Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Page 6?THE GA1 Mar , :HHii Spori ' \ { The National Col i causing big probl | majority of their < Three major rul { over the countrv. varsity ball, 2) m , can get an invitat ' team can only tak< i It has been a w \ into effect, but ma bad for basketball man player it eff The major argt simple and right 1 cnhnnl tf* pnllodo ic UV/111W1 l/V/ WllV^V ltj 18. This transit distances to pla; academic side of c player has flunke eligibility becausc i_ ^jrameeocK coac that showed how playing college ba NCAA champions that proved his p "Everyone on tl and then a year of juniors and senioi club's average aj picture I look as ference from a CI junior. You woul< makes." 1 As a direct resu one conference t< many longtime i conferences to ass NCAA bid. As of this baskc ~ 1 i i IUIII1CU IU UtTcIl | Collegiate Athlet dependent Collegi * The first is m< Georgia Tech, S eastern group is Duquesne, Pen Washington, Wesl McGuire said th cent" the fault of 1 these only the s dependents are Carolina. McGuire hit the ten-man rule is ri< to bring more thai will be to see ho\ around the rule." McGuire said. 4 coach can do to practice is to tak have done is take The NCAA has selves with the ter want to be assure a scholarship at t many coaches wil already been suj teams will be taki can't play they v, What are the sol First of all, sincc should take mtii decisions like the: decisions college k suffer greatly. MECOCK jr. k LearyW ts Editor 9 llegiate Athletic Associatic ems within collegiate sp< decisions hurting basketb; ings have hurt collegiate t The three are 1) freshrr ore than one team from , ion to the NCAA tournam ; 10 men on the travel squa The Freshman Rule hile since the freshman r my major college coaches as weli as it being harmfu ects. iments against the freshr to the point. The transitu i just too much for a young ion includes not only tr _ I A- - 1 - 1 # y games dui aiso aajui ollege life. Many a good f d out or come very close 3 of this adjustment prob h Frank McGuire told a s a player was gradually \ sketball in the past. McGu hip North Carolina team < oint. lat team had had a year o freshmen ball. By the tii rs they were ready to pla ge was almost 21 years young as they did. That's mek Sherwood who is 19 a in't believe what a differc ndependent Defection lit of the NCAA's ruling th earn could go to the NC independents are form in ;ure themselves of at least itball season two conferen the NCAA ruling. The ir? Accnpi otiAn A *UUVV/IUHUII C411U tfllt iate Basketball League ai *de up of Louisville, Me t. Louis and Cincinnati, i made up of Pittsburgl n State, Massachuset t Virginia and Rutgers. O roQcnn fnr thic Hnfnnl IV > K/um/11 AV/1 LIllO UClCl^llUll the NCAA. He did say that trong will survive. Thes Marquette, Notre Dam< Ten-Man Rule ; nail on the head when h liculous. How can they tel n ten on the road. The intc v the coaches in the natii 'The point is that the onl> reward a player for wor e them on a trip. What 1 jn this reward away/' also caused other problei i-rnan rule. Because of th< d of a starting position bef he school that is recruitinj I be trying to get around th; ^ A. 1 f * ? ?gesiea Dy some that ji en with the varsity. So at rill be able to travel, lutions to the NCAA create j the NCAA has so much ch more time when d< se. If the NCAA rushes it jasketball, as well as othe I >rts with the coach an all the most. on the sc )asketball all hard fort len can olav ye.ar s .1H . * - I'lltSDU a conference with a c ent and 3) a "Buzz" I d Westmin: the Pant ncni [*; tory recently t groomed into I lire told of his I ind a picture I >f prep school tie they were y. That 1957 Tim ( old. In that s quite a dif- into a nd already a | Grgurich ince one year as one of over the ; Ridl's sh( served a: at more than recruiter !AA nlavnffs Crguric :-^ coach wii g basketball Before th a chance at a hardwooc Fieldhous ceshave been hy three Metropolitan * Eastern In- Bennett. re the two. friendly mphis State, okiand , While the professioi 1, Villanova, "m M" tts, George |wl 41 XVJL V was 4 *100 per tin cases like >e strong in- c i and South By ALIIK (iamecoc ie said, "The 11 a coach not . 1 (resting thine ^ UUII ICUII1 On try to get Under National r nice thing a Associate king hard in they (NCAA) JSrtta! squads. ms for them- Many ( i rule players ru!e F r! ., * T . rulf "rm ore mey take people wi ?them. Also nothing al is rule. It has Mc(;uir mior varsity ^ou,d P least if they ^wou.d i he should id problems? trips bees power, they much mo ectding rash no^ r ito any more has no pia r sports, will "because transfer t ying seas intherco \N SAWICKI Virgini k Sports Writer ease . , To e< irgh will be a team with uennej rsonnel Droblems. a new - iceruiit d a questionable outlook cenjer | lason, which will make it nigh. 1 he Panthers to match last s^a -11 record. one of rgh will start the season lidpati oach succeeding Charles (<iassjc tidl. who came from tiny probler ster College and turned whjch \ hers basketball program until MComj a few w entire s fir PHj squeeze llll came Michigj his choi and tu voted tl Classic right ii jg lineup. ! None ; com pi a will chf i post se? ^mmn y ^ # can she *rgurich gap to f ...Pittsburgh coach ?"ly ,!n also. national power. Tim To m , who has been regarded Pitt wi the top assistant coaches pressin years, will attempt to fill defense )es. Grgurich previously will res 5 Ridl's main scout and Ketui ther sq :h's first