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A Q; [[011 from DIXI 'FIFTH ANNUAL DECEMBER 28-29-30, I953 I WAKE FOREST DUKE OREGON STATE NAVY CAROLINA WILLIAM NEAL REYNOLDS COLISEUM NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA I QUEEN OF THE I953 DIXIE CLASSIC fl’w 25f gMJM/o galaatscl as Queen of 7953 930a}; Clauia £5. JI/IL'M @afi gigson of Gaysttauills, candidate 10m. £55 (uniuzuify of: (/Vozté Catalina. 45/25 [1 20 yea/ca 0ch and £5 ma/o'zing in szamatic c413. (/I/Iim gigion attanclacl (Vi’zginia ants'zmom’: Collages m’: B’u'atol, (Van, [[01 two yawn gsfo'za moving to Cazolina font £51 I'um'oz 555 1/12.an 5-3 and waigéz 703—154. and £5, a Ina/outta wit/Z £55 Catalina, 56ml. (/I/IL'M gigaon [4 figs (laug/Ztsrc of (/I/Iz. and JI/Iu. [son igiorz, 7373 901i 2310.99 floacl, Gayaffauilla, JV. 6. ROY B. CLOGSTON, Director of AthletICS William Neal Reynolds Coliseum Home of The Dixie Classic N. C. State College, Raleigh, N. C. WILLIS CASEY Tournament Manager The home of the 1953 Dixie Classic is the William Neal The building has six separate entrances, two on each side and in Reynolds Coliseum, which was opened to the public for the first. time the front and rear of the structure. Four ticket booths, providing when State met Washington and Lee on December 2, 1949. space for eight sellers are located in the front entrance. The building, which was erected at a cost of more than three The Coliseum will be the site of the Dixie Basketball Classic million dollars, contains more than 30 offices and many square feet December 28-29-30. of storage space in the tremendous basement, plus an arena with a Besides athletic events, the building is utilized for such other seating capacity of more than 12,000 persons. activities as agricultural meetings, industrial gatherings, livestock Construction of the huge building was begun in 1942 and the exhibitions, farm machinery shows, student meetings and large structural steel was completed in the fall of 1943. World War II State-wide gatherings. prevented the completion of the structure and all work was halted The Coliseum is under the management of W. Z. Betts of Raleigh in September, 1943. Not until September, 1948, was authorization former Director of Purchasing and Contracting for the State of received to begin again on the building. North Carolina. The building is one of the largest in the South. It is 371 feet An estimated 260,000 persons saw basketball in the Coliseum last long and 180 feet wide and the inside arena’s dimensions are 312 year with approximately 58,000 on hand for the Dixie Classic. The feet by 108 feet. Approximately 8,000 comfortable chair-type seats Coliseum holds the distinction of being the only on-the-campus are located upstairs. The lower-level seats include 3,000 graduated building in the nation to attract such a large number of persons stand end seats and 1,00 permanent chair seats on the sidelines. for basketball in a single season. DIXIE CLASSIC RECORDS l 9 5 3 Individuals Name Team Record Opponent Date Most No. of Field Goal Attempts ...... Sam Ranzino, N. C. State. 34 R. I. State .......... 12-28-49 Most No. of Field Goals Made ........ Ernie Beck, Pennsylvania. 18 Duke .............. 12-30-52 Most No. Free Throw Attempts ...... Dick Hemric, Wake For...... 22 Navy .............. 12-29-51 Most No. Free Throws Made ......... Paul Horvath, State ......... 12 Tulane ............ 12-28-50 Most No. Offensive Rebounds ........ Dick Hemric, Wake For...... 14 Duke .............. 12-30-51 Most No. Defensive Rebounds ........ Joe Golembewski, R. I. State. 22 Carolina ........... 12-29-49 Greatest Total All Rebounds ......... Dick Hemric, Wake For...... 31 Duke .............. 12-20-51 Greatest Number Interceptions ....... Dave Mullaney, Navy ........ 5 Carolina ........... 12-28-50 Sam Ranzino, N. C. State. 5 Penn State ......... 12-30-49 Chas. Stewart, R. I. State. 5 Wake Forest ....... 12-29-50 Most No. Total Points (1 game) ...... Ernie Beck ................ 47 Duke .............. 12-30-52 Most Points in 3 Games ............. Ernie Beck, Penn............ 100 ...................... 1952 Teams : Name Record Opponent Date Greatest Number of Field Goal Attempts. .Wake Forest ........ 105 N. C. State ......... 12-29-50 Greatest Number of Field Goals Made ....... Southern Cal. ........ 36 Duke .............. 12-29-50 Greatest Number of Free Throw Attempts. .N. C. State .......... 47 Tulane ............ 12-30-50 Greatest Number of Free Throws Made ...... N. C. State .......... 31 Tulane ............ 12-29—50 Greatest Number Offensive Rebounds ........ N. C. State .......... 39 R. I. State ......... 12-29-50 Greatest Number Defensive Rebounds ....... R. I. State . ....... 42 Duke .......... .. .12-29-49 Greatest Number Rebounds (Both) ......... N. C. State .......... 95 R. I. State .......... 12-29-49 Greatest Number Interceptions ............. N. C. State .......... 