![]() In the opener against Texas A&M, Pinder scored a game-high 21 in a 16-point victory. ![]() He later kicked three players off his team after they admitted they sneaked marijuana with them to Alaska and smoked it during the tournament. After Indiana lost its first two games, head coach Bobby Knight refused to talk to the media. ![]() “Personally, I’m not sure we need this kind of competition so early in the season.”Īs it turned out, Sloan was hardly the most cantankerous coach at the event. “Nobody would be going up there if those games counted,” Sloan said before his team’s transcontinental trip. All were lured to the event because the three games they played did not count towards the NCAA’s limit of 27 regular-season games. 10 Indiana, along with Texas A&M, Lamar, Penn State, Pepperdine and host Alaska-Anchorage - as strong a field as a first-time event could hope for. 12 in the preseason poll, was joined by fourth-ranked Louisville and No. He only agreed to it because he wanted to gain some good experience for a returning lineup that had advanced to the finals of the 1978 National Invitation Tournament in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where it lost to Texas in the title game.Īll five starters - including seniors Tony Warren, Kendal “Tiny” Pinder and Glenn Sudhop - returned from that team, and Sloan wanted them to face strong competition heading into a rigorous ACC schedule. Prior to the tournament, Sloan made no bones about the fact he didn’t really want to go. It was the first major college sporting event ever contested in the 49th state, and the first live sporting event ever telecast back to the lower 48. The games were all played at the 3,800-seat Buckner Fieldhouse on the Fort Richardson Military Reserve located on the outskirts of Anchorage. Click here to get your 30-day free trial!įew times in its history has NC State men’s basketball ever started a season with a more difficult schedule, and few times in its history has it ended in such overall disappointment.Īs the Wolfpack is practicing in the Bahamas preparing to play in the Battle for Atlantis, opening on Wednesday against former NC State assistant Sean Miller’s third-ranked Arizona squad, let’s pay homage to a premier early-season tournament that will end this season after an amazing 40-year run in an inhospitable climate.Īt the beginning of the 1978-79 season, the Wolfpack played in the inaugural Great Alaska Shootout, an experimental eight-team event played over the Thanksgiving holidays and hosted by nine-year-old University of Alaska at Anchorage. X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0ĮTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPScwJz48L2lmcmFtZT4KPC9ub3NjcmlwdD4KCgo=ĭon't miss out on any of our exclusive football, basketball and recruiting coverage. VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8元NjcmlwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXB0Pgo8aWZyYW1lIGhlĪWdodD0nMCcgc3JjPSdodHRwczov元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvīS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVDĬG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF5ZXInLCdH Zi5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRvĭy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplY3RHb29nbGVUYWdNYW5hZ2VyID0gdHJ1ZTsKICAg JyZndG1fcHJldmlldz0nKydlbnYtMScrJyZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAg 元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ9JytpK2RsKycm ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycmīD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2ouc3JjPQogICAgICAgICdodHRwczov PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAoĭ2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZXIpIHJldHVyījsKICAgICAgICB3W2xdPXdbbF18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFyĭCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5qĬyd9KTt2YXIgZj1kLmdldEVsZW1lbnRzQnlUYWdOYW1lKHMpWzBdLAogICAg
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