Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 13, 1994 TAG: 9403130138
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: E-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
Virginia, the upstart of the ACC basketball tournament, was clinging to a three-point lead in its bid to knock off regular-season champion Duke.
"It's kind of hard to explain what I was thinking," said Burrough, whose home is in Charlotte. "Mostly, I didn't want to let my teammates down any more than I had already."
Burrough, a 75 percent free-throw shooter in ACC play, hit both ends of a one-and-one and the Cavaliers defeated fifth-ranked Duke 66-61 at the Charlotte Coliseum.
Fourth-seeded UVa (17-11) will meet 1993 NCAA champion North Carolina (26-6) for the championship today at 3:05 p.m.
"Our first objective when we came down here was to win one game and make sure we got into the NCAA Tournament," said Burrough, a third-team All-ACC choice. "Today we had nothing to lose.
"They had beaten us badly two other times and nobody expected us to win except family and friends, and some of my friends wanted to know if I could go to the mall with them Sunday."
Burrough didn't have one of his best games, making only four of 12 shots from the floor, but he was a rebounding force down the stretch and was 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.
"Junior survived a poor shooting night and my screaming at him and everything else and really came up big on the boards in the last couple of minutes," said Jeff Jones, UVa's coach.
"Coach Jones and I have a relationship that is, er, very unique," said Burrough, who finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. "His yelling gets me to play better. He knows he can't do it to everybody, but it doesn't bother me."
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