season as head Starr ai 1 be a trying one indeed. Tom Ki ^ u~n i ** - it in at. udii luucucu ine lournar I surface of the Pitt what it >e, CIrgurich was set back Behir unrelated events. Last there p rebounder and fourth perienc icorer. freshman Melvin guard | was lured from the regard surroundings of the Williarr campus into the at Sche nal ranks of the ABA Strickle iijuire sa ivel squa C MIXSON Some k Sports Writer teams McGuir I travel squads effect designe 1 teams as well as foot- chance s. MeGi a rule adopted by the to say Collegiate Athletic travel s )n (NCAA), basketball starting lay now take only 10 said, i a traveling squad. Last Bill ims had unlimited travel commil illllt'l c oaches do not like the propose ink McGuire termed the as a < ieulous," adding, "The said. 4 ho made the rule know feeling bout basketball," he said, added, e said the only reward he Hunt mise a young recruit was passed im: miu:ii uii trip Willi int' appPOVi ' a youngster works hard, months be allowed to go on the given r mse it does not cast that think t re," he said. the sch >r upperclassman who thecoai nake the traveling squad them t< ice to go," McGuire said, "No < he does not have time to with pa o another school." "becau ion ahe ach Grj a S(juires as a hardship [)mpcnsate for the loss of t. (Irgurich successfully t*d Kelvin Smith a (>-11 from Pittsburgh's Schenlev Smith, who led Schenley to te championship and was the basketball elite parng in the Dapper Dan , was found to have a rare n of high blood pressure vould keep him off the court ic situation was corrected. >ounding this development eeks later, Smith was found academically ineligible by !AA and must sit out the eason unm ne can raise his to the required level. final event which put the ; on talent for this year when Grgurich lost the recruited Phil Hubbard to an after Hubbard narrowed ices of schools down to Pitt in nthorc linKKo^/1 ? ???? U VillVI O. IUUUCII U WdO le MVP in the Dapper Dan and was expected to step nto the Panthers starting theless, Grgurich is not ining. "Pitt will field basketball squad which illenge for its third straight 4 ? I :J JOUII IUU1 IKIlllCIll, lie ear's team will be one that ot and run. There is a big ill at the center position not ability but in experience ake up for this deficiency, 11 rely on 40 minutes of g with the famed amoeba i and in certain situations ort to a sticky man-to-man. ning starters to the Panuad will be forwards Keith id Larry Harris, and guard 1~ All At * iiiarus. /mi uiree nave naa nent experience and know takes to win. id these three veterans, is a painful lack of exe. Competing for the other position will be two highly ed freshmen. Wayne is who teamed with Smith nley High School and Pete ind will be expected to VS 1 O?IT ds 'ridii schools are taking jayvee with them on trips, e said these teams were id to give more players a to travel. jire said there was no way who wouia ue on tne use ?quad this year. "Only the * team will go for sure," he Hunt of the NCAA rules ttee looked at the problem ntly. "The rule was ?d and adopted by the NCAA L'ost-saving measure," he 'The universities are really the financial crunch," he said no rule was ever in the NCAA without the al of its members and two notice of every proposal is nember schools. "I would hat the representatives of ools would be in touch with ehes about how they wanted ) vote." one can charge the NCAA ssing anything," Hunt said, se every school that is a ad foi gurich share playing time. Trying to fill the v will be even more (Irgurich. Willie Mi-Melland and Sc will vie for this troubl of the players have tl needed to strengther Pitt will look to leadership in key situ 7 forward is said to be All-America candid; considered by man people as one of t Keith Starr ...it around forwards in Last year Starr a points per game whik 47 per eent clip. He lc steals with 114 and ir IHU. This year Pittsbur nationally ranked te Alabama, Notre Dam Penn, Cincinnati, anc well as Carolina. One of the Gamec tests on the road will travel to Pittsburgh, home court Pittsbu Marquette and Notr year and in eastern sburgh is known for il advantage. ian 1 it culoui . v i ? iii^iiiuci iujs <i vine. The rule was pass special convention of August. This was on special convention history. Hunt said he di recruiting would be a new rule. '*1 do n assuring someone he to travel with the valuable recruiting t< There is a chance be reconsidered. "A be proposed at the ref in January which will to take 12 people on squad." he said. Kach ol the three di NCAA voted separate adopt the rule or not. the division consis smaller schools, vote< man traveling squa< ironic that the smalle supposedly the leas money would vote largest travel squad, i oid at center difficult for Kelly, Ralph ott Steohens cd spot. None ic experience i the middle. Starr for its ations. The 6the Panthers ate. He is y basketball he finestallWmM wr ?am leader the country, veraged 13.4 j shooting at a id the team in 1 assists with gh will play ams such as e, Marquette, 1 Syracuse as ocks sternest be when they On this same rgh defeated e Dame last circles Pittts home court nit 1 _J >uu (Hiring a the NCAA in ly the second i in NCAA (1 not think ffected by the ot think that would be able learn is a ool," he said, the rule may new rule may ;ular meeting allow a team the traveling visions in the ly whether to Division III, ting of the J to have a 12 d. "This is st school with t amount of to have the Hunt said.