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TOSSED OUT SATURDAY, HONORED TUESDAY NIGHT |
Nothing says thanks like getting thrown out of your alma mata's arena while your family, friends and fans nearby are thinking "WTF?"
Everybody got their knickers all in a kink a while back
when Roy Williams had an Presbyterian fan removed from an area reserved at the
Dean Dome for family and close friends of the Tar Heels…So, what are folks
saying about two former Wolfpack stars getting tossed out of the RBC center on
Saturday.
There blaming the ref, that’s what they are saying…
Former N.C. State stalwarts Chris Corchiani and Tom
Gugliotta will be back at the RBC Center on Tuesday as honored guests of N.C.
State and, hopefully, Karl Hess, the official who ousted them on Saturay, won't be in the building.
Yes, the school will honor the 1988-89 N.C. State men's
basketball team, which won the ACC regular-season title, at Tuesday's home game
against North Carolina in spite of the fact that two of the biggest stars were
removed from the arena by referee Karl Hess during Saturday’s loss to Florida
State.
Corchiani and Gugliotta both were members of coach Jim
Valvano's penultimate team, which went 10-4 in the ACC and advanced to the
Round of 16 in the NCAA tournament before losing to Georgetown.
With 6 minutes, 40 seconds left in the game, Hess ejected
Corchiani and Gugliotta, who were sitting behind the scorers' table. Corchiani
said he and Gugliotta were complaining about the officiating, and protesting
some calls, but did not threaten or use profanity with Hess.
Hess declined to provide a reason why he ejected the former
players. The ACC also has refused to offer an explanation, although it did
acknowledge Hess did not follow NCAA protocol.
N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow said the 1988-89
team, the last N.C. State men's basketball team to win an ACC title, will
receive the "Wolfpack Unlimited" award for their "refusal to
accept the status quo."
(To read more from a couple of ACC vets at the News &
Observer click
here and here.)
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