Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 13, 1994 TAG: 9403130127
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: E-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
Krzyzewski was quick to take the offensive, which was more than could be said for his Blue Devils, who shot a season-low 36.2 percent in a 66-61 loss to Virginia.
"Did I do something wrong?" Krzyzewski asked. "I come when they tell me to come. Did I keep you? Excuse me for keeping you."
Krzyzewski said he had his usual postgame talk with the team, but left the impression that he was ready to be interviewed but UVa coach Jeff Jones was not finished with the media.
"I didn't snub you or anything," Krzyzewski said after his interview was finished. "Our locker room is never closed.
"I always answer questions. I'm always on time. As long as I'm coach, that's the way it will be."
\ ODOM IN TROUBLE?: One of the hot topics of conversation at the tournament has been the future of Dave Odom, likely to be named the ACC's coach of the year after guiding Wake Forest to the brink of a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.
It remains to be seen how Thomas Hearn, Wake's president and the former NCAA presidents' commission chairman, will react to charges raised by the NCAA enforcement staff regarding the recruiting of Makhtar Ndiaye.
Wake is preparing a response to a letter of inquiry it has received from the NCAA. Wake already has acknowledged that secondary violations may have occurred in the recruitment of Ndiaye, who was declared ineligible and subsequently transferred to Michigan. However, major violations could be Odom's undoing.
\ NO `TRIFECTA': Lynn Odom, who missed her husband's first ACC tournament victory in five seasons, was back at the Charlotte Coliseum on Saturday for the Deacons' 86-84 overtime loss to North Carolina.
Lynn Odom missed Friday's ACC games because she was in St. Paul, Minn., to watch her younger son, Ryan, the sixth man for Hampden-Sydney, which was an 80-66 loser in an NCAA Division III tournament third-round game.
"I was hoping for a trifecta," said Lynn Odom, whose older son, Lane, is an assistant coach at Alabama, which beat Auburn in the Southeastern Conference tournament. "I guess two out of three isn't bad."
\ WON'T LET UP: John Havlicek, who boycotted son Chris' final home game at Virginia, was on hand for the first round of the ACC tournament and griping about the UVa coaches.
"When [former coach] Terry Holland left Virginia, Chris' career ended," Havlicek said. "Chris is not a star type of player, but he is good enough to be in the top seven or eight for any team in the country."
Few people who have observed Chris Havlicek's career are surprised that he hasn't received more playing time. He is 2-for-29 from 3-point range in games, and reportedly doesn't shoot much better in practice.
John Havlicek and his wife, Beth, did not stick around for the semifinals after Chris played one minute in Virginia's 69-63 victory over Maryland. He had started the previous three games, but was 1-for-3 in 18 minutes.
\ SORRY, BIG GUY: North Carolina coach Dean Smith has apologized for comments he made on his call-in radio show, when he referred to Florida State freshman Kirk Luchman as "Mr. Choke."
Luchman, a 6-foot-10, 260-pounder, incurred Smith's wrath after a February meeting with the Tar Heels, when he questioned the toughness of center Eric Montross and Carolina's other big men.
Luchman missed a one-and-one free-throw opportunity with seven seconds remaining in Florida State's 78-75 loss, hence the "Mr. Choke" reference. Smith apologized Friday after Carolina beat the Seminoles 83-69.
\ FRESHMAN REVIVAL: In 1993, the first time the ACC selected an all-freshman team, only rookie of the year Martice Moore of Georgia Tech averaged in double figures.
This season, six freshmen scored in double figures, and two of them did not make the all-rookie team, Maryland's Keith Booth and Florida State's James Collins. Rookie of the year Joe Smith of Maryland was the first ACC freshman to average double-figure points and rebounds since Ralph Sampson in 1980.
\ STATISTICAL STUFF: When North Carolina shot 48.4 percent and Wake Forest hit 42.9 in Saturday's second semifinal, it marked the first time in seven tournament games this year that each team shot 40 percent or better. Wake, in its 74-49 quarterfinal victory over Georgia Tech, was the first team to shoot 50 percent.
Virginia's victory over Duke was its fifth this season over a team in the Associated Press Top 25. UVa, which trailed by as many as seven points Saturday, has overcome second-half deficits in nine of its 17 victories. The Cavaliers have won seven games as an underdog.
by CNB