(FAYETTEVILLE, NC) - The 2013-14 season serves as the 50th
for the USA South Athletic Conference. In an effort to relive 50
Years of League memories, the USA South has produced "50 Years in
50 Weeks", a weekly chronicle of some of the great moments in
Conference history.
Each week, a year of moments will be released on the USA South's
website. To view previous entries, click the appropriate year at
the bottom of the screen.
1964 -
1965
- Track is first offered as a Conference sport and Lynchburg wins
the first of many league meet championships.
- In a 1965 Men’s Basketball Tournament game versus UNC
Charlotte, Lynchburg hits every free throw attempted.
- In the 1965 Men’s Basketball Tournament, Benny Brockwell
of St. Andrews attempts 71 field goals, a record that still stands
today.
- Wayne Proffitt of Lynchburg makes 15 free throws in a 1965
Men’s Basketball Tournament game versus Methodist. The 15
makes are tied for the most-ever in a Conference tournament
game.
|
Don Hines of N.C. Wesleyan is the first to earn Men’s
Basketball Tournament MVP honors from a team that did not win the
championship. Only six players in league history have earned that
distinction.
|
Conference
Champions
| Sport |
Regular Season
Champion |
Tournament/Meet
Champion |
| Bowling |
UNC-Charlotte |
UNC-Charlotte |
| Golf* |
|
Lynchburg |
| Men's Basketball |
UNC-Charlotte |
Lynchburg |
| Men's Cross Country* |
|
Lynchburg |
| Men's Tennis** |
College of Charleston |
|
| Men's Track & Field* |
|
Lynchburg |
*-no regular season
championship awarded
**-no tournament was held until the 2005-06 season |
Previous Years
To view more ways the USA South is celebrating its 50th
year, please click HERE!