CD followed up by Skip. Those were two sweet shooting guards.
And then followed by Frank Johnson. For over a decade, Wake was Point Guard U.
CD followed up by Skip. Those were two sweet shooting guards.
The NBA that Charlie Davis entered was not well suited for CD's game. It was dominated by Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and similar big guys. Bill Russell had aline that expressed this: "You may not shoot the layup. You may shoot the free throws."
As noted above, Charlie Davis did not do well in the buffet line. He was small even for that day NBA point guard. And his game was that of a 2 guard.
He was great fun to watch. He would still be my choice in a one shot for your life game.
I'd love to see Wake treat him the way that Chill has been treated.
Charlie was one of the greatest players I have ever seen play. As others have said, no telling what his scoring average would have been with a three point line. He was a pure shooter. I remember one time I was having lunch with CD and the topic of free throw shooting came up. He just couldn't understand how you could shoot less than 90% form the line. He said, "heck you were standing still, no one was guarding you and the distance was always the same" I was really lucky enough to see him play and Earl Monroe at WSSU. Great players!
There were a ton of kids from the northeast when I was at Wake. Every freshman suite, third floors, had an NC kid roomated with an NJ/NY/PA in every room.
Wake was a bargain then compared with private schools in the northeast. Obviously, that is no longer the case.
I asked, in 1972’ when I was a freshman in Davis House, the four juniors in my suite why there were so many from NJ, NY, and Penn there, and they said then that it was the cheapest good private college in the country. I bought a Ford Mustang brand new in the Spring of 1973 for $3,500.
And then danny young who played in the NBAAnd then followed by Frank Johnson. For over a decade, Wake was Point Guard U.
And then followed by Frank Johnson. For over a decade, Wake was Point Guard U.
Correct. Back in the '70s, a year at Wake, all included, was about the cost of a really low end new car. Today the cost of a year at Wake would buy almost any mass market car, and you would have money left over.
I came to Wake in 1964 from Conn. It was by far the best value in private school education in the country!
I asked, in 1972’ when I was a freshman in Davis House, the four juniors in my suite why there were so many from NJ, NY, and Penn there, and they said then that it was the cheapest good private college in the country. I bought a Ford Mustang brand new in the Spring of 1973 for $3,500.