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THE HERALD-SUN DURHAM NC TUESDAY APRIL 6 1993 1993 NCAA CHAMPIONS Michigan fens at UNC have to face the music now PAGE A2 was having some Jim with my students Monday Now gping to kve to them on Wedn I thoiht it uas a great game up until the end I was going berserk Now I fed horrible sure every Mdnganfinfielsfir Chris ANDY MILLS 11 MICHIGAN GRADUATE UNC GRADUATE STUDENT mixed emotions" said Truax who lives in Chapel HilL "I just change allegiances like that" Truax who is one of about 10000 University of Michigan alumni living in the Triangle area said he only regrets that Duke University wasn't playing in the game was actually looking forward to paying Duke back for last year but this is the second best thing just sorry North Carolina will have to lose" he said before the game Franklin Street was the last place Truax plans to visit no matter which basketball power house wins "If North Carolina wins I won't feel like celebrating But if Michigan wins 1 might get my face taken off if I showed up down he said think I'll be much safer at home" Mills too said he likely would avoid downtown Chapel Hill if the Tar Heels prevailed think I could handle it" he said Susan Margolis and Karen Lange contributed to this story By JULIA WHITE and CAMERON TEW Chapel H4 bureau CHAPEL HOI Wolverine faithful Andy Mills was bold Monday morning Mills a graduate student in philosophy strode the UNC campus wearing a University of Michigan sweatshirt hours before the two schools clashed in the NCAA Championship game But late Monday after Carolina's 77-71 victory Mills had lost a little of his spirit was having some fun with my students today" said Mills who graduated from Michigan in 1991 I'm going to have to face them on Wednesday I thought it was a great game up until the end I was going berserk Now I feel horrible I'm sure every Michigan fen feels for Chris Webber Michigan's player of the game called a timeout when Michigan had none left resulting in a technical foul that Donald Williams used to score two points all but ending the possibility of a tie Then Webber fouled William and the Carolina soph- ate student advertised his allegiance for the Wolverines by wearing a Michigan cap to class as the hours ticked down toward the tipoff was picking on me" said Craig King a health policy and administration student in the UNC School of Public Health who also graduated from the Ann Arbor Mich schooL guy said that a Michigan hat son? and then when I raised my hand he called on me right away" King who moved south to Chapel Hill with fellow Michigan graduate and girlfriend Stephanie Brown last year sequestered himself with several other Michigan graduates in a sea of UNC graduates Monday night to watch the game on TV a bastion" he said here at Carolina but our allegiance is strong to Mike Truax vice president of the Michigan Triangle Alumni Club said if UNC was playing anyone other than the Wolverines then he would pull for the Tar Heels all Michigan tonight I have no dashed but he said he was happy that this championship loss was at least closer Chris Webber and the other Fab Five surpassed Mills' expectations he said was sure Kentucky would beat Michigan" he said "I'm a fen but a realist" Mills wasn't the only Michigan fen who had to watch his team lose while listening to the cheers of the majority of the fens in Chapel HilL Earlier Monday another UNC gradu omore named overall player of the game scored the final two points "It's an awful way to have a season said Michigan coach Steve Fisher we be here without Chris Webber Nobody feels any worse than Chris Webber" Mills had hoped against hope all year that his alma mater would prevail Monday after Michigan lost the national championship to Duke by 20 points in 1992 Monday night Mills' hopes were FANS FROM A1 TAR HEELS FROM A1 Though she had been through the 1982 celebration Lancaster said this one was all the sweeter guess you just remember how good it was until you do it she said Fans continued to find their way into the streets as night turned into morning blessing the Tar Heel cag-ers all foe way Williams is the master the man the shouted Janice Korn 26 a Goldsboro resident with life-time loyalties to UNC even tell you how much I love him" For IBM worker Jay Reher who attended the University of Cincinnati the victory was less sweet than if the Bearcats had won but OK with him they beat me they legitimately should he said Friend Jamie McGlogthlin who attended Vanderbilt University said he was just happy to be here "Hell he said only as Harry a UNC student Some muscular fens hoisted a battered sofe over the crowd and into a smoldering bonfire and added branches from a tree that had overhung Franklin Street a few quiet moments before -With 11 seconds to go in the game the street was empty of everyone but police and it was quiet except for muffled screams from bars sorority houses and homes downtown But when Michigan sophomore Chris Webber called for a