tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post6458773242101770987..comments2024-03-29T00:38:31.950-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: 1976GoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-63877623003387663632023-03-23T08:12:28.750-04:002023-03-23T08:12:28.750-04:00I don't believe Thacker used the term in this ...I don't believe Thacker used the term in this broadcast, and I didn't think of it until listening to Tony Kornheiser yesterday talking about Larry Brown and Dean Smith (in context of Willis Read's death): "The Four Corners." Thacker kept on calling what UNCC was doing--which was putting one player at each of the four corners of the offensive half of the court, with the fifth player near the free-throw line--as "a slowdown" or "a spread." But I'm pretty sure he didn't call it, "The Four Corners," and I wonder if he and the rest of the Old North State reserved that term for when Dean Smith ran it. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-21406299575491768762023-03-22T19:50:52.347-04:002023-03-22T19:50:52.347-04:00I did not watch this game. But I remember playing...I did not watch this game. But I remember playing somewhere in the house on Sunday afternoon -- maybe in the kitchen -- and suddenly hearing this EXPLOSION of noise from the den where my parents were watching the game. That was how I learned that UK had won the NIT.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-81472113063309462912023-03-22T19:49:07.945-04:002023-03-22T19:49:07.945-04:00I remember lots of games in the late 1970s and ear...I remember lots of games in the late 1970s and early 1980's where UK had a hard time inbounding the ball at the end of the game. One of the many things I liked about Pitino is that his teams never had that problem.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-52960146293395610322023-03-22T19:47:28.436-04:002023-03-22T19:47:28.436-04:00Hall was good at using zones to neutralize big guy...Hall was good at using zones to neutralize big guys for the other team. This will come up again in the 1978 Tournament.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-34029628178576740192023-03-22T19:46:03.148-04:002023-03-22T19:46:03.148-04:00Before the shot clock, the play where you stole th...Before the shot clock, the play where you stole the ball from a team that was stalling was my favorite play in all of basketball.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-21220588744435081352023-03-22T17:56:56.473-04:002023-03-22T17:56:56.473-04:00Sam Goldaper in the Monday New York Times:
You ca...Sam Goldaper in the Monday <i>New York Times</i>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19760321UNCCharlotte.html" rel="nofollow"><i>You can find a Reggie Warford on most any college basketball team in the country. He is the high school hotshot who gets lost in a wealth of other high school hotshots, all recruited for the same position.<br /><br />But if he is lucky, there comes a day when a Reggie Warford can have his day. Like yesterday, when Reggie Warford, Kentucky's lone senior, led the Wildcats to a 71-67 victory over North Carolina at Charlotte (U.N.C.C.) in the final of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden.<br /><br />... The stage for Warford, who scored only 3 points in the previous three games -- all on free throws -- was set when Kentucky got into serious second-half foul trouble. Jack Givens, the team's leading scorer all season long, picked up his fourth foul after 9 seconds of the second half. Mike Phillips, the 6-foot-10 center, was charged with his fourth foul 44 seconds later and James Lee, who had sparked the Wildcats to victory in the first two tourney games, was slapped with his fourth violation with 10:37 left.<br /><br />Warford, a 6-foot-1 backcourt man with 6.8-point season average, picked up the scoring lag with 10 of his 14 points. His driving left-side lay-up put Kentucky ahead, 60-59, and his 15-foot right side jump shot gave the Wildcats a 64-63 advantage, a lead they never relinquished. On that play Maxwell also fouled Phillips and he made both free throws.<br /><br />Melvin Watkins cut the Kentucky lead to 66-65 with 39 seconds left, but two free throws by Larry Johnson restored the 3-point edge 17 seconds later. When Maxwell's second basket again cut the Wildcat edge to a point with 9 seconds remaining, Phillips' 3-point play 2 seconds later ended all hope for the Forty-Niners.<br /><br />"It's my win," said Warford after the game, "and no one can take this one away. I'm the only one leaving from this team. It's all over for me. It's back to Drakesboro and the dirt courts when I can do all the shooting I want and there are no 13,000 people watching when you miss."