17 R. I. State ......... 12-28-49 Greatest Number of Points .......p .......... Pennsylvania ........ 97 Duke .............. 12-30-52 Most No. Personal Fouls ................... Navy ............... 38 Wake Forest ....... 12-29-51 Team Scoring Fewest Fouls ................ Penn State .......... 6 West Virginia ...... 12-29-49 Team Scoring Fewest Field Goals ........... Georgia Tech ........ 11 N. C. State ......... 12-28-49 Team Scoring Fewest Free Throws ........ N. C. State .......... 10 Carolina ........... 12-28-51 Penn State .......... 10 N. C. State ......... 12-30-49 Team Scoring Fewest Points ............... Georgia Tech ........ 34 N. C. State ......... 12-29-49 Winner Scoring Fewest Points .............. Penn State .......... 46 West Virginia ...... 12-29-49 Team Using Fewest Substitutes ............ Penn State .......... 1 West Virginia ...... 12-29-49 Largest Combined 2 Team Score ............ Pennsylvania ........ 175 Duke .............. 12-30-52 Smallest Combined 2 Team Score ........... N. C. State .......... 9O Penn State ......... 12-30-49 Compiled by Thomas I. Hines Official Statistician: Dixie Basketball Classic .‘Zi/u'e Ghats TOURNAMENT SIDELIQHTS By ED STOREY, Publicity Director This is the 5th annual Dixie Classic tournament and it bids fair 19gO—Lee Terrill, N. C. State, 1951 and Ernie Beck, Pennsylvania, to be the most unpredictable of any of these of the past. N. C. 19 2. State’s record of having won all of previous events, appears in The past all-tournament teams read like this: 1949—Dick Dickey jeopardy, to say the least. Seton Hall, Tulane, Oregon State and and Sam Ranzino, N. C. State, forwards, Paul Horvath, N. C. State, Navy present perhaps the strongest intersectional field ever to center and Joe Tocci, Penn State and Johnny Mitchell, Rhode enter the tournament and the Big Four teams of Duke, North Island at the guards. 1950—Sam Ranzino, N. C. State and Dick Carolina, Wake Forest and State are rated more evenly matched Groat, Duke, forwards, Paul Horvath, N. C. State center, Dave than ever before. Alton of Colgate and Joe Fitzpatrick of Navy, guards. 1951— The list of intersectional participants in the Dixie Classic in- Bobby Speight of N. C. State and Johnny Clune of Navy, forwards, cludes many fine institutions, Cornell, Colgate, Penn State, Brigham Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest, center and Dick Groat, Duke and Young, Georgia Tech, West Virginia, Southern California, Rhode Lee Terrill, N. C. State, guards. 1952—Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross Island University, Princeton, Holy Cross, Pennsylvania and Tulane and Ernie Beck, Pennsylvania, forwards, Bobby Speight, N. C. and Navy who return this year. Each has been high in praise of the State, center, Dickie Hemric, Wake Forest and Jack Richey, Classic and the fine Southern hospitality extended by fans and Brigham Young, guards. officials alike. It is indeed a privilege to add both Oregon State and On this page and on the opposite page you’ll find the Dixie Classic Seton Hall this year to the long list of fine teams. and Coliseum records that the eight teams will be shooting at in Each year the writers and broadcasters present at the tournament this year’s tournament. Some of the marks are mighty impressive along with the coaches select the tournament all-star team and the and will be hard to top, but these teams are good and may exceed most valuable player award. Past most valuable selections have some existing marks. been: Dick Dickey, N. C. State, 1949—Sam Ranzino, N. C. State, WILLIAM NEAL REYNOLDS COLISEUM BASKETBALL RECORDS Individuals Player Record Game Date C. State 47 N. C. State vs. V.P.I. Jan. 23, 1951 Most Number of Total Points In One Game ErnieSam RanzinoBeck N. Penn 47 Penn vs. Duke Dec. 30, 1952 Most Number of Free Throws Made In Game Paul Horvath N. C. State 12 N. C. State vs. Tulane Dec. 28, 1950 Sam Ranzino N. C. State 21 N. C. State vs. V.P.I. Jan. 23, 1951 Most Number ofof FieldShotsGoalsTriedMadeIn Gamein Game Bill Mlkvy Temple 41 N. C. State vs. Temple Feb. 6, 1951 Most Number of Assists In One Game Fred Fraley Furman 9 Furman vs. N. C. State Dec. 1, 1953 Most Number of Interceptions In One Game Chas Stewart R. I. State 5 Rhode Island vs. Tulane Dec. 29, 1950 Dave Mullaney Navy 5 Carolina vs. Navy Dec. 28, 1950 Sam Ranzino N. C. State 5 N. C. State vs. Penn State Dec. 30, 1949 Most Number of Free Throws Missed In Game Dick Hemric Wake Forest 12 Wake Forest vs. Duke Dec. 30, 1951 Most Number of Free Throws Attempted Dick Hemric Wake Forest 22 Wake Forest vs. Duke Dec. 30, 1951 Rebounds In Game Dick Hemric Wake Forest 31 Wake Forest vs. Duke Dec. 30, 1951 Most Number of Total Togo Palazzi Holy Cross 31 Holy Cross vs. Carolina Dec. 29, 1952 Teams Record Game Date Most Number of Field Goal Attempts By One Team Temple 114 N. C. State vs. Temple Feb. 6, 1951 Most Number of Field Goals Made By One Team N.