PAGE TWO Monday, November 28, 1983 OLD-GOLD AND BLACK Sports Briefs Old Gold and Black Carl Tacy on Basketball Preview Magic Radio? Head basketball coach Carl ·Thurl Bailey. But transfer Tacy is not moonlighting on Anthony "Spud" Webb made Magic Radio <WMAG-99.5) everyone forget about them. despite what you may have heard Webb (5-6) made his major 4 Deacon Frontcourt '84 · on the popular station last week. college debut in impressive Tacy was just evaluating the fashion, scoring 18 points and . basketball skills of disc jockey receiving the MVP award from Bill Flynn who spent a few the NBC announcers. minutes in practice with the In praising Webb, NBC color .s team. commentator AI McGuire Carl Tacy Flynn went ·through drills with mentioned Wake Forest's version the players and saw that the of Webb, 5-3 Tyrone Bogues. game is not as easy as it looks, "He's an excellent ball player," Tacy said. · McGuire said. 6 In addition to the publicity It should be very interesting Wake Forest Outlook aspect, Flynn said his when Webb and Bogues play appearance was also designed to against each other. Fans can see show that "Wake Forest has one the two this weekend in the heck of a fine team." · McDonald's Classic though they He explained the purpose of will not be going against each 7. ACC Schedule this, and his flying lessons and other. truck driving school, was to take TicketS for the McDonald's listeners through a mainly visual Classic are $24 for students and experience by sound. The may be purchased at the ticket audience has to use their office. On Friday night,. N.C.· 8 Deacon Freshmen· imagination to see what's going State faces UNC-Charlotte in the on, he explained. opening game at 7p.m. and Wake Mterwards the station played Forest takes on Virginia Tech in comments by Tacy on Flynn's the night cap. On Saturday, State skills as a. basketball player: "I. takes on Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. ·Player Interviews think the chance for a college followed by Wake Forest against scholarship has passed you by." UNC-C. Evidently there was nothing magical about Flynn's- performance. *** 12 ACC Commentary Once again this year the rules .. of ACC basketball have been .. changed and once again there is . ) 1 Injury Report-Deacon much controversy. "Last year forward Todd May will miss the coaches liked the rules, the 14 -· ri~i BY Da}rSchedule about six weeks of practice after players liked the rules .and even breaking a bone in his right foot the fans liked the rules, it would in a scrimmage a week before only make sense that they change - . Thanksgiving. them," N.C. State coach Jim May, a Kentucky transfer, can Valvano said. 15 Wake Forest Schedule not play in any games until Dec. · There is a mixture of opinion 21 when Wake Forest faces about the new rules and some Marquette im Milwaukee. Head coaches like Carl Tacy are glad ' coach Carl Tacy said May would to see the change. Tacy feels possibly be back in action by the several games last year were lost 16 ACC Team Previews first week in January if the injury because of the three point shot. heals on schedule. Other coaches like Valvano and Earlier this year, May had North Carolina coach Dean Smith suffered a stress fracture in the would have liked to keep last same foot, but the two injuries year's rules. However because of 25 Women's Preview are not related. NCAA restrictions the ACC was Mark Cline, who has been only allowed to choose one of five bothered by a strained ligament experimental rules. The decision in his right hand, should play was made for the use of a 45 against Furman· tonight. second shot clock that would be 26 ·Keeva· Center Anthony Teachey, who turned off in the last four minutes Jackson played the Athletes in Action of the game. exhibition in a face mask because Another ru1e tba t should prove of a broken nose, should be at full crucial in the final moments of strength tonight. Tacy said the the game is that every personal injury was well on its way to foul in the last two minutes of the 27 Wanda Briley recovery and was not giving game will be a two shot foul Teachey any problems. instead of one and one. Some _call this a Valvano rule .due to N. C State's fouling in last year's Old Gold and Black Sports Staff *** NCAA championship game. N.C. State kicked off the "They've taken away any Stephanie Tyndall Kerry M. King Jim Snyder college basketball season a week chance the losing team had of Assistant Sports Editor Assistant ago last Saturday with a catching up. Th~re's no way I'll · convincing and surprisingly easy foul under two minutes, but I'm Chet Cagle Jeff Taylor Geoffrey Shorter win over Houston in the Tip Off going to foul like hell right up to Sales Manager Photograph~r Classic. The Wolfpack had a the two minute mark," Valvano Copy Editor much easier time with the said.