North Carolina State University Athletics
Remembering '83: Wolfpack Plays 1st of 3 Red-White Games
10/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 31, 1982
BY TIM PEELER
The game will be preceded by a 30-minute photo and autograph session. Admission for the game and the autograph session is $2 for adults and $1 for non-NC State students.
For Valvano, who guided last year’s team to a 22-10 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the game will be an opportunity to test the ACC’s experimental rules for the upcoming season. In its spring meetings at
“We’re anxious to see what situations develop under the new guidelines,” Valvano said. “It should be an interesting afternoon for the players, the fans and for me also.”
The Wolfpack returns 10 lettermen including seniors Thurl Bailey, Dereck Whittenburg, Sidney Lowe and Quinton Leonard and welcomes four newcomers, including heralded guard prospect Ernie Myers of the Bronx, N.Y., and California Junior College Player of the Year Alvin Battle, a
With the return of Bailey, who has led the team in scoring the last two years, and the Whittenburg-Lowe tandem in the backcourt, big things are already expected of the Wolfpack, which is ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press’ preseason poll of writers from around the country.
Valvano will turn the teams over to his revamped coaching staff, which has three new faces. In the off-season, Valvano hired Tom Abatemarco from Virginia Tech to replace Marty Fletcher, who left to become the head coach at Virginia Military Institute. Valvano gave Abatemarco his first job as a college assistant when Valvano was the head coach at
Valvano also hired Ed McLean, a successful prep coach at
The final coaching newcomer is graduate assistant Max Perry, who just completed his playing career with the Wolfpack. Perry played three seasons under Valvano and Norm Sloan after transferring from
Sunday’s game will be the first of three intra-squad scrimmages. The Wolfpack’s second Red-White game will be Nov. 7 at
The Wolfpack will play its lone exhibition game against outside competition on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Reynolds Coliseum against Marathon Oil, a team composed of traveling all-stars, including former NC State player Scott Parzych.
At 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, the Wolfpack will play the final Red-White game at
Red-White Rosters
Sunday, Oct. 31
Reynolds Coliseum
Red Team
24 Terry Gannon G 6-0 161 So.
25 Dereck Whittenburg G 6-1 195 Sr. Glenarden,
35 Sidney Lowe G 6-0 197 Sr. Washington, D.C.
41 Thurl Bailey F 6-11 214 Sr. Seat Pleasant,
42 Mike Warren F 6-7 177 So.
43 Lorenzo Charles F 6-7 225 So.
45 Cozell McQueen C 6-11 215 So.
Coaches: Ed McLean, Max Perry
White Team
10 Tommy DiNardo F 6-5 195 Jr. Jamesville, N.C.
12 George McClain G 6-0 175 Fr. Rocky Mount, N.C.
15 Walter “Dinky” Proctor F 6-8 220 So.
30 Harold Thompson F 6-5 213 Jr. Raeford, N.C.
31 Ernie Myers F 6-4 203 Fr.
33 Alvin Battle F 6-7 223 Jr.
34 Quinton Leonard F 6-8 214 Sr.
40 Walt Densmore F 6-6 203 Fr.
Coaches: Ray Martin, Tom Abatemarco
