European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. March 17,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Mcaa Tourne Duke Banks on another ferry tale by i Lio Washington Pinsl the career has been storybook any Way and Ihu closer thai desperate heave got la the Basket in the final second of the acc Lilly game the Marc a stupendously Happy ending seemed possible. Seventy footers to Send championship games into overtime Aren t supposed logo in but Danny ferry did launch it. Ferry is one of the cry few athletes who arrived in College with too grand kept citations and then. Proceeded la exceed them. The Anticipatory drum Roll throughout basketball has four Yean later became a triumphal blaring of trumpets everyone by now knows the kid can Flat out play. Anyone who has Waich cd inc acc Over tile years knows furry can neither be typed nor underestimated. He played in an Mcaa Lille game As a freshman Michael Jordan Sank the winning Basket in one his first year at North Carolina. Perry has been acc player twice Duvid Thompson of n Orch Carolina stale and Ralph Sampson of Virginia won that distinction three tires each. The l�89 Naismith award Winner. Fern soon might Well he Hie Aba s top draft Choice Len Lisas seemed to Haic More pro potential. Yet ferry is the Ulliman cliche a fran Chise player comfortable and productive inside and outside with the Ball and without it. Even rarer. Ferry knows the game so thoroughly As to suggest some one slipped him inc script before Linoff. Fans watch ferry with the Ball and surrounded by opponents. Their unc i to Rcd View sees an open Duke Ica mate for ferry to feed invariably the 6-10 ferry this movement and passing lanes air but restricted even Freer buddy for an easier Shol. Tie docs everything Well and some things really Well said his coach Mike Kryzowski. What he docs Best is play to that is Why no one assumed Victory was North Carolina s when ferry had his final acc fling from three Quarter court. Up toward the Center court scoreboard in Atlanta s Omni the Ball floated. Ferry having let it Fly with form usually seen in olympic shot Pitt rings. Some sort of Fern fable seemed to be bubbling until the Ball hit the left Back part of the rim and bounced out clinching North Carolina s 17-74 Victory. The Chance for a staggering three acc titles in four years for Duke had missed by inches so ferry has won just one More league championship than Jordan and Bias two More than Sampson and inc same num Ber As Thompson. Sunday s game offered perspective about How ferry has fared during his Vhal Danny ferry Dot Hest his much says is play to career and How Tough All those team and individual honors arc to achieve in a league As competitive As the acc. One of the no cutlers for instance was Jeff . As highly regarded coming Oul of High school Carlisle. I a As ferry had been after being Brilliant at Dema tha. This was Lebo s first acc title. Ferry and Duke also had gotten in the Way of Dean Smith ascending Oul. Of sight to hoop heaven. Smith had nine titles but gasp none since 1982. His stature As a big game Deily was being questioned. Never mid that North Carolina had won six acc regular season titles in the. 80s. Amassed a .110-30 record in the league and won 81.7 percent of All its games cuffing Smith and Carolini Loo hard for going six years without a Post season tills is Akin to damning rive for not flowing Uphill now and then. Still Duke teams on which ferry has been a minor and major player were among the very few Smith had been unable to shake in the postseason. Besides winning those two league lilies the Blue devils had been to the Mcaa final four twice. Lebo s outside shooting helped unc surge to a double figure Lead Early on ferry s diverse skills were the. Main Rea son Duke was not out of the game until the final shot. Ferry scored on turnarounds from a Lew feel on the right Baseline he took . Reid out of rebounding Range and fed Christian Lattiner or Alna Abdolnaby for easy baskets on Post up mismatches. Vile sees things happen before they said Abdelnaby. And he s got to he the most consistent player of those who Niada the All America teams an seem in the running for of Aba pick and inc most sly on and off inc court. Duke players know to be cautious when a birthday cars and whom to blame when they fall victim to a locker room prank. .-.