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Rouse keying‘Pack’s surge

Marlene Hale bout with mononucleosis. was one thing I wish for Teresa is for Writer red—shined her freshman year, her to become more aggressive in Rouse returned the next two her play." she said. “If she How do you turn a seasonal years to play guard before coach becomes more aggressive. she 57-point scoring average into a Yow moved her to the No. 4 moves from just a good player to a 13-point tournament average? Just forward position. great player." ask Wolfpack coach Kay Yow how “Teresa is starting for us this year Rouse. however. said she does junior forward Teresa Rouse did it. at No. 4 forward." Yow said of the not need to improve is her mental “l think she has definitely im- 5-11 starter. “I think she may ability to get motivated for a big proved." Yow said of Rouse. who prefer to play No. 3. But she's game. turned in such an average in the done a heck of a job at No. 4. This Just working for the title of ACC recent ACC tournament that State year shows what she has ac- champion was enough pressure won. “There for a long time even complished at the 4 position within and incentive for Rouse. “The when a shot was there. she didn't our system." ‘ tournament was great." she said. “I take it. She didn't look for it. Now And perhaps because Rouse felt like we were going to play she‘s looking for it and she's taking played guard. she finds it easy to Carolina all along and I really got it when it's there. And that has get open at the top of the key for a psyched for it." made a difference for our team." quick two points. And if the Pack gets past Rouse. a Fairfax. Va. native. has ACC foes have consistently let first-round opponent St. Joseph's come to the forefront during the Rouse wander out to that area and tonight. a rematch between No. 5 latter portion of the season and recently she‘s kindly obliged by ODU and No. 12 State is a strong established herself as a major cog burning the nets for many State possibility. But that wouldn't bother in the Wlfpack train that has baskets. Rouse. roared to 14 straight wins. She has “When we beat them. we really pulled a mid-season 4.8 ppg. “The madder get. the played a great game." she said. average up nearly a whole point. In ”Maybe they're a little afraid to play the Pack's upset of then No. more aggressive I play.” us because they know we have Staff photo bv Roqer winstead 2-ranked Old Dominion on Feb. 1. — Teresa Rouse everything to gain and nothingyto Teresa Rouse's late season performance helped the Pack surge to for instance. she fired in a career- lose." 14 straight wins and capture the ACC tournament crown. high 16 points. “Most of the other players aren't -And when the ACC champion- used to coming so far outside to ship was on the line against North guard me." Rouse said. “I wasn't For more intormation call: Carolina. Rouse was the team's top .used to posting up on the inside. 737-3104 rebounder with a career-high seven Maybe because I found it harder to boards. That performance earned post down low helped me go to the her a spot on the alltouri ament high position." ike team. making her the second In contrast. on the defensive Rouse to achieve that honor. end. Rouse‘s inside play is her Her sister. Wolfpack standout strong point. ross Ginger Rouse. made the all: “I think her post defense is better tourney team in 1982. Though than her perimeter defense." Yow some might think that the younger said. ”Her defense has improved a Monday Rouse is having to fill some .lot. She may not be as quick. she distinguished footsteps, Teresa {may not be the leaper as the March 18, 1985 thinks otherwise. players she plays. but she does an “IT WAS REALLY bad in excellent job positioning against the Stewart Theatre high school." she said. “Ginger was people she defends. She has the 8 PM. ,. an all~America. That made it strength to keep people off the worse. But once I got to State. it boards and the endurance to keep Advance Tickets: really didn't bother me. I was pushing from baseline to baseline." NCSU students $5.50, expected to do good but not. WHILE THERE HAVE been because I was her sister." 