· Cougars this game than they. did · Still another rule was the Sports W~ters last March in the NCCA fmal restriction of three timeouts per John Mills ' game when they needed a last- team whenever the game is being Tad DiBiase Michael Takac Stephen Walker minute dunk to win. broadcasted by TV or radio with Keith Snyder Tim Gerber Most observers did not thmk eight or more required time~ut~. John Marton the Pack had much of a chance Jim Welsh, Jr. Richard Paschal Steve LaMastra fhe T 1/ timeou ts were allowing Rob Glover Rob McCormick after losing starters Dereck coaches to hoard their timeouts Ronald Montesano Whittenburg, Sidney ·Lowe and PAGE THREE Monday, November 28, 1983 OLD GOLD AND BLACK T.V. has positive New tournaments .. I' - ' highlight schedule and negative ects ·by Jim Welsh, Jr. this weekend, which will also feature Virginia Tech and Coach Carl Tacy ~d the UNC-Charlotte. Over Wake Forest basketball team Christmas Break the Deacons will nave their bands full with will play in the Gator Bowl on b8sketball team this year's opponents. The Tournament along with addition of two tough Auburn, Jacksonville and tournaments highlights the Villanova. , by John Marton · glamour, excitement, and atmosphere that they see ·schedule. · on television with the university." "It is not going to be easy, The newly added Television · has · both a positive and negative but I'm hoping for the same tournaments will bring some influence on the Wake-Forest basketball program; However, Tacy is also quick to point to some of kind of year as last year," highly ranked and respected -This year, more than ever, the effects of television the drawbacks that television has upon the team. Tacy said. "We're going to ball clubs to face Wake will be felt qn both player and fan. have to have a hunger and Forest. ''A big problem is that there are different starting work as hard as we did last "Virginia Tech is one of the Atlantic -coast Conference .basketball is in and coverage times," he said. "'!'his makes it _year." most talented in the country incredible demand, head basketball coach Carl difficult to get into the routine.'' The schedule will be rough, and UNC-Charlotte had a Tacy said. '~ ACC basketball is the second most but the dates will be better for very good recruiting year," watched sporting event, behind t!Je National Along with varying starting times, Tacy said the players, Tacy said. "The Tacy said. "We open with Football League," Tacy said. · television tends to drag out the final two minutes of schedule is harder, but it · is Auburn in the Gator Bowl the game and television timeouts often change the better for the players and Tournament. This tournament The. demand fs so great that this season, cable moment~ of the game. The biggest problem has a their school work," he said. also includes Villanova, which television will supplement the 39 games on direct effect on the team. "The travel times and the is always a fine team."· commercial television. The "Season Ticket games will help the players. Tacy believes, as he has in Network" will be offered to cable stations in the "Television takes fan support from us," Tacy This year, because of the the past, that his team plays a ACC area by Raycom Sports Network/Jefferson said. "We need the entire student body to attend the schedule, the players will tough non-conference Pilot Productions and ESPN. games because the·players respond to the crowd. have more class time.'' schedule. Basketball Times It's a tremendous boost to come out and see The -schedule itself will ranked Wake Forest's enthusiastic fans." schedule over the past 10 Twenty-two games will be available on the ; consist of some tough out-of­ network at a cost of about $3 per game. The entire conference games. The years as fourth hardest in the package must be bought by viewers. · ·· · Television also adds pressure to the players. "The Deacons will play Marquette country. transition from high school to college is a tough . in Milwaukee and a very Tacy . thinks the hardest Tacy recognizes both the pros and cons of the hurdle in itself and T.V. adds added pressure," fundamentally sound William stretch of games will begin in Tacy said. · increased demand for ACC ·basketbalL and Mary team, which beat January as the conference Wake Forest last year.