nonexistent time-out and referees signaled a technical foul on Michigan Chapel Hill fens knew the game was won They spilled from bar doorways diving headfirst into the rain-slicked streets without hats coats or umbrellas screamed 1979 UNC graduate Jane Lancaster who drove in from Cary to join the crowd is the best feeling since I tered plane is scheduled to arrive at 4 pm They will then appear at Kenan Stadium at 5 pm weather permitting In case of rain the hoopla will be held at the Dean Smith Center Deep in the heart of the mob fens moved left and right dousing passersby with Carolina blue paint and shooting fireworks into the skies Amid shouts of number and other less printable cheers three young men hoisted a sign with a message to an ESPN announcer who had predicted a Wot verine victory: Vitale you missed the pick tonight baby!" The longer the crowd chanted the fewer clothes the celebrants wore stripping off shirts shoes and even pants as the exhilaration continued "I care how damn cold it gets we deserve to be naked" exulted a youth who gave his name HEELS FROM A1 the hour before the game poring over a book in the stands and said even the specter of a Thursday test couldn't keep him away "The crowd intensity is just something you can't match anywhere he said Every Tar Heel basket every charge taken every Wolverine miss sent the decibel level in the stadium soaring Streamers of toilet paper from the rafters greeted Derrick first bucket Hie familiar voice of Woody Durham not the CBS crew gave the play-by-play in Carmichael The excited faithful jumped up and threw their arms in the air for each Heel success Some in the audience grew nervous as Michigan stormed out to a 23-13 lead But the stomping feet and heads in hands soon shifted to jeers and screams of joy as the Heels stormed back to their 42-36 halftime lead "They're going to win I know vowed Wendy Keir a UNC assistant research professor at halftime The decibel level readied new heights with almost every Tar Heel move in the final seconds Eric dunk with one minute left putting UNC up 72-67 sent the crowd into paroxysms of fist waving and shouting And when Donald Williams sunk the final four free throws the place erupted Students quickly poured out of their dorm rooms fraternities and sororities and made the traditional and wet trek to Franklin Street great unbelievable They deserved it" shouted Mark Kramer 30 who watched the 1982 championship from his home only one thing left to do said senior Julie Parks 23 got to carry on the UNC tradition and paint Franklin Street Carolina die said "I grew up a Tar Heel fan You always believe" "This is 10 times better than I thought it would be said Jeff Lilly 19 a UNC sophomore "It's better than I've felt in my entire life" Not all who filled Carmichael were students Faculty members local families and alumni also stepped inside the hallowed Carolina blue arena knew they were going to win" said Martha Parks who drove in from Greenville to watch the game with her daughter a UNC senior wonderful" Her next stop? Franklin Street of course a wild Parks explained Students and fens began lining up outside Carmichael in the rain and near freezing weather more than three hours before tip-off When the stadium doors opened around 7 pm they quickly filled half the floor area and about one-third of the seats The rising Tar Heel optimism inside Carmichael though more than made up for the dipping mercury going to predicted Angela Prince 18 a UNC freshman from High Point "I think the difference will be Dean Smith and Donald Williams Donald Williams shooting the three-pointer will win the Carolina sportswear T-shirts baseball caps and sweatshirts dominated the audience wardrobe Some even painted their chests and feces Carolina blue Members of the UNC pep band and cheerleading squad channeled the emotions into pregame cheers Any flicker of a Carolina player on the 20-foot by 30-foot screen elicited shouts It was just that spirit that people said brought them to Carmichael "You don't get a chance to do this every night" said Scott Shaw 31 "You can sit on your couch at home but you don't get the crowd reaction" Shaw a UNC senior from Roseboro spent already jumping The mob scene paused long enough for the formal award ceremony Ironically the championship trophy was handed to Smith by Duke athletic director Tom Butters It was Duke UNC's biggest rival which won the last two NCAA titles The crown will remain in the Triangle but it will move the eight miles down US 15-501 from Durham to Chapel HilL claimed the MVP award He also dedicated his performance to the ailing Jim Valvano the former NC State coach who first recruited him "He was in a different Smith said thought he was going to make it every time he went up" But the Tar Heels had other heroes There were senior forward George Lynch and junior center Eric Montross who joined Williams (and Webber and Jamal Mashbum) on the All-Final Four team There was gimpy point guard Derrick Phelps who scored the go-ahead