'improvements. Rouse contends General Public $6.50 The five-year age difference that others can be made. Day of show $7.50 forall it prohibited them from playing on “I think I need to work on being on sale now at Stewart Theatre the same team in high school. so more aggressive." she said. "The Box Office when Ginger was red-shined her madder I get. the more aggressive I junior year. there was a possibility play." of a the two playing together in Yow agrees with Rouse’s desig— college. But Teresa. encountering a nated area of development “The HOME STEREO CAR STEREO WE ARE HERE! The NEW Holiday Inn Reservation CAR STEREO Located at 1705 Cary-Macedonia Rd, Raleigh, INSTALLATIONS NC 27606. 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Women on State “Feeling the pressure'. Ah. yes 82-71 —— at the Monarch's raucous Also. our depth continued to mm that familiar. yet descriptive cliche gym. mind you. improve and come off the bench ...... finds its way to the sports pages But finding its way back among and not hurt us at all by either care: At large (Atlantic 10 regu» more often than a Georgetown the nation‘s finest did not settle the helping us maintain the tempo or lareeeeeneociiamiion) M winning box score. players' minds. In fact. the pressure bring Ills to greater heights. omm OOdeeeJ'lnettIiew-i But. over-used as it may be. burner really began to heat as the “We just began to play together coat-financier one! in m 1904 loeer‘to coach Kay Yow contends pressure team started tacking on more wins. OLaet appearenu: Firet ap- Old Dominion in Eaet Regional has been a key to her Wolfpack so much better. We began to stay pearance «mm State entered the ACC tourna- in ‘our offensive and defensive om Tm em (rum. 'vstertere: Linda Page (iorwerd. Women's success this season. Her ment with 11 straight wins firmly systems and have confidence in 15.5 ppg.. 5.3 rpg.); Terri Mohr 21.8 5.3 rpg.). Teren players have used it positively —- pocketed and with the possibility each other's ability. (toward. 13.1 ppg.. 3.3 rpg.); Home , 5.3 ppg.. 3.3 the only way she tries to teach it to lurking of meeting North Carolina “And." Yow added. “We Tereea Carmichael (12.1 ppg.. rpg.), Trene Trice (center. 14.8 be used. for a fourth time this season. For became a team that didn't have 8.7 rpg.). Ellen Clark (4.4 ppg., one. 7.6 rm). Robyn New “Athletes who learn to use that matchup to ensue. both teams depend on Linda Page as much." 4.5 apg.. Jeeeie Dunne (guard. (ward. 7.1 ppg.. 8.6 we). pressure are the ones who excel.” ’ needed to knock off two opponents Most notably. Yow handed out 5-2m..4-,8-pe-) Debbie Mulligan (guard. 6.0 each. which they promptly did. OKey neervee: Debbie Black 999.. 1-6(PO-l praise to sophomore center Trena (guard. 5.8 ppg., 3.8 egg). Janet OKey reeervee: Prieclla Mame Traditionally. getting to the cham- Trice. junior forward Teresa Rouse. (center. 7.8 ppg.. 5.6 rpg.), pionship game had never been a sophomore forward Angela Daye Angela Deye(torward, 6...3ppg problem for the Pack. It had and sophomore guard Annemarie 4.3 rpg.). Annemarie Treedway‘ already reached that game six Treadway. (gum. 5.9ppg..2.6rpg.) DEVlH times. Yet. State only had one Trice began the season as a can. puma-Inst.7 banner to prove it. There's more reserve. but still received good creme-game: STEELE pressure. baby. amounts of playing time. She has OFTpereenlagemSJ “flute/e Said Yow of the situation. “In since worked her way into the - 00am 09mm: Rutgers SportsEditor that championship game against starting lineup by giving the team (c.6759) . Carolina there was a lot of pressure more inside versatility and is now said Yow. whose team hosts St. because people were saying. ‘This the team’s second leading scorer at Joseph's in the first round of» the is the seventh time you’ve been in 14.8 ppg. and leading rebounder NCAA playoffs tonight in Reynolds a championship game and you've at7.8rpg. Coliseum. "It's the very thing that only won one out of six. And this is “Trena still doesn't have that can spur you on to excel and to going to be the fourth time you've great consistency game in and Can the Wolfpack Women. with experience definitely weighs in the make you do things that you played Carolina and you’ve won game out that I'd like for a starter a berth into the next weekend's Pack's favor. thought you couldn't do - if you two. It's hard to beat them three to have." Yow said. “But she Eastern Regionals at stake. keep “When we played Duke in the use it. If you don't use it right. it times.” So we've got all these things certainly has gotten to the point the streak alive in tonight's 7:30 ACC tournament we beat them by hurts you. You don't even ac~ going around and around. and where she can help us tremen- contest with St. Joseph's? Yow 32.