<br /><br />Drakesboro, Ky., is a town of 1,300 in the western part of the state in where Warford, a sociology major, collected 1,940 career points in leading his high school team to the regional final.<br /><br />When someone asked Warford if he had any pro aspirations, he said, "I'm too smart for that. At 6-1 you don't think of things like that unless you are a Jo Jo White, a Nate Archibald or a Calvin Murphy and can do the things they can do. I'm realistic. I'd like to coach. I've seen both sides now. I have learned what discipline is all about."<br /><br />Warford made his first start in three varsity seasons against Alabama in the final Southeastern Conference game. He started in three of the four N.I.T. game, missing against Kansas State when he tore a muscle in the warmup drill.<br /><br />Warford said he considered leaving Kentucky during his sophomore season, but held out "because all the jokers told me I couldn't make it. I don't have to listen to anybody anymore."</i></a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-37695256306768016552023-03-22T17:54:28.231-04:002023-03-22T17:54:28.231-04:00Fowler transferred to Iowa State after this one se...Fowler transferred to Iowa State after this one season at UK. He averaged a career-high 14.4 points a game in his redshirt sophomore season. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183745455/robert-lee-fowler" rel="nofollow">He ended up back in Lexington, as an "independent thoroughbred horse agent." He and his wife, a dentist, lived in Nicholasville. Rest in peace, Robert Lee "Frog" Fowler (1956-1988).</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-79031250027695807052023-03-22T17:50:06.031-04:002023-03-22T17:50:06.031-04:00Phillips: Good. Miss.
Final: UK 71, UNCC 67.
Tre...Phillips: Good. Miss.<br /><br />Final: UK 71, UNCC 67.<br /><br />Tremendous game. Tremendous game!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-56013734433868229572023-03-22T17:48:34.093-04:002023-03-22T17:48:34.093-04:00Miss! ... BUT PHILLIPS REBOUNDS OVER MAXWELL AND S...Miss! ... BUT PHILLIPS REBOUNDS OVER MAXWELL AND SCORES ... AND IS FOULED ... Johnson hugs Phillips; 6-1 Warford leaps into the arms of 6-10 Phillips ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-21026814139216690402023-03-22T17:46:33.146-04:002023-03-22T17:46:33.146-04:00Two seconds elapse before Johnson is again fouled ...Two seconds elapse before Johnson is again fouled ... Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-54459425221172167292023-03-22T17:44:32.929-04:002023-03-22T17:44:32.929-04:00Johnson: Good! ... Good! ... 68-65 ... the 49ers h...Johnson: Good! ... Good! ... 68-65 ... the 49ers hustle up court ... long jumper miss, but UNCC follows ... 68-67 ... last UNCC timeout ... 11 seconds ... WOW! ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-87814769762638838742023-03-22T17:42:18.456-04:002023-03-22T17:42:18.456-04:00A parade is already scheduled for downtown Charlot...A parade is already scheduled for downtown Charlotte at noon Monday, March 22.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65956659805354682322023-03-22T17:41:43.671-04:002023-03-22T17:41:43.671-04:00Thacker notes that the 49ers are scheduled to arri...Thacker notes that the 49ers are scheduled to arrive at Douglas Airport in Charlotte via Eastern Airlines shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-73147740148110217512023-03-22T17:40:29.692-04:002023-03-22T17:40:29.692-04:00Johnson and Warford deftly dribble and pass away 1...Johnson and Warford deftly dribble and pass away 12 seconds, and Johnson will have a one-plus-one for his first free-throw attempts of the afternoon with 22 seconds remaining on the clock. Coach Rose calls timeout ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-42085285645307837632023-03-22T17:38:22.249-04:002023-03-22T17:38:22.249-04:00In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FC...<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGHP" rel="nofollow">In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by WUNL-TV) in Winston-Salem was also interested.[1]<br /><br />Southern Broadcast Company—which was 55 percent owned by former WTOB-TV principals, with the remainder owned by former Raleigh UHF station WNAO-TV and residents of High Point[2]—was awarded the license and signed on WGHP on October 14, 1963. It originally operated as an ABC affiliate, taking the affiliation from both WFMY-TV (channel 2) and WSJS-TV (channel 12, now WXII-TV), which previously shared secondary affiliations with the network, taking the Triad region 14 years to gain full-time affiliations for each of the three major networks. WGHP's original studios were located inside the Sheraton Hotel on North Main Street in downtown High Point. ...