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Walton
As is the case with every All
America team selected for col
lege basketball this season,
UCLA's super center Bill Wal
ton highlights the GAMECOCK
premier five of the nation.
The selection of Walton as
Player of the Year can hardly
be disputed by anyone who even
slightly follows the collegiate
cage game. The 6-10 Bruin has
paced UCLA to two consecutive
undefeated regular seasons;
and as UCLA advances in the
NCAA tournaments in quest of
their seventh straight national
title they are also adding more
wins onto their own record for
consecutive victories.
One might argue that Walton
is no better than the team he
plays on, that without Coach
John Wooden's collection of
superior-talented basketball
players supporting him, Walton
would not stand out so much.
That may be a strong point, but
Walton's record will defense
both what he does as an
individual and as a team man.
Walton had played on team's
owning a 77-game winning
streak during his final two
years of high school and initial
year of frosh ball at UCLA,
before he ever stepped on the
court for the varsity Bruins.
And, of course, the record
setting Bruins continue to add
to his mark. Walton has not
played on the losing side of a
basketball game in five years.
The UCLA big man is not one
of the premier scorers in the
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rebounding, third best in the
nation at almost 18 a game, and
his quick outlet passes.
Also the junior sensation's
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Craig and Tom Collins were
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The other Carolina win
earlier this week came from a
Swarthmore team when the
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Alex English .. 27 171 335
Danny Traylor 27 153 291
Brian Winters 27 111 235
Mike Dunleavy 27 114 218
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Thompson has done as much for
his Wolfpack squad as Walton
has for his fellow Bruins. Thom
pson paced State to an
undefeated season, at 27-0,
although they had to play
perhaps the toughest confer
ence schedule in the history of
the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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in the country, with the sopho
more star, had to be helped by
the Wolfpack's six victories
over national powerhouses
Maryland and North Carolina.
The fact that State is on prob
ation and cannot compete in
post-season tournament action
should not detract at all from
either the Wolfpack team or its
on-the-court leader Thompson.
The 6-4, forward averaged
26.3 point s game and his clutch
play is outstanding--twice
Thompson sank the winning
basket in two-point wins over
Maryland. Once, when Mar-y
land held the nation's number
two mark, and later in the ACC
tourney.
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Gamecock squad shut th#m out
9-0
The Gamecocks will face East
Tennessee State University at
home on Thursday, March 15 at
2:15 p.m., then will be on the
road Friday to Furman and then
to the New Orleans-Baton
Rouge, La. area next week.
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39 65 288 10.7 381 14.1
40 64 286 10.6 346 12.8
53 75 153 6.4 275 11.5
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26 32 55 2.0 100 3.7
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three top spots on the All
America squad. Guard Kevin
Joyce from Carolina was rated
as "everyone's All-America"
during the preseason, par
ticularly after his heroics dur
ing the Munich Olympics, but
after Carolina dropped five of
their first 15 games, many of
the "everybodys" seemed to
forget Frank McGuire's floor
general.
Averaging better than 20
points a game, Joyce has propel
led the extremely youthful
Gamecocks into as far a posi
tion as any Carolina team has
ever advanced in the NCAA
tournaments.
Joyce compliments his role as
the leading Gamecock scorer
and assist man by playing some
outstanding defense.
Joining Joyce in the back
court position is Southwestern
Louisiana superstar Dwight
Lamar. At 6-2, 175 Lamar is the '4
smallest of the All-Americas
but his output is no less noticed
than the others.
In the mold of the NBA's Nate
Archibald, Lamar is one of the
NCAA's most potent scoring
threats. The chief point
producing threat of the Ragin'
Cajuns, he has paced them to
their position as the best scor
ing team in the nation with 98
points a game.
Lamar led the country last
year with 36.3 points a game,
but his average fell this year to
29.7, fifth ranked.
Ed Ratleff of Long Beach
State, a natural guard, rounds
the All-America squad out as a
forward because of his 64, 195
frame and the abundance of top
rated guards in the college
ranks.
Ratleff plays consistent ball
for Long Beach, averaging 23
points a game although having
a single-game high of only 32
points.
The nation's premier
freshmen include guards John
Lucas, Maryland's ace pivot
man, and 'Fly'Williams of Aus
tin Peay, a 30.3 scorer. Center
Robert Parrish of Centenar-y,
and forwards Alexanider Eng
lish of Carolina and Wally
Walker of Virginia finish out M
the top newcoenmrs.