‘ she said. But when we complish the things that ordinarily we've won 11 games in a row. It's dously at that low-post position. believes they can. but the key she played them in the regular season you know you could do. hard to continue a streak. they We are now definitely a threat to said will be which team dictates the we beat them by just one For us It all started when State. dipping said. score there." tempo. having played in the semifinals for to 10-5 after a loss to Tennessee “Somebody even said to me this Rouse. who starts at the big The Philadelphia-based Hawks. eight years was a definite arlvan on Jan. 19. dropped out of the top season it just seems like an forward position. and Daye both 25-4. rely on a quick-paced offense tage. Maybe because we‘ve been in 20 for the first time since 1976. impossible situation. That’s a real have keyed the surge, especially in and a full-court. pressure defense. the playoffs before and St Though Yow insisted that slipping challenge to me when somebody the ACC tournament. “They're a team that moves." Joseph5 hasnt will help us. It can't out of the polls did not snag the says that. The immediate reaction “Angela and Teresa simply had Yow said. “If you play a man hurt us.‘ Wolfpack program. the pressure is. ‘Really? That's something that great ACC tournaments." Yow defense. they can run a great A large crowd is needed to give I'd like to try. then.’ I only hope my said. “I would say they played motion offense. They don't look to the women a was on the players' shoulders players can use pressure going into above and beyond what they have get the ball inside much because home-court advan- nonetheless. We're talking pride the playoffs." they dont have that type of height. tage as well as to draw consid- here. that red devil still keeps the O O O been playing this season. They eration for future'play—off games Rebels a-yellin'. And did the Pack were directly responsible for the But they have some great outside hosted in Raleigh. Nary one Other than pressure. Yow said way we played in the tourney. shooters and some excellent players roll over and die? that more concrete substances. like When we got inot foul trouble or penetrators." ‘Hopefully. weIi have a really of them. X’s and 0's and individual peaks. other people just couldn't get it Despite being an up-tempoed large crowd." Yow said. “That “Maybe you fall out of the top 20 have played a factor in her team's together. they gave us a lift on team. St. Joseph's is gets most of would be in our favor. When a and maybe you begin to feel a little from its inside players. crowd gets into a game that really bit of pressure." Yow said. “The mid- to late-season surge. First. defense. scoring assists. just every its offense fires the team up." real secret is don’t panic, but learn after reaching the low-point of its way." The Hawks, which have knocked to use that pressure." season with the loss to the Treadway. a defensive cog. has off such formidable foes as Penn Yow said that a turn-out of After that setback. which the Volunteers the team began to improved greatly from last season State. Rutgers and western Ken- 34.000 would be a good one. Pack endured without leading "develop an identity of its own and to this season and from the start of tucky. are led by- forwards Trish The winner of tonight's battle will scorer Linda Page. State packed a the chemistry began to develop." the season to now. Yow said. Brown (15.5 ppg.. 5.3 rpg.) and advance to the Eastern Regionals tight snowball and has since Why? Yow cited several reasons. “You see her now going in and Carri Mohr (13.1 ppg.. 3.8 rpg.) next weekend at Old Dominion. If bouldered 14 straight foes. It took “Our inside game began to hitting some crucial baskets in some and center Teresa Carmichael the Wolfpack Women get past the only two weeks for the Wolfpack to improve." said Yow. whose team is big games. And you see her (12.1ppg.,8.7rpg.). Hawks. it could be set for a find its way back to the polls. that 246$ “And our No. 4 and 5 playing steady and very good St. Joe's is making its first re-match with the 5th-ranked feat coming when it shocked then players started doing better on the defense on some tough offensive appearance in the NCAA tourna- Monarchs. who open the NCAA's Old Dominion. boards and to score more for us. 7 players." ment. and Yow believes play-off against Syracuse. No. 2-ranked V

