NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1973 SESSION

RESOLUTION 163 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2143

A JOINT RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY TEAM.

Whereas, the North Carolina State University basketball team has just concluded the greatest season in the University's history winning 29 games and the National Championship and losing only one game; and Whereas, the United Press International and Associated Press polls have rated them number one in the Nation; and Whereas, Norman Sloan, Coach of the Wolfpack, has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year for the second year in a row; and Whereas, two native sons of this State, namely David Thompson of Shelby and of Newland, have received the highest individual recognition possible, with Thompson being unanimous first-team All-American for the second year in a row and also All- ACC and Player of the Year while leading the ACC in scoring for the second year in a row with a new North Carolina State University individual scoring record of 26 points per game and Burleson made the All-Conference and All-American Second Team; and Whereas, there are three other North Carolinians on the team who have contributed greatly to its success, and Dwight Johnson of Raleigh and Jerry Hunt of Shelby; and Whereas, the non-North Carolinians on this team were led by the great Monty Towe, who made numerous All-Conference, All-Tournament and All-American Team selections, Morris Rivers, , Steve Nuce, Greg Hawkins, Mark Moeller, Bill Lake, Craig Kuszmaul, Bruce Dayhuff, Ken Gehring and Steve Smith, all of whom contributed greatly to the spreading of the good North Carolina name throughout this country and the world through the success of this fine basketball team; and Whereas, in winning the National Championship, North Carolina State defeated the other 4 teams listed in the top 5 teams in the Nation, an accomplishment never equalled before even by UCLA; and Whereas, this great team terminated the domination of UCLA in the field of college basketball and established North Carolina in particular and the Atlantic Coast Conference in general as the homeland of the greatest amateur basketball in the world;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

Section 1. That this august body do honor and pay tribute to these outstanding achievements by North Carolina State University student-athletes and coaches at the conclusion of this great basketball season. Sec. 2. This resolution shall become effective upon ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1974.