The Wolfpacker

14 ■ THE WOLFPACKER T he ACC announced future conference games in men's basket- ball for the next two seasons, with a quality home slate lined up for next year. NC State, which has made the NCAA Tournament the last three years, will play North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia both home and away next year. The Demon Deacons will have new head coach Danny Manning, and both UNC and Virginia have been penciled in as potential preseason top-15 teams. NC State will also host Duke, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syra- cuse, with the last three op- ponents newcomers to the ACC last year. Duke has also joined North Carolina and Virginia as a projected top team for next year. NCSU will play at Boston College, Florida State, Geor- gia Tech, ACC newcomer Louisville and Miami. The Cardinals, who won the na- tional title in 2013, were bol- stered this offseason by the return of rising junior power forward Montrezl Harrell of Tarboro, N.C. FSU and Duke will join UNC and Wake as home-and-away matchups in 2015-16. Clemson will return to PNC Arena for a second straight year, and Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Miami will join them. NC State will travel to Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Vir- ginia and Virginia Tech to finish the schedule. ACC Men's Basketball Opponents Released For Next Two Years TRACKING THE PACK Head coach Mark Gottfried and the Pack will face North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia twice during the 2014-15 regular season. PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN Remembering Longtime Wolfpack Clock Operator Harold Wall For years, Harold Wall operated the scoreboard clocks at Reynolds Coliseum and Carter-Finley Stadium. The double NC State graduate and loyal Wolfpack Club member, who might be best remembered for the one second that didn't click off the scoreboard at the end of NC State's loss to Penn State in 1979, died on April 20. He was 92. Born in Knightdale, N.C., on Oct. 9, 1921, Harold Blair Wall attended both UNC Chapel Hill and Wake Forest prior to World War II, but returned home from a stint in the U.S. Signal Corps in the South Pacific to earn both a bachelor's and master's degree from NC State. He spent three decades in the banking industry, four years in the NC State Foundation Office and 20 years with the North Carolina Department of Commerce. But he told his wife, Louise, and two daughters that 55 days of every year belonged to NC State so he could keep time at men's and women's home basketball games and football games. He was a fixture for more than three decades, along with announcer C.A. Dillon, scorekeeper Duma Bledsoe and sports information director and senior associate athletics director Frank Weedon. He was fair and honest at his job, even when it didn't benefit his alma mater. On Nov. 11, 1979, the Wolfpack had taken a 7-6 lead over Penn State with just more than a minute to play when the Nittany Lions began a drive from deep in their own territory. On fourth-and-27, Joe Paterno's team converted the first down at the Wolfpack 37-yard line with eight seconds to play. Penn State attempted two more passes, both of which were incomplete. Still, one second was on the clock, allowing kicker Herb Menhardt to line up for a 54-yard field goal attempt. His low liner glanced off the crossbar and through the uprights for his third field goal of the day in the 9-7 win. The Wolfpack went on to win the 1979 ACC title under head coach Bo Rein, but did not receive a bowl invita - tion that year. Wall was also running the clock on the afternoon of one of the Wolfpack's greatest wins, when quarterback Erik Kramer hit wide receiver Danny Peebles in the south end zone with no time left on the clock to beat South Carolina. On that play, as the clock wound down, the Gamecocks jumped offside while taunting Kramer in the final moments of the game, believing the game was already over. That allowed one final play for the victory in Dick Sheridan's first season as head coach. Wall's devotion to his alma mater was reflected in his collection of sports memorabilia and the red-painted basement where he hosted many parties for NC State coaches and former players that he met over many years. Preceded in death by Louise, his wife of 66 years, Wall is survived by his two daughters, Elizabeth Wall Linker and Blair Wall Smallman, their husbands, three grandchildren and one great-grandson. Prior to his death, Wall requested that all memorials in his honor be made to the Wolfpack Club. 2014-15 Season Home/Road: North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson and Virginia Home: Duke, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame Road: Florida State, Miami, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Boston College 2015-16 Season Home/Road: North Carolina, Wake Forest, Florida State and Duke Home: Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Louisville and Boston College Road: Virginia, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame ■ Philip Nance Loved The Movies And He Loved NC State Longtime Raleigh theater owner and winner of the J.W. Abernethy Award — given to the Wolfpack Club Repre- sentative who performs exemplary service as chosen by the Wolfpack Club staff — Philip Nance died on March 29, 2014, following a long illness. He was 89. The Raleigh native developed an early love of the mov- ies and theaters. He took over the family business in 1971, operating the Mission Valley Cinema in Raleigh and the Imperial Theater in Cary. During his career, he was a vice president of Litchfield Theatres, based in Pawley's Island, S.C., and the district manager of Consolidated Theatres in Charlotte. He was both an owner and a passionate advocate of theater management, as a member of the board of directors of the Theater Owners of North and South Carolina, as a director of the National Association of Theater Owners and a member of the Motion Picture Pioneers of America. His passion for the Wolfpack mirrored his love of the movies. For 40 years he was a Wake County fundraiser, earning top-10 fundraiser status for 11 years. "Phil was one of the greatest volunteers in the history of the Wolfpack Club," executive director Bobby Purcell said. "He is already sorely missed by the entire Wolfpack Club Nation." A charter member of the Fairmont Methodist Church in Raleigh and a longtime member of St. Marks Methodist Church, Nance also was active in Raleigh civic organizations. He is survived by his son Philip Nance Jr. and daughter- in-law Louise, and granddaughters Kathryn and Amanda Nance, all of Raleigh. 14,16,18,20,22,24.TTP.indd 14 4/29/14 3:44 PM

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