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Men be Nevada-Reno State When the masterful Thomas “It would be nice to bottle what sound crazy. but in that second. all fialeigh,N.C. Wolfe expressed his “you can’t go happened there two years ago and the times l spent getting there ran teach:JlmVatvano :lz' ' ' home again" theme in the book have the same happen again. But. through my mind. I remembered “a?”0 Mon Olid: At large (ACC one}; Homeward, Angel. he cer- like you find out when you go back , all the hours I spent in my backyard gonna-9 chemo") ' ' tainly had no idea how applicable for your class reunion. your best shooting alone with a basketball, OLaet In NCAA: 1984 loaer to OLaat in NCAA: 1983 national his sentiment would be to one Jim friend is bald and fat and that pretty and having the satisfaction that it all Waeiiingtonflratround champion it." eatertera: Dwayne Randall 08tartere: Lorenzo Charlea Valvano and his Wolfpack basket- little girl isn't very pretty or little was worth (toward. 14.2 ppg., 8.8 rpg.). (toward, 17.8 ppg.. 8.0 rpg.). ball team more than half a century anymore." “The Pit" is likely even more Tony Summers (toward, 12.0 Nate McMillan (toward. 8.0 later. But although. many things may memorable for . ppg., 7.9 rpg.). Quintin Stephens ppg.. 8.0 rpo.. 5.8 apg.). Cozetl But even though the Pack may change, others will remain cons- whose “shot heard round the (center, 3.3 ppg.. 3.9 rpg.). If McQueen (center. 8.7 ppg.. 7.1 not be able to “go home again." it tant. For starters. you can count on world" served to establish him as Curtis High (guard, 18.0 ppg.. rpo.). Spud Webb (guard. 10.3 certainly won't mind giving it a try. Valvano showing up at the “Hun- one of the nation's rising stars two 3.8 rpg., 8.2 apg.). Tony Harden ppg.. 5.5 apg.). Ernie Myers Tobacco Road and Albuquer- gry Bear” nightclub in Albuquerque years ago. (11.7pr..2.4rpg.) (guard. 7.9 ppg.. 2.8 rpg.) to defend his now-famous title in But although the Pack's second OKey reaervea: Ed Porter OKey reserves: the dance contest. Ditto for the stint in Albuquerque this weekend (forward. 9.0 ppg.. 4.7 rpg.). (guard. 8.8 ppg.. 1.5 app). Mark Parillo (toward/guard. 7.4 .Hueeetl Pierre (toward. 8.8 ppg.. Pack's ‘fifth-year mentor keeping will rekindle a bundle of cherished ppg.. 2.7 rpg.). Tony Ronzone 4.5 rpg.). Bennie BOIton those wielders of pad and pen busy thoughts for the senior forward. (guard. 8.2 ppg.. 1.4 rpg.) (forward, 2.8ppg.. 1.2 rpg.) with his ceaseless stream of one- Charles will also remember that the OAVg. pu. tor: 78.8 OAVQ. pta. tor: 74.0 liners. . Pack is playing for the present. 0Avg. pta. againet:85.3 Finally. expect to see an “Going back there can't help but OFOpercentage: 49.7 SCOTT we? 4. assemblage of players in red and bring back what happened in ’83." OFTpercentage: 87.0 KEEPFER white who reflect the spirit of Charles said. “But we can't let that OCernrnon opponent: none Valvano himself competitive. take away from what we have to Sports Editor yet loose and free—spirited. do now. With the things we can “I think it's very important for the accomplish this year. l won't be que. N.M. are a bit more than a kids to go into the tournament thinking about the past. good tractor's drive apart. yet the loose." Valvano said. “I want them “Just because we're going back Wolfpack as well as countless to go out there and enjoy the doesn't mean miracles are going to in the seeding and bracket his team Terry progress has given me a ioi faithful — likely feel comfortable in game. happen. We've got to make our received. of joy. They have made me laugh either setting. Yes. historically “Our team travels with our our own miracles." “I just didn't want to be where this year and they have withstood speaking. Albuquerque has been fans and stays in the same hotel. And Charles seems to have a Georgetown was." Valvano said. more adversity and negative 'vllk‘S like a home away from home for We're consistent. We don't all of a knack for doing just that. “Any bracket that Georgetown is than any team I've ever C06! lK’tl State’s basketball team. sudden put on tuxedos. get a hotel O O 0 not in is a good bracket. Their I'm really proud of this team Almost .two full seasons have in Colorado and ignore the press." When Wolfpack meets Wolf coach is big. their trainer is big ~ passed since that close-knit squad 0 O C Pack today at 2:07 pm. (EST). everybody they have is big." That sense of pride can be traced of '83 became the darling of the Senior guard Terry Gannon. two teams who pieced together 0 O 0 back to early January. when the West and eventually adopted (or who was recently named to the late-season winning streaks will