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La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1971 La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1971-1972 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 1971-1972" (1971). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 15. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/15 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]. ' ; ' ex LU QJ »- CJ F = :> F CO ~~ QJ - -a x: C= o E x: s ex o -a o >— -a o 13 —i CD ra QJ CO GO gj • o a < &0 C= o 1CT3 a. 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E I u_00C3C3C3C_>0 1—1 o O JJ *^ i * o — >. —. ,_- .- o ° >~~ - ° If is B U- CJ) • a co co o: x i o LA SALLE COLLEGE 1971-72 BASKETBALL HANDBOOK Table of Contents Section I—The 1971-72 Season Varsity Roster Inside Front Cover The La Salle Story Inside Back Cover 1971-72 Varsity Schedule Back Cover Season at a Glance 2 Players' Pronunciation Guide 2 Athletic Department Staff 4-6 Paul Westhead, Head Coach 4 Coach's Prospects for the Season 7 Profiles of the Explorer Players -9-12 Freshman Roster 14 Frosh Schedule and 1970-71 Results 15 Opponent X-Rays 16-33 Section II—Past Records Year-by-Year Explorer Summary 30-31 All-Time Leading Scorers and Coaching Records 30-31 1970-71 Season in Review 36 1970-71 All-Opponent Team and Attendance 38 Last Year's Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 39 1970-71 Statistics, Results 40 1970-71 Big Five Standings 40 All-Time Individual and Team Records 42-43 Tournament Records (Holiday) 44-45 Tournament Records (Post-Season) 45-46 Explorer Century Marks 47 Series Records vs. All College Opponents 48-50 Year-by-Year Explorer Results 52-59 Photography by Charles F. Sibre Cover Artwork by Dan Foley 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: JOSEPH P. BATORY Sports Information Director, La Salle College News Bureau Philadelphia, Penna. 19141 Office Phone: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300, Ext. 286 Home Phone-. 609-546-5532 Limited quantity of Handbooks available to the Public at 75* each. 1 1971-72 SEASON AT A GLANCE LOCATION: 20th Street and Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 TELEPHONE: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300, Ext. 286 HOME COURT: The Palestra, University of Pennsylvania Campus, 34th and Spruce Streets (Capacity: 9200) COLORS: Blue and Gold TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers UNIFORMS: Home—Gold with Blue Trim; Away— Blue with Gold Trim 1971 ENROLLMENT: 6600 COLLEGE FOUNDED: 1863 CONFERENCE: Middle Atlantic (University Division) PRESIDENT: Brother Daniel Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: John J. Conboy (La Salle, '50) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: Paul Westhead (St. Joseph's, '61)—Second Year FRESHMAN AND ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH: Joe O'Connor (St. Joseph's, '63)—Second Year ASSISTANT COACH: David A. (Lefty) Ervin (La Salle, '68)—Fourth Year ASSISTANT COACH: Paul Gallagher (La Salle, '64)—Second Year SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Joseph P. Batory (La Salle, '64) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dr. Eugene Gallagher ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Greer EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Charles M. Loughran 1970-71 RECORD: 20-7 HIGHEST 70-71 HONORS: Tourney Champions—Charlotte Invitational LETTERMEN LOST: (7)—6-7 Ken Durrett; 6-3 Bob Fields; 6-3 Bob Walsh; 6-0 Greg Cannon; 6-5 Ron Kennedy; 6-2 Bill Michuda; and 6-5 Jorge Garayta LETTERMEN RETURNING: (4)—6-4 Jim Crawford; 6-7 John Maull; 6-2 Bill Fox; and 6-0 Tom Fuhs TOP SOPHOMORE PROSPECTS: 6-4 Frank Doyle; 6-3 Jim Haggarty; 6-6 Joe DiCocco; and 6-5 Joe Rapczynski NEW OPPONENTS ON 1971-72 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: First Meetings: Notre Dame University and Biscayne College Series Resumed: Lehigh University and Holy Cross College 1971-72 CAPTAIN: Jim Crawford PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FUHS Fuse RAPCZYNSKI Rap-CHIN'-ski The 1971- m Seasoii Tfe~* X 6-4 junior Jim Crawford (no. 23), the lost experienced member ol this year's La Salle team, is shown completing , thirteen-point effort in the Explorers' 91-76 Palestra victory over Western Ki itucky. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF JOHN J. CONBOY Athletic Director John J. (Jack) Conboy was named La Salle Athletic Director on January 3, 1969, succeeding James J. Henry, who retired January 1 after 35 years as Explorer A.D. Conboy, 46, graduated from La Salle in 1950. He recently retired from the U.S. Army, after 20 years service, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A veteran of three wars (World War II, Korea and Vietnam), Conboy served on the ROTC staff at La Salle from 1960 to 1964. 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 MBA degree in Industrial Management from Temple University, resides in Drexel Hill with his wife, Anne, and four children. PAUL W. WESTHEAD Head Basketball Coach Paul W. Westhead, now in his sec- ond year as head coach at La Salle, directed last year's Explorers to twenty victories in twenty-seven games. Westhead's 1970-71 five won ten consecutive contests during the season, upset NCAA semifinalist Western Kentucky and NCAA finalist Villanova, and participated in the National Invitational Tournament. A great defensive player at St. Joseph's College, Westhead was of- ten matched with success against an opponent's top scorer by his coach, Dr. Jack Ramsay. He returned to his alma mater in 1968 as assistant athletic director and coach of St. Joseph's '69-70 freshman team which compiled a 21-2 record, best in the school's history. Previously, Westhead had established himself as one of the finest young coaches in the area at Cheltenham High School. In four years (1964-68) at the suburban Philadelphia school, Paul gradually built a winning tradition. In 1968, he took his squad to the P.I.A.A. playoffs for the first time in the school's history and advanced all the way to the state finals. Westhead received his bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's in 1961, and a master's degree in English from Villanova, in 1963. He has done work towards his Ph.D. at Temple University, has served on the English faculty both at Cheltenham and St. Joseph's, and has taught English at La Salle. Westhead, 32, his wife, Catherine, and three children live in suburban Drexel Hill, Pa. JOSEPH C. O'CONNOR Assistant Basketball Coach Joseph C. O'Connor, who had coached Bishop Eustace Prep's bas- ketball teams to a fantastic 69-6 record over his last three seasons, made a successful debut as Paul Westhead's assistant in 1970-71, and guided the Explorer frosh to a fine 14-8 season. The 30-year-old coach, who puts great stress on fundamentals, had been on the staff at suburban New Jersey's Bishop Eustace for seven years, the last four as head coach. In 1968-69, Eustace went all the way to win the New Jersey State Championship. Joe's overall won-loss record as head coach was 78-17. O'Connor, a resident of Upper Darby, is a 1963 graduate of St. Joseph's College with a bachelor's degree in history. PAUL GALLAGHER Assistant Basketball Coach Paul Gallagher, a former member of the Explorer varsity and later head coach at Monsignor Bonner High School, returns as a La Salle assistant under Paul Westhead in 1971-72. The 1964 La Salle graduate was a re- serve on the Explorer varsity for two I years. He served as assistant coach at \^ ^S M Bonner before becoming head coach at p- St. James High, in Chester in 1966-67. '^^ ^^ Gallagher returned to Bonner as head coach the following year. His three year won-loss record of 57-19 included a fine 24-6 mark in 1969-70.