Word: acc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next time you see a column arguing that the southerners have a monopoly on basketball, remember that Philly's Big Five clubs know how to dribble too. And when St. Josephs or Penn knocks out whichever team the ACC will send into the NCAA's tournament, then the southerners will have to put an end to their emotionalistic defense of the "great ACC basketball trust...
...What ACC senior shot .607 from the field last year, second in the country only to Arkansas State's six foot nine John Belcher...
Maryland plays in a difficult conference--perhaps the most difficult in the country. The UPI poll, taken among college coaches themselves, lists three of the seven ACC teams in its top 20--North Carolina is third, Maryland 10th and Virginia 18th--and a former conference member, South Carolina, is ranked fourth...
...even if Maryland fares poorly over the regular season, the team will have a reprieve in the form of the ACC playoff in March. Last year a North Carolina team that won the League title over a 14 game season lost it to South Carolina in a three game knockout tournament. Instead of going to the NCAA playoffs, where the other regular-season conference champions were, the Tarheels had to settle for the NIT at New York, which they won easily...
...Maryland is so talented and deep that it does not appear to need him--at least not yet. Despite what Kirkpatrick says. Maryland should have a successful season, and should be selected for the NIT tournament, just on its record, even if it finishes third or worse in the ACC. And the reason, behind all the charlatanerie and press releases, is Driesell, and his recruiting genius, Ravelling. Whether Driesell is a good technical coach is open to debate. His 176-65 record during 12 seasons at Davidson was well above average, but not in the same league with that...