Perhaps the most rewarding Wolfpack. which had lost freshnmr was adopted by) Albuquerque. But academic allAmerica team for the seek to continue their recent aspect of coaching at the collegiate sensation Chris Washburn and as the saying goes, stronger is the second straight year. is just one of trends. level is the opportunity to watch dropped three games in a row. was tie that binds. And considering that many who is more than pleased to State. which stands at 20-9 players develop throughout their mired in frustration and ridicule the primary bond in this case is see the Wolfpack returning to overall. finished by winning eight of careers. This facet is especially Instead of folding. however 6-7. 240-pound Lorenzo Charles. familiar territory. its last 10 games. while Nevada- important to Valvano. and this State slowly began picking up ilu- that age-old adage couldn't be “It's one of my favorite cities in Reno enters the game with a 21-9 year's lot of seniors has provided its pieces. more accurate. the world-because ol the memories mark and riding an eightgame coach with plenty of satisfaction Charles was certainly on the I have there." Gannon said. “I‘m victory skein. Coach Sonny Allen's Since their arrival. Charles. “The press really felt our team mark that fateful day in April two sure when we practice there a lot of club also knocked off Nevada l.as Gannon. 'Cozell McQueen and was much lower than ll really was.‘ years ago when his final-second the memories will come back to Vegas — the West's No. 4 seed Mike Warren have 'helped the Pack Gannon explained. “A lot of bad dunk propelled State to its second me." by a 97—89 count in its season» to 87 wins. lt is not so much the things were happening. and national championship — a 54-52 One of Gannon's recollections opener. ' wins on the court that please whenever anybody thought 0‘ decision over high-flying Houston will undoubtedly be the unique “They remind me of a cross Valvano. however. but the matura— NC. State they thought of a team in “The Pit." combination of joy and sadness between Clemson and Wake tion of raw talent that occured in the depths of their season. But as both Charles and his that hit simultaneously in that Forest." Valvano said of the Big during the four years. coach are quick to point out. this is moment of victory. Sky champion Wolf Pack. “And “Don't tell me we have the “But we really weren't We were a different season with a much “The thing I'll never forget is that kind of team has given us greatest players in the world." happy to be at practice every day different team. looking up at the clock and seeing trouble all year." Valvano said. “They have just and we just kept playing basketball. ”In '83. Albuquerque was the double zero." Gannon recalls. “Our team has a very fine line done a marvelous job of becoming That's the only way I can explain it end of a journey — the fulfillment “There's not a word to describe the between victory and defeat." Val- good players. They weren't all- We didn't think about the outside of a dream." Valvano said at a feeling I had at that moment. vano said. “I don’t think we're a Americans. but they have become distractions or having a bad record. pre-NCAA tournament press con- “There was some sadness there team that can blow anybody away. the caliber of player that can and ultimately things fell into place ference Tuesday afternoon. ”Now somehow. When you get to the but I also don't think anybody can compete with anybody in the I'm really proud of the fact that we it represents the beginning of a top. you seem to realize that the blow us away." country.‘ didn't let any of that distract us We journey. real joy is in getting there. It may Valvano also expressed gratitude ”Watching guys like Co. Lo and were still having fun " c \ .55

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McMillan: Pack’s Mr. Versatility Todd McGee believed McMillan was better off , Sports Writer inside. ' “I think he's a little bit better If last year's men‘s basketball playing up front. because of the team lacked any one thing, it was way he can rebound." Charles versatility. The squad was a collec- explained. tion of players who could each McQueen. however, prefers to play basically only one position. see McMillan at the point, because Rarely did coach “there’s so much more he can do use the same player at more than out there. He's a good passer and one spot. As a result. opposing a great rebounder as a guard." teams quickly discovered’ays to shut down the