I feel bad to look back and recall that our favorite chant when Burleson played at Duke in those days was "Burleson, sit down!" when he sat on the bench. Students have gotten a lot more clever since then.
That was a great State team. He and Towe were quite a combination and of course David Thompson was the best college player most of us ever saw. I think Burleson scored like 38 points in that epic ACC tourney game between Maryland and State. I agree, he always seemed like a good guy.