<br /><br />As an ABC affiliate, the station occasionally delayed or declined some network programs; for example, it carried the paranormal-themed soap opera Dark Shadows during its network run on ABC, but in the mornings on a day-behind basis, choosing to run classic movies in the afternoons. On the other hand, it did not carry The Edge of Night during its 1975 to 1984 run. In its last years as an ABC affiliate, WGHP aired Nightline on a 30-minute delay in favor of running syndicated programs, most notably M*A*S*H.</i></a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-18459221938768832452023-03-22T17:35:06.646-04:002023-03-22T17:35:06.646-04:00The second steal was by Maxwell, and the shot was ...The second steal was by Maxwell, and the shot was made by Watkins, who made the winning basket against North Carolina State in the semifinals. Thacker: "This young man from Reidsville, North Carolina, his hometown fans looking in today, I'm sure, on WGHP in High Point."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-19751615653577927132023-03-22T17:31:10.962-04:002023-03-22T17:31:10.962-04:0034 seconds to go ... another UK timeout ...34 seconds to go ... another UK timeout ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-42210740415999620952023-03-22T17:30:28.479-04:002023-03-22T17:30:28.479-04:00Oh, my gosh, UNCC steals the inbounds but then is ...Oh, my gosh, UNCC steals the inbounds but then is immediately called for traveling. So then UNCC steals the next inbounds, and this time they immediately throw in a jumpshot! 66-65 ... WHAT A GAME! ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-51572361446800409082023-03-22T17:29:12.733-04:002023-03-22T17:29:12.733-04:00"In the balance? The national championship,&q..."In the balance? The national championship," says Thacker.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-80512762368977273642023-03-22T17:28:50.353-04:002023-03-22T17:28:50.353-04:00Phillips: Good! Good!
66-63 inside a minute ... U...Phillips: Good! Good!<br /><br />66-63 inside a minute ... UK in the 2-3 ... TURNOVER, UNCC! ... Coach Hall timeout ... 46 seconds ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-32535098289842445882023-03-22T17:25:58.205-04:002023-03-22T17:25:58.205-04:00WBTV comes back from commercial with footage of UK...WBTV comes back from commercial with footage of UK AD Cliff Hagan standing through the timeout, and he appears to be the only one in his section behind his press row of Madison Square Garden doing so. Thacker: "He looks as young as he did when he came out of Owensboro Senior High School."<br /><br />Coach Rose calls a second straight timeout before Phillips gets to the line for his one-plus-one opportunity ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-74290385335921310052023-03-22T17:21:39.506-04:002023-03-22T17:21:39.506-04:00Oh, my! Warford zips in a 12-foot dagger to make i...Oh, my! Warford zips in a 12-foot dagger to make it 64-63 with 1:03 to play. That's 10 in the second half for the senior guard who averaged 6.5 per game this season for a career-high. Away from the ball, <i>Maxwell is whistled for his fourth foul</i>, and Phillips will be headed to the free-throw line with a chance to make it a four-point Wildcat possession! Coach Rose calls timeout ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-41605402774249674742023-03-22T17:16:07.731-04:002023-03-22T17:16:07.731-04:00Maxwell has five second-half points. Thacker credi...Maxwell has five second-half points. Thacker credits UK's zone.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-2092585591564852852023-03-22T12:46:08.724-04:002023-03-22T12:46:08.724-04:00Anyway, point is this whole game and post has turn...Anyway, point is this whole game and post has turned in to a whole sedimentary mineral strike on my sports and church lives (<i>wait, my wife went to Transy!</i>), and so that means we're probably just going to have to wait until tomorrow to close out the final 1:27.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-21930638460265583512023-03-22T12:43:27.232-04:002023-03-22T12:43:27.232-04:00Shame on me, I did not realize that Pratt followed...Shame on me, I did not realize that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pratt_(basketball)" rel="nofollow">Pratt followed Rose as the head coach at UNCC</a>. By the time I got to WKU and started eating RAX and watching the Hilltoppers against UNCC in the Sun Belt, the 49ers coach was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" rel="nofollow">Jeff Mullins (who is a whole other Lafayette/vs.-Washington-Bullets/running-buddy-with-a-guy-I-went-to-church-with-in-Raleigh kettle of fish for me)</a>.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com