one-dimensional Yet senior point guard Spud» Wolfpack. resulting in a season- Webb believes McMillan is most ending, eight-game losing streak. effective playing the second guard Fortunately for Valvano. he instead of the point. didn't have to look outside the city “Playing the point was holding limits to find the antidote. For right back a lot of things he can do." in his own backyard was a player Webb said. who possessed quickness. height. McMillan. though. says he a good outside touch and. perhaps doesn't care where he plays; he's most importantly. the ability to just happy to be playing. shuttle between the two guard “When I came in. all I was trying spots and the small forward posi- to do was get a starting position. tion. but I didn't really expect to start." Raleigh's own Nate McMillan. a he‘ said. “It doesn't really matter 6-6 wisp of a player. joined the where I play. I like forward. Wolfpack this season after tempo- though. because you get to re- f' rarily relocating in Murfreesboro. bound more." where he was toiling for Chowan AT CHOWAN. McMillan Junior College. But McMillan was averaged “tripledoubles” — dou- eager to return home. to ply his ble figures in' scoring, rebounding Staff photoby Roger Winstead trade in the rugged ACC. ~ and assists — and has come close "Mr. Versatility" has given the '84-'85 Pack a multidimensional appearance. “We've got a good coaching to such game efforts for State. 1 staff. You can talk to any of them. Against Cal-Santa Barbara. he and they'll listen to you." McMillan scored 13 points. parceled out 14 said. in explaining why he chose assists and grabbed eight rebounds. the Pack. “Plus, just to be home is Against Southern Methodist. DUN my: nice. too." McMillan wheeled and dealed for MCMILLAN'S IMPACT can't 13 points. 10 rebounds and six be overlooked. Last year. with assists. arbecue basically the same team. State was “I thought it (the adjustment to a first-round NIT loser. This Division I basketball) would be season. with the addition of harder," he said. “Maybe the type FAMILY TAKE-OUT McMillan. the Wolfpack is a solid of talent makes me play harder. It NCAA contender and the third might have brought something out SPECIAL seed in the West Regional. of me that I didn't know I had." 01 pound “I guess I helped out a little bit. As a JUCO transfer. McMillan barbecue but not too much." the Raleigh didn't play in the NCAA tourney 01 whole chicken Enloe graduate said” modestly. “My two years ago. As a matter of fact. versatility is the big thing that he sheepishly admits that he didn't 01 dozen hushpuppies helped the team." even see the Wolfpack's win over 01 pint slaw GOOD ONLY AT McMillan's teammftes con- Houston in the title game. 01 pint boiled potatoes curred. “Just his presence on the “I didn't think they would go that MISSION VALLEY court helps us a lot." said first-team far." he recalls now. “I didn't even all-ACC forward Lorenzo Charles. see the championship game. I was “He has a good all-around game. geting ready to watch it. but I lay He can get a big steal, key rebound down on the floor in front of the or a big bucket for us." TV and fell asleep. I didn't wake CAROLIN Added senior center Cozell up until the game was over." McQueen. “(His versatility) was the When asked if he would like to only thing we were missing last play in an NCAA championship SUNGL year. We needed another player game. a wide~awake McMillan said that could play the three, two or emphatically. “I'd love to." one positions." The Pack's quest for such an When quizzed about McMillan's accomplishment begins today effectiveness. whether he was against Nevada-Reno in Albu- Our Price better at the one. two or three querque. N.M. And with the spot. Wolfpack players responded addition of “Mr. Versatility." State $29.95 differently. Charles. for one. could be well on its way. $3 5 Good Luck

