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Seton Hall Spoils NY Trip, 73-71

Driesell's Terps Set For Rematch

By John Markon
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

After an interlude from the ACC
wars in New York City the Virginia
basketball team will travel to
Washington, D.C. for a game
tomorrow night in Cole Field
House with the University of
Maryland. The Cavaliers will be
trying both to win their first ACC
game away from home and raise
their final league mark to a
respectable 7-7 ledger.

Those who saw the first meeting
of the teams, won 78-63 by
Virginia at U Hall, will remember
Maryland as a team the Wahoos had
very little trouble handling. Barry
Parkhill and Tim Rash had almost
unlimited freedom driving through
and around the slower Terp
defenders and, although Maryland
possessed a considerable height
advantage, Bill Gerry and Scott
McCandlish were able to hold their
own under the boards. Virginia's
highly effective zone defense was
also able to keep Lefty Driesell's
squad from doing much
penetrating.

This is "Wahoo Ball" and has
been the formula for most of the
Cavaliers' 14 victories. The key is
that zone defense and, at least up
to this point in the season, the
Virginia zone has wilted when
taken out of Charlottesville.
Maryland is a tall, slow team that
shoots well but has at times lacked
an ACC-calibre floor game. It was
that lack of ball-handling ability
and a few cold shooting spells that
cost the Terps their game in U Hall
and could cost them their return
match at home.

For a team with a 13-11 record
and a lackluster 4-9 league mark
Maryland has made a lot of waves
this season. With the volatile
Driesell calling the shots from (or at
least in the vicinity of) the bench
and a line-up including a 6-8 guard
they've probably earned most of
their attention. Next year, with the
addition of several studs off his
"best in the country" frosh team,
Lefty's basketball colossus may
begin to take shape. This year has
mostly been one of hopeful
anticipation.

The players Driesell will dress
for tomorrow's game aren't that
bad. Jim O'Brien, the 6-8 guard, is
probably the man with the most
potential and has turned in some
excellent games. However, there
have been times when his lack of
stylishness on offense and his
seeming invisibility on defense
must have led Lefty to believe that
guard might not be Bozo's position
for all time.

Howard White, when he's not
injured, is O'Brien's playmate at
guard and can be a game-breaking
and zone-wrecking shooter. On
occasion White's innate theatricality
has been known to get the best of
him and defensive specialist Bill
Bodell is usually brought on. In the
front court Maryland employs
Sparky Still, Barry Yates, Charlie
Blank and Darrell Brown. All are
rather tall and each can shoot or
rebound but, unfortunately for
Driesell none can do both.

The game will start at 8 p.m.
and, in the preliminary, the Virginia
freshman team will close out its
season against the undefeated Baby
Terps featuring Tom McMillen. It
speaks well for Driesell's program
that while only two years ago
Maryland couldn't give tickets away
fans now arrive early and in
strength for the frosh games.
Perhaps next year he'll put a halt to
their practice of leaving early.

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