Miller and Charlie Scott finally got Carolina's fast break going and the Tar Heels won easily 87-50 to get into the NCAA tournament. But the Tar Heels embarrassed themselves in the first half, stumbling to a mere 31-26 lead. North Carolina State was next, and this time Sloan played it straight, knowing that NC's aggressive press would not permit a stall. Carolina had to go into overtime to take the Gamecocks 82-79 as Larry Miller got 24 points and Dick Grubar 20. South Carolina, which has been known to stall on occasion, decided to run with the Tar Heels and almost had them for a second time. Nobody, however, was about to hold the ball against North Carolina. "I've made some good decisions this year," said Bubas, "but I guess this wasn't one of them." Right. For the next 13:45, the Wolfpack held the ball without taking a shot and, at one point, bored Radiocaster Bill Currie, "The Mouth of the South," advised his listeners, "This is as thrilling as artificial insemination." Eventually, Duke lost 12-10, and even Coach Vic Bubas had to admit he had made a grievous error in not telling his team to go after the ball. Duke led 4-2 at the half and 8-6 with 16 minutes to go. He threw a stall at Duke and, while Bill Kretzer and Eddie Biedenbach calmly played catch, the Blue Devils stubbornly sat in their zone. Then North Carolina State's Norm Sloan wrecked the act. The favorites all won in the first round, and the prospect was North Carolina against Duke, a perfect matchup, in the final. He scored 41 points (his average for the year: 38.2) as Niagara won 96-84.Įverything was going along famously in the Atlantic Coast tournament in Charlotte. Niagara's flashy little Calvin Murphy, who may not be back next year-there are rumors he will transfer-finished the season with a flourish against Canisius. Peter's clobbered Fairleigh Dickinson 106-80 to win New York's Met Conference championship. Villanova beat Seton Hall 80-66, while Duquesne outscored St. Bonaventure got a scare but managed to outlast Fairfield 70-69 in overtime. With six seconds to go, Fordham Coach Johnny Bach was so happy he lit up a victory cigar-and he doesn't smoke.Īll the other tournament-bound teams won, too. But the Rams had to break a 62-62 tie with 2½ minutes to play to win. NYU ended Rutgers' seven-game winning streak 56-49, while Fordham beat Manhattan 72-66. It was a time for old rivalries in New York's Garden. "I just kept hoping for the game to end," said Rohan, "and thinking how sweet it is." McMillian, faking the Tigers' John Hummer out of his shoes, scored 37 points, Walaszek had 20, Dotson 19 and Columbia won 92-74 for its first Ivy title since 1951. With 14 minutes to go, Princeton was out of it. Newmark fought the Tigers' big men on the boards and, more important, used his bulk to set picks for his more agile teammates. Coach Jack Rohan started Newmark, who had missed four games with a severely sprained ankle, and that did wonders for the Lions. But once the game began it was Columbia's party. The Columbia and Princeton bands took turns tootling up a storm, and there was a festive air all around. West Virginia (19-8).Īn hour before the Ivy League playoff, the neutral St. Bradley (19-8) Saturday night-Fordham (18-7) vs. Wyoming (18-8) Saturday afternoon-Army (20-4) vs. Other first-round pairings: Friday night-Temple (19-8) vs. Peter's (22-2) playing Marshall (17-7) and Duke (21-5) meeting Oklahoma City (20-6). The tournament opens Thursday night in Madison Square Garden with St. New York's NIT, meanwhile, had a 16-team field ready to go. Davidson stole the ball five times, 6'6" Doug Cook scored six points in the last minute, and the Wildcats won 79-70. Mike Maloy, Davidson's good 6'7" sophomore, dropped in two layups, and St. The Redmen, attacking patiently and defending well, led 68-67 with 5:14 to go.
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It was effective and Dot-son had his best game ever, scoring 32 points on short jumpers, drives and layups.ĭavidson, however, had its hands full with St.
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They worked the ball around 7' Dave New-mark on a high post, overloaded one side and hit the free man-either Heyward Dotson, Jim McMillian or Roger Walaszek-on the other side. The well-coached Lions never deviated from their game plan against La Salle's zone defenses. Columbia, in the tournament for the first time in 17 years, celebrated by whipping La Salle 83-69 in College Park, Md.
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