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La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1973 La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1973-1974 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 1973-1974" (1973). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 17. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/17 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 1973-74 Prospectus 7 Profiles of the Explorer Varsity Players 9-12 1973-74 Sub Varsity Schedule 15 Opponent X-Rays 16-32 Section II —Past Records The 1972-73 Season in Review 36 1972-73 Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 39 Final 1972-73 Individual Statistics 40 1972-73 Big Five Standings 40 1972-73 Middle Atlantic Conference Standings 42 La Salle All-Time Individual and Team Records 43-44 Tournament Records (Holiday) 45-46 Tournament Records (Post-Season) 47-48 Explorer Century Marks 48 Series Records vs. All Collegiate Opponents 49-51 Year-by-Year La Salle Game Results 52-60 Cover Design by Lou Mendicino Photography by Charles F. Sibre 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 B. BATORY Sports Information Director, La Salle College News Bureau Philadelphia, Penna. 19141 V^Fk. Office Phone: (Area Code 215) ^J*^ M Victor 8-8300, Ext. 465 J| j Home Phone: 609 662 0212 H K^H Limited quantity of Handbooks available to the Public at 75< each. 1 1973-74 SEASON AT A GLANCE INSTITUTION: La Salle College LOCATION: 20th Street and Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 TELEPHONE: (Area Code 215) 848-8300 COLLEGE FOUNDED: 1863 1973 ENROLLMENT: 6600 TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers COLORS: Blue and Gold CONFERENCE: Middle Atlantic, University-East 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: Joseph B. Batory (La Salle, 1964) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: Paul W. Westhead (St. Joseph's, 1961), Fourth Year, 41-36 ASSISTANT COACHES: Joseph O'Connor (St. Joseph's, 1963); Paul Gal- lagher (La Salle, 1964); Dave "Lefty" Ervin (La Salle, 1968) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dr. Eugene Gallagher (La Salle, 1947) ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Greer EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Charles M. Loughran 1972-73 VARSITY RECORD: 15-10, overall; 3-3 conference (fourth); 1-3, Big Five (fourth) LETTERMEN LOST: 6-5 Jim Crawford (grad., 19.6 ppg.-9.0 rpg.); Bill Fox (grad., 0.8 ppg.-0.4 rpg.); Bob Jones (transfer, 12.4 ppg.-2.6 rpg.) RETURNING LETTERMEN: 6-1 senior Steve Baruffi (4.7 ppg.-0.6 rpg.); 6-6 senior Joe DiCocco (9.0 ppg.-9.5 rpg.); 6-4 senior Frank Doyle (3.8 ppg. 1.7 rpg.); 5-10 senior Frank Moffatt (4.2 ppg.-1.5 rpg.); 6-5 senior Joe Rapczynski (1.0 ppg.-0.6 rpg.); 6-8 junior Kevin McBain (1.5 ppg.- 1.5 rpg.); 6-5 junior Bill Taylor (17.7 ppg.-6.1 rpg.); 5-10 junior Steve Wiley (1.0 ppg.-0.4 rpg.); 6-0 sophomore Charlie Wise (7.1 ppg.-2.6 rpg.) TOP NEWCOMERS: 6-10 sophomore Joe Bryant and 6-7 Soph. Varick Cutler; 6-10 frosh Donn Wilber and 6-0 frosh Barry Brodzinski. NEW OPPONENTS ON 1973-74 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Series Resumed— Holv Cross and Ru ners 1973-74 CAPTAINS: Frank Moffatt and Joe DiCocco PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RAPCZYNSKI Rap-CHIN'-ski DiCOCCO Di-co'-co 2 7»e WJ-74 Season fc ? '' f \ - V* ^#J 1 >^ *^7 ^^ ^Tv*5A *3--*I -5S"^ i 3 V ! ; * - i^'jflft ^ a A * 1 KV 1 \W^ ^ i 1 1 bfltnik t P Explorer frontcourters Billy Taylor (no. 24) and Joe DiCocco (no. 34) demonstrate the art of successful board crashing. 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 had retired after 35 years as Explorer A.D. A 1950 graduate of La Salle, Conboy recently retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel after 20 years service. A vet- eran of three wars (WW II, Korea and Vietnam), he served on the ROTC staff at La Salle from 1960-64. Conboy was a member of St. Joseph's Prep's last city championshio football team in 1939, and 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, 47, 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 new $4.0 million 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 && * %. s v 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 Bill Wilkinson with the 1970 Explorer soccer team which posted the first winning season in the college's history. O'Donnell, 29, and his wife Marie, reside in northeast Philadelphia. tA Dr. Eugene Gallagher Charles M. Loughran Team Physician Equipment Manager MEET THE EXPLORER COACHING STAFF PAUL W. WESTHEAD Head Basketball Coach La Salle College basketball coach Paul Westhead, 33, who rapidly es- tablished himself as one of the better young strategists in the game, is in his fourth year as the Explorers' head mentor. Westhead lists a career coaching mark of 41-36, highlighted by his 1970-71 five capturing 20 of 27 con- tests, upsetting NCAA semi-finalists Western Kentucky and Villanova, and participating in the NIT. Last year, Westhead guided his young squad to a 15-10 record, which earned him the 'Big Five Coach of the Year' Award from the B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge of Philadelphia, and a new four year contract from La Salle. Westhead began his career at Cheltenham high in 1964, gradually build- ing a winning tradition, which culminated in the suburban 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 director at St. Joseph's College, and coached the 1969-70 Hawk freshmen to an un- paralleled 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. This past summer, Westhead visited Bahia, Brazil to stage a court clinic as part of the state depart- ment's 'Partners of the Americas' exchange program. A 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's College, Westhead received a master's degree from Villanova University in 1963, and had done some Ph.D. work at Temple University. He has also served on the English department facul- ties at Cheltenham high, St.