-. He s got to be one of the All time players and he did it under the most difficult son of pressure said Krzyzowski he came into this season As a target being acc player of the Cir Las season. How do you set better Danny did people look at you so Long and eventually say. He does l do this he does t do thai you Don t hear thai about what jmj hear from ferry is Hinl no other league Hul the acc dominated his Houghl i As a youngster. He would tag along with his father Washington mullets general manager Boh. Ferry to acc games at Maryland s Cole Field House and be thrilled by such As Mitch Kup Chak and Lin . He s stayed inc. Same As far As dedication and singleness of purpose is con Bob ferry said of Danny others in the Nua rate ferry Over Oulu. Homa s Laccy King and sonic others be cause of his All around presence a Hud Ding la res Bird. Boh keeps his opinion to himself the elder ferry is asked to Saccu late on his feelings a few months hence if he were Able on draft Day to Slep in front of an audience in capital Centre More curious than usual and say the bullets choose Danny i Don t know,1 Bob ferry said i Haven t though about being a nervous concerned proud father has been enough so far. For the son. The disappointment of losing thai final acc game is lessened som whal by an Mcaa encore. We did t play poorly Danny said so that s not bad. Of the games we played this year that was inc hardest. But we ddn 1 win. And this tournament gives you a lol of momentum on. Ferry s mind was this the two clinics Duke won 1 he acc tournament inc last three years it advanced to the Mcaa final four a Consolation prize this year includes a probable regional Date nobody wants with Georgetown silence prescribed for leu s by Erin boar a Ergy ii5 Austin Wilson i ton Rouge la. A Max ing had his own words come Back to haunt him already this season Louisiana state coach Dale Crown a i he. His assist ants and players won t talk about upcoming opponents Tram now Ion we Don t want to write Chalk talks for other Brown said. Leu meets Lexas lit paso on Friday in a first round Gam of the Mcaa tournament at Tucson an Indiana meets crts re Mason i n the other first round game there Brown denied Llinat a possible meeting Vilh Indiana in the second round had anything to do Imit his new Rule anyone who thinks Ihal is in my mid. The answer is no he said a year ago. That might have been drown and Indiana coach Bobby Knight Hac frequently Sone out of their Way to say unkind things about each other each questioning the others integrity and coaching ability. Brown said his gag Rule grew from two incidents this inc Southeastern conference regular season Drew to a close. Brown said the schedule seemed to Linor leu and that his team appeared to have the Best win the title Florida coach Norm Sloan was listening to the radio Lalk show on which Brown made the comment Sloan taped it ind played it Operand again fur his team some of the Honda placers said inc tape inspired them to beat leu at Baton Rouge a a Mctory that clinched inc for the Calora. " fed i May Ime Hurt our team by a Sut Cuenl 1 made that was taken totally out of Content or Wii said. Leu athletic director Jdc Dean also made an oppo nent s bulletin Board this season. Spca Keg to a Booster group Doln 5-Iid he admired the heart of Vanda rom Forward Frank Kernel. Brown said a Booster asked Dean if he would put Kernel on his All Star team ahead of Tennessee s Dron Niv and Dean said he would because of kor net s courage and tenacity. That was put up on bulletin boards and the cry first thing we read on getting to in Osville As. Joe Dean leu and. Says Dyron Nix has no heart Brown said. Tennessee beat leu m the six Lourna Mcnol Al Knoxville. Brown said an reporter warning to include information about an upcoming Opp onem should Contact the other school. Why should we do that for j asked Brown said the Rule will be enforced to it Point that a violator could be dismissed from the team the team s not allowed to Lalk just like they re not allowed to talk to an agent or they won t be on the Brown said. Just like if they go Oul drier bed Check they won t make the trip to Tucson is the site of the Mcaa Wisl regional final. To gel there leu must win wite in Flaton Rouge. F they fail a drug test hex re done no the learn Brown continued. Us just no comment. We Don l talk about opposing players or learns our team is our first priority. It will be thai Way and it will not change because of intimidation or any thing else he said. "1 will be As As possible on things that 1 think Are importing but there will be no conversation about the opposing learn or its players
