Tom Burleson

NOVEMBER 29, 1971

The year before the NCAA added at-large berths to the big Dance, North Carolina State and Maryland player an epic of a winner-take all final in the ACC tournament. For the Terps, the result was a crying shame

A year ago this division inherited Bill Walton, Tom Burleson and Clifford Ray, and now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar comes in from Milwaukee to join that towering group. You would have to bet that one of the four will be...

When you add Bill Walton and Tom Burleson, the division ain't what it used to be. It's probably better, even without Jerry West. Bill Sharman has slowly rebuilt the Lakers from the team that won it all in 1971-72,...

•Leonard Gray, Seattle SuperSonic rookie, evaluating the talents of 7-foot fellow rookie Tom Burleson: "Well, when everybody else is tired, he's still going to be tall."