Gamecock roneously said that its reliable urce on the ACC probation came om "with in" the athletic apartment. Neither of the amecock sources, they were two, *e officially connected with the hietic deoartment. ;NT [T AY osmng IR LOIN E R r student cqshier. 9 sizzlin' ved with 'en salad 4o T ipping LOSA BOTT DRIVE Terps in free By TEDDY HEFFNER Sports Editor COLLEGE PARK, MD. Basketball, or any other sport, requires much skill but there is also an intangible ingredient needed to win. It's called luck. "The good Lord had to be with us tonight to win the way we did," said Maryland Head Coach Lefty Dreisell. The "way" the Terps won was to overcome a five point USC lead in the last 24 seconds of a five minute overtime period. After John Roche and Kevin Joyce had converted one-and-ones Carolina had a 30-25 lead. Maryland guard Jim O'Brien drove for an unmolested lay-up to cut the margin to 30-27 and Howard White stole the ensuing in-bounds scoring average only dropped from '14.9 to 14.8. Virginia. 66-56 winners over Clemson Saturday night, is led by the inside work of 6-7 Bill Gerry and 6-10 Scott McCandlish. Mc Candlish had 21 points against the Tigers and is hitting at a 17.7 mark for the season. Gerry had only 10 against Clemson. He is averaging 17.4 on the year. Guard Barry Parkhill, a sophomore, is the third leading scorer with a 14.0 mark. Tim Rash. the other guard, has a 10.5 scoring average. The fifth starter, forward Frank DeWitt, is scoring 8.5 a game. Gerry and McCandlish are also the one-two rebounding punch. Gerry has a slight edge for the team lead with 10.7 while Mc Candish is right behind with 10.5 recoveries a game. Swim tea duel meei By CHARLIE SENN Sports Writer The South Carolina swimming team suffered its second loss of the season in dual meet competition at the hands of the powerful N.C. State Wolfpack on Saturday af ternoon at the Gamecocks' pool. Although soundly thrashed, as indicated by the 78-39 score, the Gamecock swimmers turned in 25 season best, and 11 career best times. In addition, Trond Williams and Jim Weinzettel set two new school records. Williams est ablished the time of 21.5 seconds in winning the 50-yard freestyle and Weinzettel won the 200-yard breastroke in 2:16.5. "We swam pretty well overall," reflected head Coach Allen Gentry, "It was really a great meet across the board. Of course the score shows what a great team State is; we had to have those 25 best season times to stay in the meet." Along with his 50-yard freestyle Florentine ttures ArtCarved craftsmen have captured the warmth and glow of your love. In classic Florentined wedding rings. See our complete A rtCarved collection today. DIAMOND JEWELERS, Ltd. 1423 Momn S. Dontw Columubio Phon. 254-S337 Mser BenkAnmeug. Charge cerd upset 0a zing ba pass and hit Dick Stobauth un derneath the basket for another two points. The Terps called time out after the play and set up another press that stole the ball from Joyce and Lefty Dreisell allowed O'Brien to hit a 15-footer for a 31-:oTerp victory as the clock ran out. "We were good tonight," said USC Head Coach Frank McGuire, "but we weren't lucky. The ball bounced their way the last five minutes. The bad part about it is that we had the game won several times. We had it won in regulation but we gave it away." McGuire, however, wanted to check on the rule that allowed Maryland to call a time-out after Stobauth's basket. "The rule used to be that if the team that had been scored upon got the ball out of the net then the other team couldn't call time-out," McGuire said. "I don't know, maybe the rule has been changed, but I want to know because that is what I instructed my players to do. Kevin got the ball and was standing out of bounds." The overtime period and the final minutes of the regulation contest were in contrast to the first ten minutes of the game. Maryland came out with the notion of playing against a man-to-man defense and would have nothing to do with the Gamecock's zone. The Terps stayed outside while O'Brien and White took turns dribbling. USC stayed back in the zone and would not come out until about ten minutes were left to play in the first half. USC did not play a pressing man-to-man. Maryland continued to look for m drops t; sets. ret win, Williams also won the 100 Up and in There is no way of explaining the mystery of the flower, except that it came from the hand of the creator..." Everett DArkme e. ts..m Jsc. .ttle the percentage shot and got it with 8: 11 left to play when O'Brien broke underneath for an easy lay up, putting the Terps on top 2 to 1. USC had scored on a technical foul shot by Roche earlier in the half. Carolina scored at the 7:51 mark on Joyce's 15-footer to pull back on top but the Terps held the ball until 2 seconds were left and scored on White's baseline jumper, making it 4-:3 at the half. The second half was a little faster although Maryland'st9i held for the high percentage shot. The Terps hit 15-18 from the floor during the game for a phenomenal 83.3 shooting percentage. The Gamecocks hit 8-14 for a 56.3 mark. "Their strategy was to hold the ball," McGuire said. "But always Howard White remember, when you win, your strategy is right. The purpose of coaching is to win. But I ask, is that what the people pay to see?" McGuire also expressed dissatisfaction with the handling of the officials for the game. "When you have a World Series you get your best, your most experience umpires, right? We didn't make this game a World Series, they (the ACC and Maryland) did. So, why can't they assign two of the most experienced guys they have? "No. They have to assign two of the most inexperienced. Don't get me wrong. I think the officials did a good Job, except for that rule I ,,want to check and the last play. When that guy (Bob Boddell) stole the ball from Joyce. he was all over his back. There's no doubt in my mind that Kevin was fouled. -"rhey deserve credit for not giving up," McGuire continued. "You gotta be good. But you gotta be lucky. And we wasn't lucky." nd :ords yard freestyle and was voted the Gamecock of the meet by his teammates. "The diving competition had to be the best ever seen in Colum bia," added Coach Gentry. "With our divers trying to outdo them selves and N.C. State's excellent divers, the people that showed up at the meet were treated to a great show." Speaking of the season generally. Coach Gentry com mented on his teams progress to date. "Some of the boys are coming along beautifully well, and some of them much better than we expected. This is only our second dual meet of the season and it's still early yet. I think we're progressing real well. "We've been hampered by lack of practice, especially for the divers. They hadn't been able to practice but three days because of a broken board, but they still did an excellent job and looked good. "Also we have a lot of boys swimming events that they never swam before this season, but their spirit is good and they're doing a good job." Against North Carolina, the Gamecocks grabbed nine first places to the Tar Heels' four but were unable to capitalize con sistently on the second places and lost the meet by four points. Speaking of the overall strength in the conference, Coach Gentry rated N. C. State first "of course" with Maryland ("the only con ference team we don't have a dual meet with") second, and North Carolina probably third. "We don't know if we're any stronger than Virginia yet," Coach Gentry added. This Wednesday the Gamecocks travel to Georgia Southern for their third dual meet, and on Saturday. February 6. the Carolina team returns home, hoping for a large crowd to support them against Wake Forest on Parent's Day. Pregnant Your pregancy is our concern. For confidencial and personal Ilternatives to your pregency call 24 how's 1305-74-5471 ). Woman's Medical Aea. dfFla.