U.N.C. Basketball Blue Book

'• ' • « ;' • ";• | | #» •• . "" :* - '"' I life ?.: "::*:::,' iii» I" 1: \ '3v1L, TAR HEELS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL *Kft> L3M%/ Here Comes 1967-68 TAR HEEL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DECEMBER FEBRUARY Sat. 2 8:00 Virginia Tech CHAPEL HILL Thur. 1 8:00 Florida State CHAPEL HILL Wed. 6 8:00 Kent State U CHAPEL HILL Sat. 3 8:00 Maryland College Park, Md. Sat. 9 8:00 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Tue. 6 8:00 Virginia CHAPEL HILL Tue. 12 8:00 Kentucky Greensboro Thur. 8 8:00 Wake Forest Winston-Salem Sat. 16 8:00 Princeton Greensboro Sat. 10 2:00 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 27-30 FAR WEST CLASSIC, Portland, Ore. Mon. 12 8:30 N. C. State CHAPEL HILL Thur. 28 7:00 Stanford (Utah, Oregon, Princeton, Fri. 16 7:30 Clemson Charlotte Texas, St., St.) Oregon Washington Sat. 17 9:30 South Carolina Charlotte Wed. 21 8:00 Maryland CHAPEL HILL JANUARY Sat. 24 8:00 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Wed. 3 8:30 Wake Forest CHAPEL HILL Wed. 28 8:00 South Carolina CHAPEL HILL Sat. 6 2:00 Duke CHAPEL HILL MARCH Wed. 10 8:30 N. C. State Raleigh Sat. 13 8:00 Clemson Clemson, S. C. Sat. 2 2:00 Duke Durham Sat. 27 8:00 Georgia Tech Charlotte 7-9 ACC TOURNAMENT Charlotte Meet the 1967-68 The University Administration HEELS CHANCELLOR J. CARLYLE SITTERSON TAR OTHER UNIVERSITY OFFICERS Business Manager J. A. Williams 1966-67 ACC and EASTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Director of Development Charles M. Shaffer Dean of Student Affairs CO. Cathey the Atlantic Coast Conference Member of Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences C. Arden Miller Provost C. Hugh Holman FOR PRESS, RADIO, TV THIS BROCHURE Dean of Graduate School James C. Ingram AND THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Assistant to Chancellor Claiborne Jones Chairman of the Faculty F. N. Cleaveland Dean of College of Arts and Sciences J. C. Morrow CONTENTS CONSOLIDATED UNIVERSITY OFFICERS Administration and Basketball Directory 1 President William C. Friday UNC Basketball History 2 Assistant to the President Rudolph Pate Chancellor Carlyle Sitterson 3 Vice President for Academic Affairs William Wells Athletic Director Erickson 4 Assistant Vice President and Treasurer A. H. Shepard, Jr. Coach Dean Smith 5, 6, 7, 8 Vice President for Institutional Studies A. K. King Assistant Coaches Lotz and Guthridge 9 Vice President for University Relations Fred Weaver Trainer John Lacey 10 Vice President for University Public Service UNC Coaches Through the Years 10 Programs C. E. Bishop The Tar Heels Year By Year 10 Varsity Squad Picture and Roster 11 THE BASKETBALL DIRECTORY Preview for the Season 12 Athletic Director Charles P. Erickson Player Profiles 13-20 Assistant Athletic Director Walter Rabb All Time Records 20 Director of Freshman Athletics Joe Hilton Meet the Opponents 21-22, 27, 33 Business Manager of Athletics Vernon Crook Picture Story—ACC and Eastern Regional Champions 23-26 Faculty Chairman of Athletics Dr. E. M. Hedgpeth Tar Heel Honor Roll 33 Director of Sports Information Jack Williams About the University 34-36 Ticket Manager Mrs. Jean Keller Carmichael Auditorium 37 The Educational Foundation 38 Final 1966-67 Statistics 39 THE ATHLETIC COUNCIL Team Managers 39 Dr. E. M. Hedgpeth, Chairman James T. Beatty (Alumni) 20 Cage Championships in 57 Years 39 Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson William A. Blount (Alumni) (ex-Officio) Basketball Lettermen Since 1961 40 Hubert S. Rand (Alumni) Charles P. Erickson (ex-Officio) Carolina's Greatest Players 41 Robert Travis (Student) A. Fetzer (ex-Officio) Freshman Squad Picture and Roster 42 R. Robert Orr (Student) O. K. Cornwell (Faculty) Freshman Schedule, Prospectus, Asst. Coach Carless 43 Terry Henry (Monogram Dr. Frank Hanft (Faculty) Representative) Tar Heel Road Headquarters, Press, Radio and TV 43 The Record Against All Opponents 44 THE BASKETBALL STAFF All-Time Scores 45-47 1966-67 Results, Top Ten Scorers 48 Head Coach Dean Smith Athletic Facilities, Foy Roberson Award 48 Assistant Coach John Lotz Assistant Coach Bill Guthridge EDITING: Jack Williams / DESIGN: Colonial Press of Chapel Hill Trainer John E. Lacey Assistant Trainer Oakie Pickard THE COVERS—Everybody in Chapel Hill looks up to the University Physician Dr. E. M. Hedgpeth Carolina Tar Heels. The two youngsters (and the dog) pic- Team Dentist Dr. Marvin Chapin tured on the front cover are chatting with their heroes (left to right) Rusty Clark, Larry Miller, Dick Grubar and Dick Equipment Manager John J. Keller, Jr. Bunting. The players hold the trophies Carolina won last Varsity Managers Randy Forehand, Bob Coleman season when it swept the Atlantic Coast Conference and Eastern championships. The back cover features Dean Smith, Freshman Manager Bob Crawford ACC Coach of the Year in 1966-67, and shows Larry