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La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1977 La Salle College Basketball Handbook 1977-1978 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 1977-1978" (1977). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 21. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/21 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. 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Mgr Page 8 1977-78 Outlook Page 9 Profiles of Explorer Varsity Players Pages 10-18 Review of the 1976-77 Season Page 19 1976-77 Final Statistics & Results Page 20 La Salle High Marks, Attendance Page 21 Top Opponent Marks Page 21 1976-77 Game by Game Scoring Page 22 1976-77 Game by Game Rebounding Page 22 All Time Tournament Records Page 23 Big Five History Page 24 ECC History Page 25 Year by Year Basketball Summary Pages 26-27 La Salle All Time Individual & Team Records Pages 28-29 Opponent X-Rays Pages 30-47 Series Records vs. All Collegiate Opponents Pages 48-50 Former La Salle Players in the Pros Page 51 La Salle Alumni Currently Coaching Page 52 La Salle Athletic Committee Page 52 Ticket Information Page 52 The La Salle Story Inside Back Cover 1977-78 Schedule Back Cover All Photography by Lewis Tanner ON THE COVER: Senior Jim Wolkiewicz and Head Coach Paul Westhead 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 [l^i^ V .' Philadelphia, Penna. 19141 Office Phone: (Area Code 215) 951 1080 Home Phone: 215-449 3464 Limited quantity of handbooks available to the Public at $1.00 1977-78 FINGERTIP INFORMATION INSTITUTION: LaSalle College LOCATION: 20th Street and Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 ENROLLMENT: 3,546 FOUNDED: 1863 TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers COLORS: Blue and Gold CONFERENCE: East Coast Conference AFFILIATIONS: Big Five, ECAC PRESIDENT: Brother Patrick Ellis, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Jack Conboy (LaSalle, 1950) ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS: Joe O'Donnell (LaSalle, 1965) and Kathy Wear (West Chester, 1969) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: Paul Westhead (St. Joseph's, 1961), 8th year, 109-80 ASSISTANT COACHES: Ken Durrett (La Salle, 1971) and Joe O'Connor (St. Joseph's, 1963) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Larry Eldridge, Jr. (Villa- nova, 1975) ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Worgan (Northeastern, 1968) EQUIPMENT MANAGER: James "Mickey" McLaughlin 1976-77 RECORD: 17-12, 2nd in ECC playoffs, 3rd in Big Five LETTERMEN LOST (2): 7'0" Donn Wilber (17.2 ppg., 8.8 rpg.) and 6'8" Robert Harvey (2.1 ppg., 0.7 rpg.) LETTERMEN RETURNING (11): Michael Brooks (19.9 ppg., 10.7 rpg.), Reggie Miller (8.6 ppg., 3.9 rpg.), 6'1" Darryl Gladden (8.2 ppg.), 6'0" Tony Di Leo (6.8 ppg.), 6'1" Kurt Kanaskie (6.5 ppg.), 6'6" Jim Wolkiewicz (6.2 ppg.), 6'4" Tony Plakis (3.2 ppg.), 6'7" Mark Spain (1.7 ppg), 6'0" Joe Mihalich (1 .2 ppg.); 6'7" Mo Connolly (1.0 ppg.), and Gregg Metzinger (did not play last year). NEWCOMERS: 6'7" freshman Stan Williams (18 ppg., 15 rpg.); 6'2" freshman Kevin Lynam (14 ppg.), and 5'11" fresh- man Gregg Webster (14 ppg.). HOME COURTS: The Palestra - University of Pennsylvania, 33rd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 - Capa- city 9,200 (215-243-4747). Hayman Hall - La Salle College, 20th Street and Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 - Capacity 1,000 (21 5 951 -1 51 5) The Spectrum — Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, Philadel- phia, Pa. 19148 - Capacity 18,516 (215-336-3600) MMM 1977-78 ROAD HEADQUARTERS Date Game Hotel Phone 11/30 Bucknell Holiday Inn 717-743-1111 Selinsgrove, Pa. 12/9 First Union Raddisson Hotel 704-377-0400 12/10 Invitational Charlotte, N.C. 12/28 Louisville Executive Inn W. 502-267-2251 12/29 Classic Louisville, Ky. 1/4 Western Holiday Inn Mid- 502-842-9543 Kentucky town, Nashville, Ky. 1/8 Hofstra Holiday Inn 516-486-4100 Hempstead, N.Y. 1/18 Syracuse Marriott 315-432-0200 Syracuse, N.Y. 1/14 Duquesne Hyatt House 412-391-5000 Pittsburgh, Pa. 1/24 Biscayne Holiday Inn 305-932-1800 Miami, Florida 2/10 Canisius Executive Inn 716-634-2300 Buffalo, N.Y. 2/22 St. Bonaventure Holiday Inn 716-373-1500 Oleon, N.Y. 2/25 Vermont Sheraton 802-862-6576 Burlington, Vt. 1977-78 RADIO & TELEVISION INFORMATION 12/17 Penn 9:00 P. WPHL-TV; WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM 1/11 Drexel 5:00 P. WHAT-AM 1/21* Duke 4:00 P. M . KYW-TV; WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM 1/28 Temple 3:30 P. M WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM 2/1 Notre Dame 9:00 P.M.. WPHL-TV; WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM 2/4 St. Joseph's 9.00 P. M WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM 2/8 American 7:00 P. M WHAT-AM 2/15 Stetson 7:00 P. WHAT-AM 2/18 Villanova 8.00 P. M WHAT-AM; WWDB-FM *ECAC-TVS Game of the Week WPHL-TV Channel 17 WHAT-AM 1340 WWDB-FM 96.5 KYW-TV Channel 3 PRESIDENT OF LA SALLE COLLEGE BROTHER F. PATRICK ELLIS, F.S.C., Ph.D. Brother F. Patrick Ellis, F.S.C., Ph.D., became La Salle College's 26th president on January 1, 1977 after having served as director of develop- ment and vice president of the corpora- tion of the college since June, 1969. A 48-year old native of Baltimore, he succeeded Brother Daniel Burke, F.S.C. Ph.D., who served as the president of the college for the previous seven and one-half years. Brother Ellis, a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools since 1946, joined the La Salle staff in 1960 as an assistant professor of English. He has been at the college since then except for a term as principal of La Salle High School, in Miami, Fla., from 1962 to 1964. Brother Ellis returned to La Salle in 1964 and served as director of the college's Honors Program until 1969 when he was named director of development and vice president of the Corporation. Brother Ellis was awarded a Lindback Foundation Award for dis- tinguished teaching in 1965 and currently holds the academic rank of professor of English. He served as director of the Christian Brothers Community at La Salle, from 1973 until February, 1977. Brother Ellis served at Philadelphia's West Catholic High School for Boys from 1951 to 1958 and again from 1959 to 1960 in various capacities including chairman of the English Department and guidance director. The author of numerous articles in educational publication, Brother Ellis former chairman of the Eastern Region, College and University Department of the National Catholic Educational Asso- ciation. He also conducted a "How To Read Great Books" series for the "University of the Air" on Philadelphia's WFIL-TV in 1961 and 1965. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was president of the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Philadelphia for two terms. Brother Ellis, a 1946 graduate of Baltimore's Calvert Hall College High School, received an A.B. degree in English from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 1951. He earned a master's degree and doctorate in English from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also studied at Barry College and the Institut Catholique, in Paris.