I think I remember it was Todd's friendship with Mark Cline that got him to Wake. Both were "mountain boys" not far apart in WVa and Kentucky..
The "Teach" had the best demeanor of any College player i worked with in 14 years. Everyday was a good day for him. Believe he worked for some Triangle area Correctional facility later on. Fell on some financial hard times and reached out to some of us. I helped with what i could and last heard from him a few years ago. super good dude.
My bad, it was a heady time to be "Under the Arch."
The 1985-86 team was awful, but it was due to 3 bad breaks: Todd May getting hurt, Kenny Green leaving early & missing on Tom Hammonds. It still had 4 guys scoring in double figures (Rod Watson, Mark Cline, Muggsy Bogues & Charlie Thomas) with center Mike Scott just under double figures. If we could have added May, Green & Hammonds to those five guys...with, hopefully, Tacy deciding to stay as well...we would have been right back in the Top 10 again. Probably even with two of those three.
I realize that's a lot of ifs, but that 8-man rotation would have been better than the 1984 Elite Eight team.
Unless you remember the Smith-Douglas Fertilizer jingle, you're not that old.
Wow, that sounds like as much of a Manning stretch about how we are going to play defense,
First off, horrible hire Bob Staak led the Deacs to an 0-fer in the ACC, and second, as stated prior, Green would have scored but was a locker room cancer unless you wanted to get baked. He may have been as much a factor in a class act like Hammonds choosing Tech over Wake.
Grobe finished his 13-year career with 5 straight losing seasons, where he averaged 4.6 wins per year.
The "turnover" was a T called by i think Lennie Wirtz when Alvis hung on the rim to avoid landing on an opposing player for safety. They changed the rule the next year. The Cardiac Pack would have never been.
May broke his foot during the black and gold scrimmage
Teachey was one of my all-time favorite Wake basketball players. He never lost his cool and was a terrific defensive player and rebounder with a ridiculous looking contorted jump shot that he managed to hit regulalry to everyone's amazement.
Should we start a "Fuck you, Jim Grobe" thread?
Ironically...and completely by accident....I saw Anthony Teachey at the Angus Barn in Raleigh back in October, 2018. He came back to speak to some people dining at the table across the aisle from us. I heard some people introduce him to the people at the table and tell them he had once "played for Wake Forest". I didn't speak to him, of course, as he didn't know me at all. The irony part is that it was the day after Mike Helms had died. I didn't learn of Helms' death until a month or so later, but since Teachey had played a couple of years with Helms, I always wondered if Teachey knew at that time that Helms had died the previous day.
Anthony Teachey probably improved more from his first game as a freshmen to his senior year than anyone in Wake history not named Tim Duncan. That guy was a borderline ACC material at best when he first came in and an absolute beast by his senior year. Rugged rebounder, good shot blocker, unorthodox jumper that usually went in, and just great teammate (at least from my vantage point in my living room watching the jefferson-pilot network!) . You could put him on any Wake team of the past 40 years and he'd be a solid player, if not more.
Anthony Teachey probably improved more from his first game as a freshmen to his senior year than anyone in Wake history not named Tim Duncan. That guy was a borderline ACC material at best when he first came in and an absolute beast by his senior year. Rugged rebounder, good shot blocker, unorthodox jumper that usually went in, and just great teammate (at least from my vantage point in my living room watching the jefferson-pilot network!) . You could put him on any Wake team of the past 40 years and he'd be a solid player, if not more.
Delaney Rudd was another one who made the most of his ACC opportunity as he honed his skill under some good coaching. Coach Tacy helped this Eastern NC 1A player get to a 3+ year NBA career. Another kid who had an infectious smile and love for the game.