It's an interesting coincidence that Bob Bender's name is brought up. Bob was a transfer from Indiana and started at point guard instead of Harrell during Harrell's final year. In the next year, he was the point guard on a team featuring Giminski, Banks, Dennard and Vince Taylor. Not a bad starting five! However, they only finished 5th in the regular season in a loaded ACC. Maryland won the regular season with Williams, King, Manning and Graham; UNC finished 2nd with Worthy, O'Koren, Wood, Wolf and Black; NC State tied for 2nd with Whitney, Austin, Bailey, Lowe and Watts; Clemson finished 4th with Nance, Gilliam, Campbell, Hamilton and Williams; and Virginia tied Duke for 5th with Sampson, Lamp, Raker and Jones.
Of course the Devils won the ACC tournament beating the Terps.
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