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Louisville Carnal
Fou d' April Room 117 Otter Hall, Louisville, Ky. 40208 April 4, 1975
Cards sweep to ·first
NCAA championship
After trouncing the U.C.L.A. Bruins,
U of L went on to a victory in the final
round of the N.C.A.A. playoffs against
U.K. Though behind by five points at
halftime, Wesley Cox led a triumvirate of
Allen Murphy and Junior Bridgeman to a
final score 72-65 over U.K.
Cox, the 5'~6 sophomore that shook
16 points from U.C.L.A. in a 80-79 win
last Sunday, quelled the pain in an
injured foot and went on to grab 19
points and six rebounds from the
bewildered Wildcats. The fans went wild.
Murphy and Bridgeman jogged their
way down the court to the frenzied
cheers of the Card fans at San Diego.
Murphy gaining 15 baskets, and
Bridgeman gaining 14 baskets in all, ran
.all over the court with the ball, adding to
the excitement of the game.
Excitement was in the air, and the
Card's showed the Wildcat team that they
could not be beat. Most Valuable Player
of the tourney in Maryland, Phillip Bond,
found the 14 baskets and ten rebounds
that he had hoped for before the game.
Both Bond and Cox dribbled and shot
their wa:~-into victory in the second half
of the game to an outstanding 11 point
lead that the Card's weren't to be d~nied.
Though Kevin Grevey led the Wildcat
attack in the ftrSt half of the game, he
fouled out three minutes into the second
hcMILAs the Wildcat offense crumbled,
• th~ardinal defense rose to meet the
foe's challenge, although little was left of
U.K.'s offense as the game went on. As
the "Fabulous Freshmen" of U.K.
entered the field in the second half, they
appeared weary and tired of the fight that
was before them.
Wildcat centers Rick Robey and Mike
Phillips, who have added an extra spark
to Joe Hall's team in the past, were not
up to their usual energy that Monday
night. Wobbling and shooting wildly as
they became tired, Robey dropped out of
the game twenty minutes into the half,
and Phillips barely had the strength to
keep up with his unbeatable opponents.
Bill Bunton was also a steady
performer in the U.L.-U.K. game with an
overall average of 12 baskets~ eight
rebounds.
In the . closing few minutes of the
game, the Wildcat offense rallied briefly
to gain 6 points on the Card roundballers,
but the U.L. team pulled through to a
seven point lead and kept it to the
ecstatic hoopla of the fans.
Cox, making a last two points from
the center of the court in the last three
seconds of the game, received an ovation
from everyone in the arena. And as the
Cards ran to the showers and the NCAA
trophy, the Ooor was overrun by the rush
of the fans. The place was in an uproar,
and security police had to be called in to
keep the crowd from tearing the shirts off
the victorious Cards . .
Coach Denny Crum said in an after
game press conference, "I was sure we'd
win it. We beat them statistically, and
that is what it takes.
"We had this game wrapped up," he
continued, "before we even set foot on
the court, we knew it. When we won the
game over U.C.L.A. I knew we had the
tourney in our pocket."
The champagne flowed freely in the U
of L locker room after the hard fought
win. Cox stated that "the pain in my foot
didn't bother me. What bothered me was
Kevin Grevey. He's the best guy they had,
but he was really playing low. Mter
seeing Grevey foul out the way he did, I
knew the rest was a cinch,"
The trophy for U.L. means national
recognition for a school that was
otherwise a waystation on the map for
aspiring footballers and basketballers.
With the win at San Diego Louisville has
hassed into history as a school with a
basketball team to be reckoned with.
NoU of L student can now say the name
of his alma mater with a certain pride.
And the outlook for next year?
"Well," replied Coach Crurn, "I think
U of L will be a power to be reckoned
with in the next ten years. I mean, let's
not limit ourselves to only one year's title
in California. Next year I'd like to play in
our home city. And I think plenty of our
fans will agree with that.
Sixteen times
Bill Bunton, pitcher for the Cards baseball team, gets in a few practice throws before
Tuesday ·s game.
Student wounded by campus police
Early Thursday morning a student was
wounded critically by campus police just
outside the main campus library. The
student, whose name is being withheld
pending notification of next of kin, was,
according to the police, attempting to
gain entrance to the library with burglar
tools. The victim was wounded sixteen
times by various officers of Public
Safety's SWAT team. The student was
taken to Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital
where he remains in critical condition at
the time of this printing.
Members of the U of L German club,
of which the student was a member,
<&agree with the account of the shooting
offered by Public Safety. A spokesman
for the club, Marta Edie, said that the
student had left their weekly meeting and
told other members of the club that he
was stopping by the library to put some
books in the overnight bockdrop.
Besides, remarked Ms. Edie, he had polio
as a child and as a result his left arm was
paralyzed.
When asked about this charge Public
Safety Director Dan Killer had this
comment: "bunk, we had him dead to
rights. There he was standing outside the
library fooling around beside the building
with something in his hands. Now what
would you think he was doing?"
When asked whether the student did
indeed have books with him, Mr. Killer
replied, 'Why of course he had books
with him. That was a clever disguise I
must admit. The paralyzed arm act was a
stroke of genius and he kept up the act all
the way to the hospital. But of course it
will do him no good. He'll have to quit
faking eventually."
Administration spokesman Dave Baker
called the incident "unfortunate," but
added that he was glad to sec that Dan
Killer's men were on their toes.
When asked whether this incident
would have any bearing on Public
Safety's request for a tactical helicopter
squad, Baker replied, "Well, I must admit
that the administration was very reluctant
to approve such a request, but now since
it is evident that we have a very serious
crime problem I think they will be much
more sympathetic."
U of L Vice president (Wild Biii)Bill
Eckstrom said that while he detested the
thought of violence on campus he was
thankful that Dan Killer7s men were here
to protect us.
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