Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NAT! 9k ! "" jF' ^V. I Ia" ^^?:::;V * x nti J?,/1H& Gene Bartow By GEORGE MORRIS Asst. Sports Editor 1. UCLA Gene Bartow, who steps ir coaching position vacated I retired John Wooden, inheri pressure of winnine at a srhr* knows nothing but success. H inherits one of the best teams nation. Despite the loss of All-Air forward Dave Meyers and ( Pete Trgovich from last national championship t UCLA has the talent am perience to once again vie f< national crown. All-America candidates Ri< Washington and Marmips -Inl return at forward along wil center Ralph Drollinger, givii Bruins perhaps the best front in the country. Washington has excellent shooting touch man his size and was named Valuable Player of last j national tournament finals. Johnson, who played last vviiuu i^uvui lll^ ii Ulll Ct UUUI hepatitis, should be fully reco this season-much to the i tune of UCLA's opponents. Starting guard Andre McC returns as the Bruins' floor lc and he should be joined ii backcourt by Jim Spillan possibly freshmen Roy Har or Brad Holland. Wooden said he didn't w?3 reiire wnn oui leaving nu cessor some talent to work and Wooden was true to his v Bartow proved at Memphis he could take good talent a way, and this year's team m the most talented he's ever That alone should discoi | : ^ iW&UBsr y* < , ^nugKB^|HUH - -. y.y.lf- :-~. V- , Aivl- t- =^VK|j|M| . ' ' ^BH^flBnH' : V':" -^|jjj|j|ggj^V^fljk / jjjI [ON A ^1' flHHfT g? ^ShB 99 TV vb "" *" 'm' ? : Bobby Knig anyone hoping l-voKnll *-l?rw% >o^? uaoivciuaii ujuaor ?{? 2. INDIAN; ts the Last year India ol that record, was the [ealso basketball team i in the That's right-the 1 broken arm to / lerica ward Scott May ai juard 92-90 loss to Kc year's Mideast regional f earn, Hoosiers out of th d ex- tournament. >r the Indiana fans suf loss last year, chard Knight's club stay! hnson they should get th 7-0 revenge on Kentuc lg the the rest of the coi tcourt May, an exce t, 6-9, player as well as ? for a returns with 6-1 Most Benson, guard Qui fear's Big Ten selections Wilkerson. Ben year points and grabbe< t with the Kentucky loss i vprprf anv rpnfpr in pnlh misfor- Buckner quit p last year and was barter improved basketb ;ader, result. He teams n the specialist, Wilkers e or court. Tom Abern, nilton start at the for vacated by the g int to Green. i sue- A characterisl with, coached teams is , vord. defense, and it woi State freak injury to ke< 1 _ n ? long irom worKing aga ay be said "we do have had. know what it's a irage season's end t Fred^ Sn o wcl L PR hf^ the UCLA remem y is over. derstat< V 3. M na, with a" 31-1 Retur best collegiate year's n the country. Marque Ti A 1 .... jesi. u look a high in \11-America for- title thi: id a subsequent Only rntucky in the graduat inal to keep the ters, ar e championship talent t( not to fered after that starters but if Bobby Last s tree ol injuries center C a measure of away" -ky and possibly year ha *ntry. improv llent defensive Warrior i scoring threat, frontlin< 1 center Kent recruitii nn Buckner (all New Yoi ) and guard Bob Toone son scored 33 transfer i 22 rebounds in Bo Ell md is as good as best for' -8e- muscle, )laying football game ai a considerably in leadi all player as a berth in with defensive is joine< on, in the back- and gua athy, 6-7, should Walton, ward position Air A U\?UUVVVI UIVVV 4. M tic of Knight When a high pressure took ovc ild take another job at 1 jp this strategy would i in. Knight has "UCLA some kids who he's faili 11 about." By jot of C( hat may be call the en ' Ray 1\ FVIF J_i V JLJL. cGuire bered as the unjment of the year. ARQUETTE ning four starters from last no A A 1 ?,o-*t (.earn, /\i ivicvjruire S tte Warriors should figure the race for the national s year. center Jerry Homan ed from last year's starid