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'I'e.Chnician North Carolina State University's Student Newspaper Since 1920 Phone 11/2412 1 3“: Flag?“I“.'A , 'I'e.chnician North Carolina State University's Student Newspaper Since 1920 Phone 11/2412 1 3“: flag?“ ‘A I“. 2/ April 1, 1983 I Technician Final i=our Basketball Special Sid, Whit still thread, needle by William Terry Kelley ‘ “Both of us have a great sense fense. When he gets on a roll its Sports Editor of humor.” Lowe said. “Both of hard to give it to another person. us are serious about our work I try to relay to them (the team) Basket by Whittenburg. when it comes to basketball. I to reverse it and then Coach V is Assist Lowe. think Dereck is more serious telling me they’re not reversing Not an unusual sequence of than me. It‘s like he's possessed itsoltellhimtotellthemto words if you're a follower of out there. He's in his own little reverse it." Wolfpack basketball. They've world. His eyes get big and he's One of the most crucial plays been called the bookends. One of ready to play." in Whittenburg’s career came on _ them has been labled the Playing with the same guy in a pass recently. however. as he synonym of point guard by his the backcourt for seven years whipped the ball inside to Loren- coach, the other called a pure might get boring to some. but for zo Charles who drew a foul on shooter. this pair it has just gotten more Ralph Sampson and then sank a Some say they comprise the exciting. The duo was split for pair of free throws to put State best backcourt in college basket- about five weeks earlier this in the Final Four. ball and few will argue. Needless year as Whit went down with a “At that time he had taken to say the pair in question is broken foot against Virginia. but complete control of the game." State senior point guard Sidney made a memorable comeback to Lowe said of Whittenburg. who Lowe and runningmate senior help the Pack to the Final Four. had 24 points in the contest and Dereck Whittenburg. For the "It's to the point now that I had just hit a tying jumper the last seven years. except for a can throw the ball before he even last time down the floor. "You 14-game span this year. they gets there." Lowe said. “I think could see the determination in have practiced their trade it gives us a second or two advan— his eyes. I told him if he gets it together in the backcourts of tage on the defense. It was like that we would clear it out. When famed DeMatha High and here losing a brother when he went I saw him moving. he was so at State. When they met. both down. I've seen him happy and under control. When he's under were scorers. but that has since I've seen him sad. This time I control. he's hard to stop. He's changed. thought it was over. He went faking and juking. He had just “I met Dereck the summer down in high school when he was pulled up for a jumpshot three before I went to DeMatha." a senior averaging 20 points a times in a row. He was able to Lowe said. "We were at Coach game and was a bonafide first- get inside and make the pass to (DeMatha coach Morgan) team all-America. Lorenzo. It was a great pass. but Wooten's basketball camp. We “After that he didn't get the it did surprise me." . Staff photo by Clayton Brinkley didn't go to DeMatha as recognition he deserved. This Although both went to the Sidneytoweneedswlaaroeldeflveriestotoppleflmford'scareer freshmen. He was the leading year I saw a repeat ofwhat I saw same high school. Lowe says ACC assist record. scorer in the Maryland area and in high school. I think if he hadn't neither knew the other bad sign campus. everybody was happy. “I'm asleep and its about four I was the leading scorer in the gotten hurt he would have been ed with State until Wooten call When we won the ACC Tourna- in the morning. I_felt a tap and I DC. area. I had heard a little an all-America this year." ed them together to make the an- ment, I said ‘I bet there's a party woke up and Dereck was staring about him. I saw a guy go up for In all the years that the two noucement. going on now.‘ me in the face and they drenched a layup and saw Dereck pin it have played together. Sidney “I signed like a week and four “If we win the national cham- me." ‘ against the backboard. I just still cannot get Whit to pass the days before he did." Lowe said. pionship. they'll have to move Sidney and Dereck may have looked at him and asked him ball back to him. “Coach Wooten kept it quiet the school. They'll tear this both gotten soaked that night. what school he was going to. So “I asked him one time why he because he didn't want to in- place up. Everybody has been but they have never been all wet we introduced each other and wouldn't pass the ball back to me fluence his decision. Dereck was burning sofas and chairs. They since. The Pack duo. have each became good friends." and he told me it wasn't his job." serious about Rutgers. It was may say ‘that's it for school. let's copped a Most Valuable Player Lowe sees similarities in the said the stocky floor leader. “I two individual decisions. We burn it down.‘ honor th'n year. Lowe in the two six-foot specimens. until it can get him to swing it when we wanted to play together. but we Life with Whittenburg over ACC Tournament and Whit in comes to work. are really trying to run the of- wanted to do what was best for the last seven years has been in- the West Regional. the individual. Coach Wooten teresting to say the least for Valvano admits it will be called us together and told us we Lowe. Sidney recalled one of “hard to go into battle without would be playing together for those times when they were them next year.” another four years and we just travelling in South America to “After we beat Vegas. I went looked at each other and started play a few games while in high down to San Francisco to see my laughing." school. old ‘ roommate. Bobby Winningand being the Belle of “Dereck never goes to sleep.” Lloyd." Valvano said. “He and I the Ball has been enjoyable for Lowe said. “One night. he and played together in the NIT. We Lowe in the past couple of Tommy Branch. Adrian Branch's watchedsome films of us playing weeks. brother got together and tried to andlkepttellinghimtospeedit “People have been waiting a keep me up. I locked them out up. I told him we should be glad long time for this.” Lowe said. and they got back in. So I threw we never had to play against “When we beat Carolina, this water on them and locked them Lowe and Whittenburg." year. it was chaos. All around out again. ‘ Many wish they hadn't either: The sports staff of the Technician hopes that this special NCAA Final Four edition will serve as a preview of the upcoming national semifinals and finals as well as tracing the Pack's road into that elite group. This edition. however. would not have been possi’ ble without the help of Assistant Sports Editors Devin Steele and Bruce Winkworth, Production Managers Terry Keever and Annette Rowell. lay-out artists Laura Jessup and Larry Jon Janolino. sports writers Tom DeSchriver and Todd McGee. Copy Editor Debbie Boyd. Senior Editor Tom Alter. Editorial Writer Tom Carrigan. Photo Editor Clayton Brinkley. photographers Patrick Chapman and Greg Hatem. Assistant Produc- tion Manager Connie Elder. Graphics Editor Dennis Draughon. and cartoonist B. Grif- fin. The staff of the Technician wishes the basketball team the best of luck as it vies for the national title. — William Terry Kelley Staff photo by Clayton Brinkley Dereck Whittenburg makes his shot look as natural as jump, pump Sports Editor and dump. April 1, 1933 /' Technician Final Four Basketball Special / 3 Pack cagers on destiny mission in ’Land of Enchantment’ Perhaps the college basketball “I think it's going to be ex- Out ofBounds he said. “We've got to control gods had worked up an agree- citing the way it's worked out tempo. We don't want torun up ment with the American western because you know there will be and down like that. We're using settlers to nickname New Mex- an underdog in the final." said a very similar gameplan that we ico the “Land of Enchantment." coach Jim Valvano. -whose , did against Vegas. They're a Perhaps they prophesiaed for Wolfpack team is making its first - DEVIN very similar team.'We've need to Easter Weekend. 1983. in the appearance in the Final Four try to disturb their rhthym." territory called Albuquerque. a since '74. “Most people are say- This is the first time Georgia rather fascinating roundball ing that the champion is going to STEELE has been to the NCAA Tourna- gathering within the state‘s come from the Houston- ment. but Durham has reached boundaries. Louisville matchup. and rightful- the Final Four before. having Perhaps not.
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