THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, March 25, 1995 TAG: 9503250488
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY FRANK VEHORN, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BIRMINGHAM, ALA. LENGTH: Medium: 68 lines
North Carolina's Jerry Stackhouse offers this advice on how play teammate Rasheed Wallace:
``The best thing to do to Rasheed is to play good defense, try to get him into foul trouble, and keep quiet.''
Georgetown's Othella Harrington was guilty of not being quiet in Thursday's semifinal loss to North Carolina.
Wallace had 20 second-half points in a 74-64 victory.
``Othella is a good player, but he's not ready for Rasheed. I heard them going at it, and I knew Othella was in trouble,'' Stackhouse said.
``I am the only one who can talk trash to Rasheed and get away with it. I do it in practice all the time. He knows he can't stop me.''
Asked if there was a way to stop him, Stackhouse grinned.
``Hold him and hope the ref's not looking,'' he said.
BIG TALKER: Wallace admits he takes pride in his woofing.
``It definitely is a mistake to start that with me,'' he said. ``I'll get you out of your game if you try to talk trash to me.
``Just the littlest thing and I'm on you. You might run down court and stumble little bit, and I say `look at you, you're clumsy. ... la, la, la, la.' I just go on and on.''
QUOTE, UNQUOTE: Dean Smith on Georgetown freshman Allen Iverson:
``He is just a remarkable athlete and is going to be a tremendous college player. He has got a flair and he is very difficult to contain. He has his own fastbreak and comes up with a score.''
And on Georgetown:
``Watch out for them next year. They ought to be something.''
Stackhouse on Iverson:
``Those shots he was taking, we love it when guys take those.''
SELF-APPRAISAL: Iverson, who admits to having a weakness for bad shots, said he learned a lot this season that will make him better next year.
He missed all six of his field-goal attempts in the first half against North Carolina, but was 8 for 14 the second half.
``I won't forget this year,'' the former Bethel High School star said.
``Not just the basketball part, either. You got to understand how tight I am with lot of guys on this team. If you were in my shoes you wouldn't forget it, either.''
QUICK GETAWAY: Smith hustled the Tar Heels back to their hotel instead of letting them sneak a look at Kentucky in the other semifinal game Thursday.
``I don't want them to have their own scouting report,'' Smith explained. ``I want them to have my report.''
TIGHTENING THE BOLTS: Samford University coaches were pleased to have North Carolina practice at their fieldhouse during their stay, but it required a little maintainance work.
``We had a loose rim at one end, and I knew we had better tighten the bolts for Stackhouse or he would tear it down with his slams,'' assistant coach Mike Morris said.
ACC CONNECTION: Stackhouse watched Maryland's loss to Connecticut on television and said he was pulling hard for the Terps to make it to the Final Four.
``I wanted to see all the ACC teams get there, but I had some reservations about Wake Forest,'' he said.
``I've seen enough of Randolph Childress. I don't care if I ever play against him again the rest of my life.''
TREY KING: Donald Williams broke the UNC record for career 3-pointers with his four against Georgetown. He has 214 to top Jeff Lebo's 211. by CNB