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N.C. State head coach Everett Case originated the idea of the Classic. His assistant, Carl "Butter" Anderson provided the name. The tournament was played over a three day period every December, just before Christmas on N.C. State's home court. The incredible success of the tournament made Reynolds, Case, and the N.C. State basketball program famous. The Classic consisted of three rounds. In the first round the four North Carolina schools would each play a visiting team. The winners of the first round game would advance in the winner's bracket and the losers would advance in the losers bracket. Each day would have four games played until the third and final day when a champion would be crowned. Case always made an effort to personally invite the best teams in the country as a way to toughen up his Wolfpack squads. The tournament came to an end after a point-shaving scandal in 1961 involving players from both N.C. State and UNC. |
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