Maravich can make or break NIT
LSU's 'Pistol Pete' will be attraction in Garden
NEW YORK (UPI) Pete Maravich can make or break the 33rd National Invitation Tournament.
The floppy-haired sharpshooter from Louisiana State University, the leading scorer in college basketball history, is the only "name" player guaranteed to sell tickets and television exposure for the NIT this year.
The NIT Selection Committee Wednesday named four of the 16 teams—LSU, St. John's, Marquette and Georgia Tech—for this year's tournament, but LSU and Maravich are the main attraction.
The tourney opens on March 13, but LSU is sure to be saved for a national television contest on Saturday afternoon in its opening game. If Maravich could propel the Tigers 17-8 to the semifinals or finals, the NIT will be guaranteed a lot of excitement. Without him, the NIT could lose a lot of luster since tenth-ranked Marquette 19-3 is
the only team in the top ten likely to be in the NIT this season.
While Maravich may be good for the NIT, it's also true the NIT could be good for Maravich. The SU senior has never had a chance to showcase his talents in New York with all the resulting exposure to be national media. One or two 60-point, record-breaking performances at Madison Square Garden might boost his price in the bidding war between the NBA and the ABA.
"I've always dreamed of playing in Madison Square Garden," Maravich said, "the people in New York really appreciate basketball and I think we can really put a show on for them."
Marquette was an automatic NIT choice because it rejected an NCAA bid on Tuesday. Marquette was disturbed because it was asked to switch from the Mideast to the Midwest Regional in the NCAA. Marquette, a loser in the NIT finals in 1967 to Southern Illinois, could be the
Robinson and Orioles pleased with contract
MIAMI (UPI)—Frank Robinson thought back to his first contract.
"It was $400 a month," he said. "I thought it was a great contract."
The one he signed with the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday wasn't bad either. That one will pay him $120,000 this year.
Robinson, who signed in time to join Baltimore's outfielders and infielders in their opening workout, said he was happy and so did the Orioles' brass.
"He has given us four years of fine service in the face of some physical handicaps," said Harry Dalton, the Orioles' vice-president and director of player personnel.
The signing was announced Wednesday, after which Robinson suited up and began his 18th year in pro ball.
When the workout was over, he talked about how some of his views had changed since coming to the Orioles from the Cincinnati Reds four seasons ago. He conceded, what with his four years in Baltimore and his two winters of managing the Santurce club in the Puerto Rican League, that he has come to feel differently about baseball's so-called establishment.
"When I came over here from Cincinnati, I had an open mind," Robinson said. "I've had a good relationship with this ball club, and it has helped me see both sides clearer."
Robinson, in his 10th season with the Reds, was anti-establishment. Now that he has a closer relationship with the Oriole's front office than he ever did with the Reds, plus the fact he handled players himself in Puerto Rico, Robinson sees the other side of the coin.
"No doubt, there should be a greater general understanding between players and management," he says. "All ballplayers have their own estimation about what they're worth, but by the same token the owners can't keep giving out money endlessly. When you're a ballplayer and you get into a certain bracket you have to take into consideration that raises aren't going to be large. You can't expect to jump from say, $15,000-$20,000 to $150,000-$160,000 in one year."
In this day and age some players double their salaries in one year. It has taken Robinson five years to do it since he was with the Reds. He's not complaining though.
Bonnies, Niagara win; headed towards NCAA
By United Press International
By United Press International Pro basketball scouts know there's a gold mine in northwestern New York state because a couple of nuggets named Bob Lanier and Cal Murphy keep shining.
That gold put fourth-ranked St. Bonaventure and Niagara in the NCAA Basketball Tournament and there are some who believe one of these schools can strike it rich in the championships.
Murphy, the mighty mite of college basketball at 5-10, netted 24 points, four less than teammate Mike Samuel, as Niagara stopped Syracuse, 91-83, and boosted its record to 20-4, the Purple Eagles' best mark in 14 years. Bob McDaniel led Syracuse with 24 points.
Lanier, St. Bonnies' 6-11 center, scored 23 points Wednesday night in leading his team to a 91-68 victory over Canisius. The victory raised the Bonnie record for the season to 20-1.
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Neighboring Duke squeezed past 11th-rated North Carolina State, 71-69, but it took a torrid 58 per cent shooting average to pin the loss on the Wolfpack. Forward Rich Katherman paced the Blue Devils with 22 points, including a first-half spurt that moved Duke into a 40-27 intermission lead.
Charlie Scott's farewell home game for 16th-ranked North Carolina was enough impetus for the former Olympic Star as he scored 28 points to muffle Virginia Tech, 98-70. Scott is averaging 29.6 points a game.
Louisville, in a good position for an NCAA or National Invitation Tournament bid as the Missouri Valley Conference champion or runner-up, routed Georgetown, Ky., 107-85, with the help of Mike Grosso's career high 33 points. Jim Reid led the losers with 22 points.
Ohio University, the Mid-American Conference leader, positioned guard Kenny Kowall at forward in the second half and he responded with a game total of 28 points as the Bobcats ripped Loyola of Chicago, 93-70.
NIT favorite.
St. John's will be trying to give Lou Carnesceca the same kind of farewell it gave Joe Lapchick in 1965. The Redmen won the tourney in Lapchick's last game before retiring. This will be Carnesecca's farewell to St. John's before he joins the New York Nets. St. John's has appeared in the NIT 18 times and has won it four times. Both marks are
records.
Georgia Tech will be playing in the NIT for the first time and made its only other post-season basketball appearance in 1960 when it played in the NCAA.
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