Miller, Photographer Mike Ronman the ACC Player of the Year, and Joe Brown in action against Boston College in the Eastern championship game. History of UNC Basketball: It's Magic "Let's Go CAR-O-LIN-A!" That's the war cry which has inspired University of North Carolina athletes through 56 years of basketball competition. And Tar Heels everywhere will tell you—you ain't heard nothing yet. Enthusiasm these days is at an all-time high as Carolina takes the court under the direction of Dean Smith, one of the country's brightest and boldest coaches. Carolina basketball is big—anyway you look at it. And here are some reasons why: 1. In the 56 years of competition, Tar Heel teams have won a whopping total of 881 games while losing only 395. Twice— in 1924 and 1957—UNC won the national collegiate championship. And in the 1966-67 season, the Tar Heels threatened to do it again, going all the way to the NCAA semi-finals. 2. The Tar Heels play before big crowds. Twenty- six of the team's 32 games in 1966-67 were played before sellout crowds. The only game played at home that wasn't a sellout was the contest with Wake Forest. There was a snowstorm the night of the game and even the Wake Forest team was stranded on the highway 45 minutes trying to get to the gym. 3. The Tar Heels play big-time foes. Carolina teams travel from coast-to-coast, meeting such peren- Dick Grubar and Friends nial powers as Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Kansas, Utah, Cincinnati, Princeton, Indiana, and Quigg, Pete Brennan, Tommy Kearns and Bob Cun- many more. But is nowhere the competition tougher ningham. than in Carolina's own Atlantic Coast Conference. The teams in that league, North Carolina State, Wake Other Tar Heel teams have been threats for the Forest, Duke, South Carolina, Clemson, Maryland and national title. The 1946 team coached by Ben Carne- Virginia, are all traditional rivals. vale went all the way to the national finals where it bowed to Oklahoma A and M and the great Bob Kur- 4. Carolina has big-time facilities. Carmichael land by only 43-40. This team featured such stars as Auditorium—called "The Blue Heaven" is a beautiful John (Hook) Dillon, Bones McKinney, Bob Paxton, Jim arena, seating 8,800. Other facilities athletic at the White and Jim Jordan. University are among the best to be found anywhere. Dean Smith's 1966-67 team made magic, too. This Carolina started playing intercollegiate basketball Tar Heel club swept the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1911 and has fielded a team every year since. The championship, defeating the state rivals, Duke, North first great team was the 1924 club which was voted Carolina State and Wake Forest, three times each. by the Helms Foundation as the National Champion. It featured such great players as Jack Cobb, Cart- Smith's team then won the Eastern championship wright Carmichael and Monk McDonald. This club with convincing wins over Princeton and Boston Col- swept 24 straight games. lege. The Tar Heels lost to Dayton in the national semifinals. The 1957 Carolina team, coached by Frank McGuire, duplicated the trick of the 1924 team, also It is interesting to note that 47 of Carolina's 56 sweeping the national championship and going basketball teams have had winning seasons. Since through an entire season undefeated. This club won 1945, 17 of the 23 Tar Heel teams have won 15 or more 32 in a row. games. The 1957 team defeated Kansas and the great Wilt The teams of 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1957, 1959, and Chamberlain, 54-53, in the NCAA finals in a thriller 1967 topped the 20-victory mark. that went into three overtimes. Lennie Rosenbluth, voted Helms Foundation Player of the Year, was the There is no doubt about it. Tar Heel basketball is star of that Tar Heel team. Other starters were Joe big—and getting bigger all the time. [2] Number One Follower of Tar Heel Athletics Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson, the No. 1 fan of University of North Carolina athletic teams, celebrated the Tar Heels' great 1966-67 basketball season by in- viting all the squadmen to his home for dinner. And the Tar Heels returned the favor by presenting the Chancellor an "NCAA Tournament watch." Chancellor Sitterson long has been an enthusiastic follower of all Tar Heel teams. The busy and often frantic schedule of being Chancellor of one of Ameri- ca's great Universities does not interfere with his at- tendance at major sports events on campus. Whether the Tar Heels win or lose, the Chancellor usually is the first man in the dressing room after a big game. He walks from player to player, expressing his admiration for a game well played. Chancellor Sitterson has an approach to athletics that is basic and understandable. "I look at our athletic department in the same manner I might look at our English or our history department," he says.

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