McGuire has plenty of ) fill the spot he vacated mention the returning year McGuire said 7-n 'raig Burtrym was "a year from his potential. That ts passed, and Burtrym's ement will make the s formidable along the i. McGuire also had a eood ng year, and signed 6-8 rk high school star Bernard and 6-10 junior college Jerome Whitehead, lis, 6-9, is one of America's wards. Despite his lack of Ellis scored 16.3 points per id averaged 15.5 rebounds ng the Warriors to their the Mideast regionals. He i by forward Earl Tatum irds Butch Lee and Lloyd ARYLAND Charles "Lefty" Dreisell ?r the basketball coaching Marvlanrf ho hpQ?rtn/l wv. ?' M6BVU 1IC make the Terrapins the of the East." Although ed at that task, there are a >aches wishing they could ir team the Maryland of S^PPSSHB fears W.roc jar* whatever region they're That should especially this year. Maryland ret nf (hp civ nlauorc Hio( V1IV |/?UJVlO UIUI lVsVI spot in the Midwest re Superb guard-forward Jo who averaged 19.5 points (and is an excellent tenr besides) could well be backcourt player in the Driesell chooses to play h Brad Davis and Mo Ho return at guard, whi .Qhortarrl hnlrlc /Iauih U..v(/M.u .IU1UU UUYYH UIIC position. The remaining f positions may be filled freshman Larry Gibsoi junior college transfc Boston. 6-9 Chris Patton, been hampered by injuri also work his way into th< lineup. 5. UNC Last year Dean Smith inexperienced and talent to the Eastern region finals, something fe> coaches could have done year's experience to its a this year's North Carol should once again compel honors. Freshman guard, Ph whose poise last year b youth, returns with his 16. average and amazing ball ability. Last season Ford freshman ever to start fo Smith team, was selected outstanding player in the Coast Conference tournai Returning on the front 1 5 Walter Davis, who spec winning games with a las shot, and the team's leadii Jif- ak^ ^JHB&+\, j^h ^j^snwgi Bob Gaillard tdenle orites 1 I' Di in. las hold true He urns four Ki them to a laj igionals. Sit hn Lucas, for per game lis player the best O. nation--if ] lim there. Ka ward also ha le Steve ye : forward Ha rontcourt thi by 6-10 re{ n or 6-8 I x Larry sta who has ' tin les, could Wi e starting wii am I Fr coi took an lea shy team thi tal semi- Wi v other gr< . With a pel dvantage las lina club I te for top Ca poi il Ford, las elied his fro 3 scoring 5 1 handling , the only r a Dean 7 4.1 ' me mosi > Atlantic tal nent. Ar ine are 6- nal ializes in ha1 it second ig scorer PI Jo ss Bru again Hr >t year (18.5) Mil (serves Tom LaGi tester saw a lot o >t year (a cha lith's teams) and ward and guard . KANSAS Last year nobo insas State to be i ving lost five stai ar before, but irtman came up it made it to ;ional finals, ilartman's team irters that playe< le loss to Syra Idcats are odds c 11? n:_ a II uie Dig iMgni I d possibly more, iartman, who < azier at Southern jple of guards wl irning some of th< at "Clyde" di( mams and Mike J sat outside shoote r cent from the 2C X year. <-State also retur rl Gerlach, who ints and 8.6 rebou it year. Joining intpnnrt ar<* Ha V Ma V U U IV? eaper Darryl Win ARIZONA Vith one of the tal ented frontcourts i izona's chances finnal hacLatknli WUOIVCIUCU1 ve never been bel lease see TOP Tfc ii #. e Hall ins "tH-. v, \ 9/SST tch Kupchak. arde and John f playing time racteristic of should start at , respectively. STATE >dy expected n the playoffs, rters from the coach Jack with a lineup the Eastern returns four d in the overifllCO cn fVin kVWUV) OV IIIV/ >n favorites to itle this yearcoached Walt Illinois, has a io seem to be e same things i. Chuckie Evans are two ?rs whn hit 4H 1-25 foot range ns 6-10 center averaged 10.4 nds per game ; him in the n Droge and 6iston. Ilest and most in the country, \ at gaining prominance Itnx IIUI . ^N, Page 4 S: .