<VD|tf^ *Ul*& UNIVERSITY OF RTH CAR LINA 1964-65 Tar Heel Basketball Schedule Opponent Site Date Clemson Chapel Hill Dec. 1 (8:00 p.m.) Georgia Athens, Ga. Dec. 3 (8:00 p.m.) S. Carolina Columbia, S. C. Dec. 5 WHO (8:00 p.m.) Kentucky Charlotte Dec. 7 WE (8:00 p.m.) Tulane Chapel Hill Dec. 10 PLAY (8:00 p.m.) Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 12 (2:00 p.m.) Vanderbilt Greensboro Dec. 14 (8:00 p.m.) Miss. State Blacksburg, Va. Dec. 18 (V.P.I. Tournament) (8:00 p.m.) VPI or Ala. Blacksburg, Va. Dec. 19 (V.P.I. Tournament) (8:00 p.m.) Florida Gainesville. Fla. Dec. 21 (8:00 p.m.) Maryland College Park, Md. Jan. 4 (8:15 p.m.) Wake Forest Winston-Salem Jan. 6 (8:00 p.m.) Duke Durham Jan. 9 (8:00 p.m.) N. C. State Chapel Hill Jan. 13 (8:00 p.m.) Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Jan. 16 (2:00 p.m.) Maryland Chapel Hill Jan. 30 (2:00 p.m.) Tar Heel Headquarters N.Y.U. Greensboro Feb. 6 (8:00 p.m.) Date Hotel and City Foe Wake Forest Chapel Hill Feb. 9 Dec. 3—Holiday Inn Georgia (8:00 p.m.) Athens, Ga. N. C. State Raleigh Feb. 17 5- Hotel So. Carolina Dec. -Columbia (8:00 p.m.) Columbia, S. C. Charlotte Feb. 19 Dec. 7—Coliseum Motor Court, Kentucky S. Carolina Charlotte, N. C. (8:00 p.m.) Dec. 12—Van Orman Suburban Indiana Clemson Charlotte Feb. 20 Ind. Bloomington, (8:00 p.m.) 18-19 Imperial Motor Lodge VPI Tourney Dec. — Chapel Hill Feb. 23 Blacksburg, Va. Virginia (8:00 p.m.) Jan. 4—DuPont Plaza Hotel Maryland Washington, D. C. Duke Chapel Hill Feb. 27 p.m.) Jan. 16—Town & Country Lodge Virginia (2:00 Charlottesville, Va. ACC Tourn. Raleigh Mar. 4-6 Feb. 19-20—Coliseum Motor Court So. Carolina, Charlotte, N. C. Clemson THE VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD AT UNC— 1964-65 Front row, left to right. Donnie Moe, Captain Billy Cunningham, Mike Smith; second row: Coach Dean Smith, Johnny Yokley, Pud Hassell, Bill Brown, Kay Respess, Bob Bennett, Jimmy Smithwick, Assistant Coach Ken Rose- tnond; back row, Trainer John Lacey, Ian Morrison, Mark Mirken, Tom Gauntlett, Bob Lewis, Manager Joe Young- blood. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1964-65 1B<z&&et&atl IBtue 2W FOR PRESS, RADIO, TV, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOB QUINCY, Editor PAT STITH, PEGGY SCHNEIDER, Associate Editors CONTENTS Varsity Schedule Inside Front Basketball's Winningest Teams 12 Road Headquarters Inside Front The Educational Foundation 12 Preview of the Season 3 What the Past Greats Are Doing 13 Profile of Coach Dean Smith 3 1963-64 Results 14 Administration and Basketball Directory 4 Varsity Player Profiles 15-23 About the University 5 The Honor Roll 24 Athletic Director Chuck Erickson 6 Year-By-Year Results and Coaches 24 The Freshman Staff 8 Opponents of the Tar Heels 25-32 The Freshman Squad 9 All-Time Opponents of UNC 33 Walter Rabb and John Lacey 10 All-Time Scores 34-36 All-Time Records 11 The Varsity Roster and Statistics Inside Back i; $ FRONT COVER: Billy Cunningham (left) and Bob Lewis, two men who often go into orbit around a l| backboard, beef up on their solar directions with an astronaut. The photo is by Orville Campbell, while I: I Nell Atwater designed the planets. The space suit is courtesy Julian Scheer the National Aeronautics i \ of || and Space Administration. It once was worn by Walter Schirra and is modeled here by Pat Stith. BACK COVER: Captain Cunningham in his flying boots. These pictures were gathered over a period % varsity seasons— the All-America center staying constantly on the move. I of two and show || *:„ '', :.;,-. > ><~ . x-:. liT^iMi^i*..^-- \ -M^mM CAROLINA AND ITS CAGE FUTURE No team in the nation tackles a more ambitious listed within the first seven games. All will be played schedule than North Carolina, year in, year out. The on the road. 1964-65 list of opponents for the Tar Heels is awesome. A tough but interesting season is in the making. In fact, it looks as if Dean Smith's high jumpers are competing for two crowns—those of the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conference. Carolina plays the other seven members of the ACC, also engages six and pos- About Dean Smith sibly a seventh from the SEC, depending upon the out- come of the VPI Invitational Tournament. Dean Smith, a 33-year-old native of Emporia, Kan- Independent New York University and Indiana of sas, begins his fourth season as head coach at the Uni- the Big Ten are other outside foes. Both are expected versity of North Carolina. He succeeded the successful