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Thompson Unanimous Pick

Parkhill Denied ACC First Team Berth

By JOHN MARKON

Cavalier guard Barry
Parkhill came within 17 votes
of retaining a spot on the
All-Atlantic Coast Conference
basketball team but was edged

out by Duke's Gary
Melchionni, 176 votes to 159,
as the complete squad was
released yesterday.

Parkhill, a second team
choice two years ago and a first
team pick last year, was the
third-leading vote-getter among
ACC guards. North Carolina's
George Karl, like Melchionni a
second-team pick last year,
outpolled both "Mr. BP" and
"Gary Mel."

N.C. State forward David
Thompson was the only
unanimous choice in the
balloting of ACC sportswriters,
getting a first team berth from
all 124 voters. The Shelby,

N.C. sophomore is currently
the league's leading scorer,
averaging 26 points per game.

Wolfpack center Tommy
Burleson was named to the first
team on all but ten of the
ballots as he easily repeated his
first team status from last
season. Burleson, now a junior,
is the ACC's leading rebounder

at present, hauling down
almost 12 'bounds per game.

Shooters Dominate First Team

Also repeating from last
year's first team was Maryland
forward Tom McMillen, a
winner by a 49-vote margin
over UNC's Bobby Jones.
McMillen, Burleson and

Thompson are all among the
league's top five scorers and
rebounders.

Joining Parkhill, now
averaging 17 points per game,
and Jones on the second team
were Maryland center Len
Elmore, Duke forward Chris
Redding and Wake Forest
guard Tony Byers.

CD/Markon

Duke's Gary Melchionni

Elmore, presently
recovering from a broken foot
and doubtful for this week's
ACC tournament, finished
second to Burleson in
rebounding while Byers, a
hot-shooting guard for the last
place Deacons, was second to
Thompson in scoring with a 22
point average.

Parkhill Slips To 39 Percent

Duke's Redding, a junior
from Bethesda, Md., is, along
with Byers, Jones and
sophomore Thompson, being
afforded his first ACC
recognition of any kind. He's
currently sixth among
conference scorers with a 17.5
per game average.

Factors involved in
Parkhill's drop in status could
be a four point fall-off in
scoring coupled with a
mediocre 39 per cent shooting
mark.