ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Contents

CONTENTS Preface xiPrologue 1 1 The Crisis in College Sports, 1951 10 2 The Founding of the ACC 30 3 The Man Who Made ACC Basketball 63 4 A Championship Won, A Classic Lost 100 5 The Big Four 135 6 The Revolt of the Also-Rans 181 7 The Integration of ACC Basketball 224 8 “College Basketball’s Strongest League” 255 9 The 800 Rule & the Departure of South Carolina 309 Notes 331Essay on Sources 379Index 381 ILLUSTRATIONS Maryland freezes ball against South Carolina, 1971 5 Maryland celebrates victory over South Carolina 6 Gordon Gray 33 Curley Byrd, Jim Tatum, and Maryland football team 41 Jim Weaver 61 Everett Case, Mel Thompson, and Ronnie Shavlik 69 Dickie Hemric 76 Frank McGuire and Hal Bradley 79 Buzz Wilkinson 82 Grady Wallace 83 Lou Pucillo passing to John Richter 97 Tommy Kearns driving on Jack Murdock 105 Lennie Rosenbluth, with Pete Brennan, defends against Wilt Chamberlain 115 William Friday, William Aycock, and John Caldwell 130 Vic Bubas, Bucky Waters, and Duke players 141 Art Heyman and Jay Buckley 145 Jeff Mullins 147 Bones McKinney and assistant coaches 152 Billy Packer, Len Chappell, and Dave Budd 154 Billy Cunningham and Jack Marin 165 Bob Lewis and Duke defenders 167 Larry Miller 168 Clemson players carry Press Maravich off court 171 Bobby Roberts with Clemson team 187 Bill Gibson and Chip Conner 204 Bud Millikan and Maryland players 212 Joe Harrington and Gary Williams 214 Charley Eckman 221 Billy Jones 239 Charles Scott 247 Chip Case 258 Barry Parkhill 259 Dean Smith and assistant coaches 264 John Roche 272 Lefty Driesell 279 Len Elmore 282 Tom McMillen 290 Norm Sloan and assistant coaches 295 Tom Burleson 297 Jack McCloskey and Charlie Davis 300 This page intentionally left blank ...