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...Virginia. U.Va's great advantage is Ralph Sampson. Its great disadvantage is his supporting cast. Sampson, you will remeber, is the 7-ft. 4-in center that NBC commentator Al McGuire will tell you 10 or 20 times a game is the "Player of the Century." Unfortunately for Cavalier Coach Terry Holland, the loss of Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker ro graduation means that opposing teams will be able to put a lot more pressure on Sampson. No matter haw good he really is, the big guy won't be able to do wonders when he is triple-teamed around...
Lady Luck is always a welcome guest, but in Maine she has been a little promiscuous. Sampson Supermarkets, a 31-store chain, last summer contracted for a promotion scheme: "Let's Go to the Races." Each Sampson shopper is given a playing card printed with the number of a race horse on whom the customer has automatically "bet." Every week, films of past thoroughbred races are shown on television, and Sampson customers holding numbers of a victorious horse win $1,000. The game is really a lottery: its sponsors know that of the 250,000 cards doled out weekly...
...Tell Utah and Kansas State and Virginia again that losing early in the NCAA tournament--second or third or semi-final round--doesn't get you just as eliminated as losing on the last Monday night with half the people in the country plus Al McGuire watching. Tell Ralph Sampson that wasn't a big one Carolina won Saturday. Or, tell him he's a choker, and he can't handle the pressure...
...Ralph Sampson, Virginia...
...Ralph Sampson, Virginia