to be strong and willing. Frank McGuire in 1961, when the latter entered pro "The schedule presents a real challenge," says ranks. Coach Dean Smith. "We must be extra good if we suc- The coach's theory on basketball brings together a ceed because two thirds of our games are on the road. variety of offenses, with a sizable helping of the We are a traveling team—and you know the old story "shuffle," which Smith garnishes with his own inno- about home court advantage." vations. He is a strong believer in man-to-man defense, Smith frankly admits he expects his Tar Heels to a throwback to his winning college career; but here, be an exciting group, capable of many good nights on too, he can apply other techniques, depending upon ihe the court. He lost four seniors from last year's squad opponent. Carolina's three-year rebuilding record but the hub of the wheel, Billy Cunningham, is back under Coach Smith is 37 wins against 27 defeats in for more fancy turns. facing the toughest opposition available. Cunningham, who has played two sensational sea- During 1964-65, for example, the Tar Heels meet sons for Carolina, was named team captain by a vote such teams as Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Duke, NYU, In- of squadmen. Sportswriters have named him All-Every- diana, plus fellow memoers of the strong Atlantic Coast Conference. is in the of "Tobacco an thing. Billy is a leader and a point-getter. UNC hub Road," area noted for its heated basketball rivalries. "The strength of this year's team should be its re- Smith's most colorful team in his first three years bounding," cites Smith. "For the past two seasons, we was produced in 1962-63. Led by the play-maicing of have depended upon Cunningham to carry the load. Larry Brown, later to be chosen for an Olympic cage Billy did a superb job, but it wore him down as the berth, the Tar Heels compiled a 15-6 record. Important game progressed. wins that season came at the expense of Kentucky and "Now there are others to help. One is Bob Lewis, Notre Dame. who had a great freshman year. There is Mark Mirken, First season under Smith found the Carolina squad a strong fellow who has marks of real promise. Bob finishing with an 8-9 mark. Last year the record read Bennett and Ray Respess, our veterans, should improve 12-12, a semi-final berth in the ACC tournament and their board work. We will go after the ball." an All-America certificate for Center Billy Cunning- Coach Smith's pattern of play calls for many varie- ham. ties of offense, including the "shuffle," brain-child of Coach Smith was McGuire's assistant at Chapel Hill Bruce Drake, once of Oklahoma, who is a friend of the for three years. When McGuire, whose club won a Carolina tutor. Defensively, the Tar Heels prefer man- National Championship in 1957, was signed by the then to-man, but can improvise and switch to other sets if Philadelphia Warriors, Smith was promoted to the top the mission requires it. position. The Tar Heels of last season had several shortcom- Smith was a member of the 1952 University of Kan- ings. They scored at a fast clip (77.5 per game) but sas club that won a national crown and the 1953 outfit their defensive weakness allowed a like number of which was runner-up in the NCAA finals. After gradua- points put up against them. The backcourt had its prob- tion, Dean joined the KU staff. Later he went into lems in setting up play patterns. Too often a pressing service and played and coached in Germany. defense upset the plan of attack. While North Carolina was at Kansas City in March of 1957 for the NCAA, Coach Smith met with McGuire "Our chief problem is our backcourt," admits the and discussed the possibilities of teaming up. Dean, coach, "but we think it will be vastly improved. Every then on the Air Force Academy staff coaching day we work hard on that phase—and we use numerous who was baseball golf, resigned became a players to find the most workable combination. We'll basketball, and and continue this approach throughout the season." Tar Heel in 1958. An all-around athlete at Kansas, Dean played base- Bill Brown, who played sparringly last year, may be ball and freshman football as well as basketball under the quarterback Tar Heels it the are seeking. Or may the famed Dr. Phog Allen. be Johnny Yokley, swift and energetic. Lewis, who set At Carolina, Coach Smith has impressed basketball a frosh scoring mark of 37 per game, is capable of pundits with his technical knowledge of the game and playing at guard.