CAMPUS HARDCOURT...There is CAROLINA BLUE and then CAROLINA RED as in the NC STATE WOLFPACK...circa 1987-91....the ACC had a little FIRE and ICE...RODNEY and CHRIS

The Late Great Jimmy Valvano would be smiling Down on this Post as he would probably say this Backcourt was his 2nd Favorite at NC State compared to the DeMatholic Catholic HS Guards he had in Sidney Lowe and Dereck Whittenburg. Lowe and Whittenburg won the 1983 Championship over Phi Slamma Jamma led Houston Cougars of Akeem Olujawon and Clyde Drexler the only Chip for Jimmy V.

Then in 1987 Valvano hauled in what many would call from the onset where Two Opposites Attract. One Guard was a smooth-shooting Sade-Like "Smooth Operator" from the DMV Area. Effortlessly moving from the Deep to the Mid-Range and methodically picking ACC Defenders apart. He played with "FIRE".

His Partner was a short and stocky extension of Coach Jimmy V who could do no wrong. A Rock of Energy and Basketball IQ he was. In those Days where he was in the Miami-Dade County Area the best HS Hoopers most likely went to the ACC or SEC as Florida was all Football.  But he was  the Consummate Point Guard in the ACC and College Basketball and smooth as "ICE".

Put your Mitts together Carolina Red Nation for "FIRE", Rodney Monroe, and "ICE", Chris Corchiani, of the NC State Men's Basketball Team circa 1987-91.

These Two Ball Players lit up the ACC for 4 straight Years as the Smooth-Shooting Monroe was being compared to the Greatest Wolfpack Player of them all in the "Skywalker" David Thompson minus the Skywalker's Elevation.

Corchianai was being compared to the great Wolfpack Guards Dereck Whittenburg and Sidney Lowe as he was the Brains of the Wolfpack Operation and Jimmy V on the Floor.

How good were they at NC STATE....ICE Monroe averages 27 Points his Senior Year and was ACC Player if the Year. He also broke the "Skywalker" David Thompson Scoring Record at State with 2,551 Points. Corchiani was All-ACC as well his Senior Year  and the NCAA's All-Time Assist Leader with 1,038 Assists (Bobby Hurley of Duke passed him in 1993 as the All-Time Leader in Assists) as they posted a 20-11 Record. Both Players numbers #21 Monroe and #13 Corchiani is honored at State among the Other 20 Players at State being Honored.

Yes they weren't Lowe and Whittenburg and didn't bring Carolina Red a Chip but what they did bring was their unique Games and a whole lot of "FIRE" and "ICE" to the ACC and College Basketball.

Now there is One Question left...are Rodney Purvis and Tyler Lewis..."FIRE" and "ICE" 2K12? The New NC State Backcourt that is among the Top Freshman Guard Duo in the Class of 2012...will just have to wait and see.

Note: Numbers from GoPack.com