Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MNHMk 1 OMniam r* / f^V 'j^B^L l ^^K;<y ,^BPniH-. ^? f w daBB?^ T arheel s' * By Mark Platte Gamecock Staff Writer ine man wnom in?a siar rvupcnan 01 me wasnmgion Bullets refers to as "one of the best, if not the best coaches in the nation, maybe the world" deserves such a compliment. He deserves it because he has coached the college team which has finished either in first or second place in the Atlantic l oast t.onterence, AC a . basketball division in each of the past 13 seasons. In 19G8. his team earned a place in the NCAA finals against UCLA before losing, 78-55. i kt i ili"i .v.w) i a/'a u;^ j r: -v.j . r ~ iu l~ ~ ii i .> i;m< unu ins bqutiu miisiicu in ioui in jjiactf ovt'x au in the NCAA tournament. In 1972, they finished third overall. 1973 saw his perfect 27-0 regular season team bow out early in the playoffs. In 1977, his team once again made tnc tinais oeiore losing 67-59 against Marquette. In 1978, Penn narrowly defeated his injury-hampered team, 72-71 in the NCAA playoffs. He is the legendary Dean Smith, known as "Mr. Basketball" at the University of North Carolina, where he Gameco I When looking your best is impc Chairman, U. S. C. student's favorii from the State House. The six full ti hair design to compliment the facie kppn \/nu lonkinn nrpat with nrnfpsc; f' ""w J ~ ? JJ ZJ ' ! ? ? parking at the municipal parking lot or km^r .H ? bmitn onec has coached for the past 16 years. Kupchak, along with Phil Ford, Walter Davis, Charlie Scott, Bobby Jones, Dudley Bradley and Mike O'Koren are just a few of the superstars who have played under the 48-vear-old genius ot Chapel Hill. At the Mitch Kupchak basketball camp at C.W. Post College in Brookville. New York, Smith spoke to the youngsters about teamwork, attitude and stressed, "When your assists are better than your turnovers, you're becoming a basketball player." wnen a member 01 me eamp askea me iy/b U.S.A. Olympic basketball team coach about his famous fourcorners offense, Smith became partially defensive, obviously used to the criticism of this sometimes painstaking strategy watched by basketball fans who demand scoring and offense action. "THE four-corners offense gets entirely too much attention," Smith noted, "We averaged 86 points a game over the last 10 years and all everyone talks about is the four corners." i 8ark >cks >rtant to vou. see the professional stvlists at T te head shop...just two blocks down Main Stn me stylists at The Chairman can create a Rotl il characteristics of everyone. Let The Chairrr ionally formulated Roffler products. One hour fi l Washington Street. _ i. .1! _ a _ ii a i * i * ese stylists are wen-Known io students d Columbians alike: Bobby, Tony, leita, Gladys, John, and Beth. FOI anicures and Pedicures by Romona. JJI1 Professionalb J Roffler s "Dt (p 1314 MAIN S" Ikj jm?Tr*^"~ i ~ i ~~<*rT )f the best Smith admitted that the acquisition of Phil Ford to UNC made the four-corners "unfair" and added, "Ford wouldn't lose the ball so the coaches in our league started saying that the only way they can beat us is by not playing basketball." Although he doesn't advocate the use of the four-corners by junior high or high schools, Smith explained the strategy which was used in one of the Duke-UNC games of last season. 'It takes two teams to hold the ball anytime," he cited. "In the Duke game (in which the Tarheels trailed at halftime 7-0 after holding the ball allowing Duke to win, 4140), I thought they'd chase us and I was shocked they didn't. In the end, they won, so he (Duke coach Bill Foster) was right. But I thought being at their place, I assumed they would and should chase us but it turned out that they were running." "Of course." Smith boasts " WO HiH hoat fhnm civ riouc ' I " ~ ^ v UIV11I OIA uaj o later when it really counted (for the ACC championship)." See SMITH, 17C R APPOINTMENT, CALL I i i f . i N y aneaa in nair wan ] isign '79-80" 1 11IU11 r., DOWNTOWN J