basket and held the Tar Heels together with 36 minutes of Steady playmaking But most of all there was Smith the much-honored and much-criticized coach who had to peel assistant coach Phil Ford off him in order to join the celebration wanted to win it for this team and this Smith said didn't see the final play because Phil was Who? On This Date PEOPLE IN THE NEWS BUREAU TELEPHONE NUMBERS Our offices are located at 2828 Pickett Road where Pickett crosses the 15-501 Bypass Chapel Hill Herald Hillsborough North Raleigh Bureau Raleigh Capitol Bureau RTP Bureau 929-1379 732-6397 8766814 834-2860 544-2782 Rtehard Kaapar President And Publisher James Sl Alexander Vice Resident Treasurer David Hughey Corporate Secretary ET Rodins Jr Chairman Of The Board William EN Hawkins Executive Editor Totand Barfield Sales and Marketing Director Advertising Director David Kltkmaa Circulation Director Lewis Kearney Production Director country music scene and silly and Burke complained so she contacted some stars talked to Marty Stuart Travis Tritt Wynonna Judd and Gary Morris They all wanted to come on the Burke said Can succeed to throne VATICAN CrrY The three children of Princess Caroline can now succeed to the throne of the Roman Catholic principality even though they were not considered legitimate since their parents married outside the church The children two boys and a girl were bom of Caroline's seven-year civil marriage to Stefeno Casiraghi an Italian who was killed in a speedboat accident in 1990 Pope John Paul lias ruled them legitimate clearing the way for their possible succession to the throne the Vatican said Monday Team McEntire are hit LUBBOCK Texas Reba McEntire knew she the only reason Lubbock Municipal Coliseum was rocking The country music singer played a sold-out show Sunday on the home court of the Texas Tech women's basketball team which just hours earlier had won the national championship in Atlanta "I know why are in such a good McEntire told her roaring audience do we have any basketball fens here tonight? really neat Please tell all the ladies playing basketball I said "There nothing like winning it afl is said opening act John Michael Montgomery Human beings may not be as smart as they think KANSAS CITY Mo Human beings may not be as smart as they think popular astronomer Carl Sagan suggests with a mixture of humility and humor Consider our careless manipulation of the Earth's environment he said you look closely you find so many things going wrong with the Sagan told the National Science Teachers Association on Sunday "You are forced to reassess the hypothesis of intelligent life on The association's fburday conference attracted more than 15000 teachers and scientists Sagan is director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University His award-winning television series was the most-watched series in foe history of American public television in Music City NASHVILLE Tenn Delta Burke says Hollywood just substitute for Music City and she's gotten some changes in her television series to reflect that "I come here and feel that this is the most magical place left in the the 36-year-old actress said "There's no magic in Hollywood still magic here and excitement and Her revamped ABC series which is starting up again after a four-month hiatus is set in Nashville with Delta as a woman who ditched her husband and moved to Nashville to pursue her dream of becoming a country music star But the series previously had few ties to the ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Tuesday April 6 the 96 th day of 1993 There are 269 days left in foe year In history: On April 6 1909 explorers Robert Peary and Matthew A Henson it is generally believed became the first men to reach the North -Pole' Tsn ysars ago: Saying -rock-and-roll bands attracted wrong element" Interior Secretary James Watt declined to invite the Beach Boys to perform in Washington at a Fourth of -July celebration a decision he later reversed Flvo ysars ago: Tirza Porat a 15-year-old girl was killed in a West Bank melee becoming the first Israeli civilian to die in tiie occupied territories since tiie Palestinian uprising 'began One year ago: The US Supreme Court limited some undercover sting -operations as it ruled that a Nebraska former had been entrapped by postal agents into buying mailorder child pornography Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov died in New York at age 72 Today's birthdays: Composeroonductor Andre Previn is 64 Actor Ivan Dixon is 62 Country singer Merle Haggard is -56 1 THE DURHAM Durtiam NX hermxco 27706 Mm Mlbi TtAMOcMadPiMandAFNmnMtunia nUttod mcMm to On um or nm and m-Vmi puMtfud hmm SuGacrtpUon nui by cwrtar SHOO par month SuNaVrtcn iMM By iMfc Tam MViSundw SCmTm Tot I Yaw S20SOO 1248 22048 SMonea 104X0 624 11024 SMontta 48X0 2X8 50X8 1 MonOi 16X0 06 1606 lau la II mm aw BXRNop auMMUma HMataan pa aon Man (tc trm IHMWJI1I IjT (USPS 163-100) Miss your paper? 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