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Till Peeler Mexico a couple of days earlier to get used to the different environ- ment. . Two years ago, State‘s campus But Terry Gannon said he did wasa mile high. not have much trouble making that When Jimmy V and his band of adjustment, at least not in New “Destiny Darlings" pulled off Mexico. According to him. playing perhaps the most unexpected win in Ogden. Utah made it easier to in the history of the NCAA adjust to the Albuquerque at- Tournament, they raised the spirits mosphere. of the entire country and elevated “To tell the truth. the altitude themselves to the ranks of Kings of was much more of a problem in . the Mountain in college basketball. Utah than Albuquerque," he said. Anybody who was on campus “No one on our team needed after and oxygen in Albuquerque. Lorenzo Charles combined to dunk “I don’t know whether that was Phi Slamma Jamma of Houston because we had played in Utah fame knows that it was weeks and we were used to it. or because before the Pack came down from our team just wasn't that tired. I that championship euphoria. didn't even notice it." But the belief that the 'Pack ACCORDING TO MC- played above themselves during QUEEN and Charles, the key to that Final Four excursion to Albu- adjusting to the atmosphere is hard querque is not entirely unfounded. practice in Albuquerque before the The elevation at that particular game. DID YOU KNOW... point in New Mexico is a little over “We had to really get adjusted in 'Pack men have an overall record of 18-10 0The Wolfpack Women have been selected a mile above sea level, quite a practice," said McQueen. “The first in NCAA tournament play. and a 7-6 mark in for the NCAA tournament each year since its difference from Raleigh's 300 feet. couple of practices we were kind of NIT competition. formation in 1981-82. 50 now that Coach V prepares tiring. But after the first two days. I 'Pack men will be making their 12th his troops to travel back to that got-used to it." appearance in the NCAA tournament since 'The Wolfpack Women have advan to magical land of the Miracle of '83. “I don't think it will be too much 1950. the East Regionals in two of those three the problem that such an elevation of a problem." Charles said. 'Pack men have won two national titles —— appearances. has on physical exertion looms “We're going down a day early and in 1974 and 1983 -— making them one of only OThe Wolfpack Women have never finished high in the horizon. get a day's practice in that type of eight teams to have claimed more than one the season ranked lower than 16th in the final So what's the big deal? environment. NCAA championship. Top 20 poll. THE LACK OF oxygen due to “I think the players will be thin air at such an altitude causes adjusted by game time." shortness of breath and brings on None of them believed that State early fatigue, which is especially had a particular advantage in YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND taxing on athletes trying to play making the adjustment. despite with intensity. having played in Albuquerque Many players have trouble mak- before. DERBY DAYS AWARDS PARTY ing the adjustment when they “I don't think we'll have an advantage because, even though THURSDAY, MARCH 28th travel into the lofty areas in the we know what it's like playing at West, especially when they come that altitude. we're not getting out from the Atlantic coastal plain. there any earlier than the other STARZZ’ CONCERT HALL Usually, canisters of oxygen teams," said Gannon. “I think it’s a (Formerly Music City) placed on the sidelines enable most physical thing where you have to players to adjust to the thin air. But get used to the altitude." Yonkers Road on Beltline Between US 1 and Hwy 64 even that does not always alleviate Charles, even though he thought Featuring the problems. his team will be slightly helped by “A couple of the Houston the ‘83 experience. acknowledged players had to go to the hospital." that it would be “just a small said senior Cozell McQueen of advantage." some Cougar players before the As a matter of fact, State’s first game. round opponent Nevada-Reno In a Tuesday press conference. players. who are used to such an the veterans of the championship altitude. will not need to get squad discussed the problems they acclimated to the elevation. had coping with that difference in But no matter how State's elevation. players will or will not be affected They all agreed that the mile- by the thin atmospere. Wolfpack high atmosphere made a noticeable fans will surely raise their spirits impact on their endurance. come game time ~77 and not “It was really hard going up and because today's 2 pm. opener taps down the court." McQueen said. “I off at happy hour. Pack partisans feltlike an old man." are hoping that Coach V and his “Last time we were there I found high-flying squad will begin another myself getting tired a whole lot mystical journey today that will faster." said Lorenzo Charles, who elevate them to the pedestal they said he had hoped to go to New sat upon two years ago.

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