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Staff Reports
USC men's basketball sophomore
and signee BJ McKie have been nan
team for the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festr
Denver. USA Basketball and the U.S
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The men's basketball competition
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Denver Nuggets. To be eligible for com
lete must be a U.S. citizen who has coi
school eligibility but not yet entered
year of eligibility.
Tennessee State University coacl
will head the South team, which will ft
ers from the SEC, including Watson,
guard, who led USC in scoring and ass
joins fellow freshman All-SEC honor
dox (Vanderbilt) and Antoine Walker 0
with Ansu Sesay of Ole Miss.
McKie, one of six high school plays
the Gamecock squad nest season, is
school players on the four 12-man ros
Irmo High School to state AAAA cham
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Staff Reports
Fuggy Blackmon, who coached Geoi
gia Tech to five ACC championships, 1
consecutive NCAA Championship ap
pearances and 34 tournament titles, wa
named USCs men's head coach June 5
During his 12-year tenure at Geor
gia Tech, Blackmon built the Yellov
Jacket program into one of the most sue
cessful and dominant in all of college
golf. His team's 11 straight trips to th
NCAA Tournament is matched by onl;
six other schools in the history of colleg
golf. Blackmon's 1993 Tech squad fir
ished runner-up at the NCAAs, and h
has led the Rambling Wreck to five to]
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ocTcii iiabiunoi muoiico.
His Georgia Tech teams have eithe
won or finished second in the ACC Torn
nament nine of the 12 years he was coadi
A four-time ACC Coach of the Year (1984
1985,1992,1993), three of Blackmon'
golfers have finished second at the NCA/
Championships, and his players havi
won 27 individual tournament crowns
Blackmon has coached 20 All-Amer
icans at Tech and two of the past threi
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Kentucky), along Greensboro (Nov. 24) and S.
Eddie Fogler will take his th
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one of five high Dec. 1-2 in Charlotte, N.C.'
iters. McKie led Stanford in the first round, \
pionships in his ^ace Tulane. Game times ar
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national players of the year. David Du- 1
val, a four-time All-America and a cur- t
1 rent rising star on the PGA Tour, was 1
h the 1993 National Player of the Year, c
g while Stewart Cink, a senior on this
1. year's team, was named the 1995 National
Player of the Year,
v "Puggy Blackmon has established
s- himself as one of the premier coaches in
e college golf," USC Athletics Director
e Mike McGee said. "Coach Blackmon has
y built a championship program at Geore
gia Tech based upon quality and ini
tegrity. His record and accomplishments
e at the national level have earned him
P the utmost respect from his peers.
"Coach Blackmon has been a develr
oper of outstanding golfers and young
people, and we certainly look forward to
L welcoming him and his family to Carolina
as we set our sights on developing
? a championship-caliber golf program."
Blackmon's players have also excelled
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)cks will play 15 games at "We have {
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C. State (Nov. 27), coach turning playei
ird Carolina squad to the to facing the cl
urnament of Champions in every game
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vhile North Carolina will foreign all-sta
e slated for 7 p.m. and 9 Charlotte Royi
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Roll accolades. Blackmon also has proven r
o be effective at raising funds. He spear- c
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'Blackmon said he "senses the Car- g
>lina program is set to take off and exjerience
a great deal of success.
"My wife and I were so impressed
vith the attitude and commitment of
he people we met during our visit to the c
South Carolina campus," Blackmon said. r
"Mike McGee and the coaching staff have c
hat program on the move. It has always (
)een my goal to win the national cham- c
Dionship, and I believe that can be ac- e
?mplished at South Carolina. i
"The facilities and support of the peo- g
)le are unbelievable. The University
Slub is going to be an outstanding fa- j
rility and a terrific asset to the golf pro- t
?ram. South Carolina has always been
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eared in nearby Ridgeland. He played I
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pens SEC play for the third time in five
Kentucky Jan. 3. A two-week stretch in
prove tough as the Gamecocks play at
.3), against Alabama (Jan. 20) and MisJan.
24) at home, and at Kentucky (Jan.
5 NCAA Tournament teams. The SEC
vili be March 8-11 at the Superdome in
>ut together a schedule which should exmd
challenge what will be a rather inquad,"
Fogler said. "With the Tournapions
and January games against Kenla,
Mississippi State and Florida, our
ill need to blend quickly with the re's
so we can compete. We look forward
lallenges that lie ahead and improving
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rill play two exhibition games against
r teams to be named (Nov. 13) and the
als (Nov. 17).
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eceivea ms Dacneiors m iy/3. tie was
hosen one of the Outstanding College
athletes of America in 1971 and 1973.
tfter receiving his master's from Clemon
in 1977, Blackmon worked for six
ears in the golf resort operations and
ievelopment field in Florida.
Blackmon has proven to be a top reruiter
at both the national and interlational
levels. He has successfully reruited
at least one American Junior
Jolf Association All-America player each
if the past nine years. Blackmon also
ixcels as being a teaching coach, havng
been a PGA professional and junior
;olf activist since 1973.
He was instrumental in founding the
Jacksonville (Fla.) Junior Golf Associaion,
which is one of the largest in the
tate. Throughout his career, he has
een involved in junior golf on the local,
mtinnal nnrt 1 oval a
Blackmon and his wife, Gail, also a
leaufort native, have three children:
ishley (16), Jordan (12) and Tate (7).
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