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La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1975 La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1975-1976 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1975-1976" (1975). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 19. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/19 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at La Salle University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in La Salle Basketball Media Guides by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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Westhead, Head Coach 5 1975-76 Prospectus 15 Profiles of the Explorer Varsity Players 8-14 Opponent X-Rays 16-35 Section II— Past Records Year-by-Year Explorer BB Summary 30-31 The 1974-75 Season in Review 37-38 1974-75 Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 39 Final 1974-75 Individual Statistics 40 1974-75 Big Five Standings 40 1974-75 East Coast Conference 41 La Salle All-Time Individual and Team Records 42-43 Tournament Records (Holiday) 44-46 Tournament Records (Post -Season) 46 Explorer Century Marks 47 Series Records vs. All Collegiate Opponents 48-50 Year-by-Year La Salle Game Results 51-60 Graphic Design and Photography by Mark Jacobson On the Cover: Charley Wise and Glenn Collier This handbook is dedicated to the members of the Press, Radio and Television corps by La Salle College's News Bureau with the cooperation of the College's Department of Athletics. For further information, please call, write or wire: LARRY ELDRIDGE JR. Sports Information Director La Salle College News Bureau Philadelphia, Penna. 19141 Office Phone: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300, Ext. 465 J Home Phone: 215-896-6373 Limited quantity of handbooks available to the Public at $1.00 1 1975-76 SEASON AT A GLANCE INSTITUTION: La Salle College LOCATION: 20th Street and Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 TELEPHONE: (215)848-8300 COLLEGE FOUNDED: 1863 1975-76 ENROLLMENT: 6300 TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers COLORS: Blue and Gold CONFERENCE: East Coast Conference PRESIDENT: Brother Daniel Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: John J. Conboy (La Salle, 1950) ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joseph O'Donnell (La Salle, 1965) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Larry Eldridge, Jr. (Villa- nova, 1975) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: Paul W. Westhead (St. Joseph's, 1961), Sixth Year, 81-53. ASSISTANT COACHES: Joseph O'Connor (St. Joseph's, 1963); Bill Michuda (La Salle, 1971); Dave "Lefty" Ervin (La Salle, 1968) TEAM PHYSICIAN: James M. "Dixie" Walker, M.D. (La Salle, 1954) ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Greer EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Charles M. Loughran 1974-75 VARSITY RECORD: 22-7, overall; 7-1 conference (first); 4-0 Big Five (first) KEY LETTERMEN LOST: 6-10 Joe Bryant (21.8 ppg.-11.4 rpg.) 6-5 Bill Taylor (19.3 ppg.-5.6 rpg.) TOP RETURNING LETTERMEN: 6-0 Charlie Wise (11.9 ppg.); 6-2 Glenn Collier (7.3 ppg.) 6-11 Donn Wilber (6.2 ppg.-5.1 rpg.); 6-6 Jim Wolkiewicz (4.8 ppg.— 6.9 rpg.) NEW OPPONENTS ON 1975-76 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Cleveland State, University of Maine PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BR0DZINSKI Brod-ZIN' ski WOLKIEWICZ Wol-KAY'-vitch The/ >c> ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF JOHN J. CONBOY Athletic Director John J. (Jack) Conboy was named La Salle athletic director on Jan- uary 3, 1969, succeeding James J. Henry, who retired January 1 after 35 years as Explorer A.D. Conboy, 49, graduated from La Salle in 1950. He recently retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel after 20 years service. A veteran of three wars (WW II, Korea and Vietnam), Conboy served on the ROTC staff at La Salle from 1960-64. Conboy was a member of St. Joseph's Prep's last city championship football team in 1939. After three years of World War II service in Europe, Conboy enrolled at Georgetown where he played football for two years before transferring to La Salle. He was assistant football coach at St. Joseph's Prep from 1948 to 1950. He also coached Army football and basketball teams in Europe and Hawaii and organized a triathlon team at La Salle which produced three former members of the U.S. Army modern pentathlon team- Don Walheim, Bill Conroy and Gary McNulty. Conboy, who holds an M.B.A. degree in Industrial Management from Temple University, resides in Drexel Hill, Pa. with his wife, Anne, and four children. JOSEPH F. O'DONNELL Assistant Athletic Director Joseph F. O'Donnell was appointed assistant A.D. and coordinator of Hayman Hall, the college's $4.0 mil- lion physical recreation center in March of 1972. A 1965 graduate of La Salle with a B.A. in economics, O'Donnell had taught social studies at Father Judge, his high school alma mater, from 1965-70. During the latter period, O'Donnell coached the school's soccer squad and was cred- ited with developing 28 All-Catholic players, four of whom achieved All-Scholastic honors, and one All- American status. In 1970-71 O'Donnell moved to a full-time position with the City of Philadelphia as recreation leader at the Jardel Center. He was a member of the Department of Recreation Soccer Committee, and also assisted BiN Wilkinson with the 1970 Explorer soccer team which posted the first winning season in the college's history. O'Donnell, 30, and his wife, Marie, reside in northeast Philadelphia. Charles M. Loughran Equipment Manager MEET THE EXPLORER COACHING STAFF PAUL W. WESTHEAD Head Basketball Coach La Salle College basketball coach Paul W. Westhead, 35, has rapidly established himself as one of the better young strategists in the game. In 1974- 75, he was named District 2 "Coach of the Year" by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Westhead has a career won-lost record of 81-53 (.604). His 1974-75 squad dropped its final game, an 87—83 overtime heartbreaker to Syracuse in NCAA first round action, but still enjoyea one of the most satis- fying campaigns in La Salle's history with a 22—7 record and four major championships. Westhead guided a predominately young club (only one senior) to 11 straight victories at one point and wins in 16 of its first 17 games. At mid-season the Explorers were seventh in the Associated Press national rankings. They won the Dayton Invitational, the Sugar Bow! Classic, Philadelphia's prestigious Big Five title, and the East Coast Conference Championship. Westhead made his Explorer debut in 1970-71 by capturing and Villanova, and participating in the NIT. Westhead began his career at Cheltenham High in 1964, gradu- ally building a winning tradition, which culminated in the subur- ban Philadelphia school's first appearance ever in the P. I. A. A. state finals in 1968. From 1968 to 1970, Westhead served as assistant athletic freshmen to an unparalleled 21—2 season. The Explorer coach added some additional credits during the summer of 1972 when he coached the Santurce team of the Puerto Rican "Superior" league to a first place regular season finish.