La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1985 La Salle University Basketball 1985-1986 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle University Basketball 1985-1986" (1985). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 30. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/30 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]. — - -™L— Ai M 1 A r 1 r • 1 1 %1/ 1 * a £i : LuF r»S '< £ f*C ^ : 1985-1986 ROSTER NAME CLASS POS. HT. WT. HIGH SCHOOL/HOMETOWN Ron Barnes JR c 6-8 220 Wingate (Brooklyn, NY)/Kenbridge, VA Mike Boligitz SR G 5-9 160 Father Judge/Philadelphia, PA Craig Conlin FR F 6-6 225 La Salle/North Hills, PA Chip Greenberg SR G 6-4 185 La Salle/Abington, PA Terence Jackson SO G 5-8 155 Radnor (PA)/Trenton, NJ Gary Jones JR G 6-2 185 Pennsbury/Morrisville, PA Larry Koretz JR F 6-7 225 G.A.R. Memorial/Wilkes-Barre, PA Eric Lee SO F/C 6-7 200 Cherry Hill West/Cherry Hill, NJ Tim Legler SO F/G 6-4 200 J.R. Tucker/Richmond, VA Ken Palczewski SO F 6-7 225 Colonia/Avenal, NJ Leonard Robinson FR G 6-1 175 Upper Dublin/North Hills, PA Rich Tarr SO G 6-0 170 Shamokin/Shamokin, PA HEAD COACH: Dave (Lefty) Ervin ASSISTANTS: Fran Dunphy, Joe Mihalich, Sam Rines CAPTAINS: Chip Greenberg, Gary Jones MANAGERS: John Dubyk, Perry Engard, Mike Watkins TRAINER: Dan Eck NUMERICAL ROSTER 10 Mike Boligitz 23 Leonard Robinson 34 Ken Palczewski 14 Rich Tarr 24 Ron Barnes 35 Tim Legler 20 Chip Greenberg 25 Gary Jones 42 Craig Conlin 22 Terence Jackson 31 Eric Lee 44 Larry Koretz 1985-86 LA SALLE BASKETBALL (FRONT): Ken Palczewski; Ron Barnes; Larry Koretz; Gary Jones (Co-Captain); Chip Greenberg (Co-Captain); Eric Lee; Craig Conlin; Tim Legler. (BACK): Managers Perry Engard, Mike Watkins, John Dubyk; Assistant Coaches Fran Dunphy, Sam Rines; Terence Jackson; Rich Tarr; Mike Boligitz; Leonard Robinson; Head Coach Lefty Ervin; Assistant Coach Joe Mihalich; Mickey McLaughlin (Equipment Manager); Dan Eck (Trainer); Bill Bradshaw (Athletic Director). LA SALLE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL 1985-1986 La Salle University 20th Street & Olney Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19141 PRESIDENT Brother F. Patrick Ellis, F.S.C., Ph. D. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Bill Bradshaw ATHLETIC DIRECTORY (area code 215) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kathleen Wear ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Meier Bill Bradshaw 951-1516 FOUNDED March 20, 1863 COLLEGE Kathleen Wear 951-1523 UNIVERSITY STATUS May 24, 1984 Tom Meier 951-1673 ENROLLMENT (Day & Evening) 7000 Lefty Ervin 951-1518 Explorers NICKNAME Joe Mihalich 951-1635 Blue & Gold COLORS Fran Dunphy 951-1636 CONFERENCE Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Sports Information 951-1605,1606 AFFILIATIONS Frank Bertucci, home 342-8487 National Collegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA) telecopier 951-1694 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) CONTENTS PAGE CONTENTS PAGE La Salle University 2 Coaching Records, All-Time 34 Brother Patrick Ellis, President 3 1000/500 Point Clubs 35 Bill Bradshaw, AD 4 School Records, Individuals 36 Athletic Department Staff 5 School Records, Team 37 Lefty Ervin, Head Coach 6-7 All-Time Opponents 38-40 Assistant Coaches 8 All-Time Results 41-47 Player Profiles 10-18 1 954 NCAA Champions 48 1984-1985 Results, Statistics 20-22 NCAA/NIT 49 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 23-25 Holiday Tournaments 50 Philadelphia Big Five 26 Home Courts 51 1 985-1 986 Opponents 27-31 On The Sidelines 52 All-Time Records, Leaders 32-33 Television/Radio Inside Back Cover La Salle's Best, Tom Gola/Michael Brooks 34 La Salle's 1985-1986 Basketball Guide is a publication of the Sports Information Office. Sports Information Director Frank Bertucci Assistant Patty Moran Student Assistants Hugh Patrick Clancy, Gail Hopkins, Michelle Kelly, Pam Klopp, Marianne Schrama, John Wear Photography Martha Ledger, La Salle News Bureau Printed by Huntingdon Graphics 1085 Industrial Blvd. Southampton, PA 18966 LA SALLE UNIVERSITY On May 24. 1984 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officially granted University status to La Salle College. The name La Salle University may take some time getting used to. but the institution will continue to serve the community as it has since its founding in 1863. "As our destiny is in our own hands, there is every reason to be confident that we can retain and enhance ouremphasison the excellent teaching of undergraduates and on the relaxed accessibility of faculty and administrators to students," said La Salle President Brother Patrick Ellis. "Class size, activities, availability of computers and the like should not change except for the better." Founded by the Brothers of Christian Schools, La Salle is named for St. John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Christian Brothers. The institution which began as a one- building academy in center city Philadelphia is now a 78- acre, 36-building campus in Philadelphia's Germantown sec- tion. The La Salle day and evening faculty numbers 212 with degree programs offered in Arts, Science and Business. With a student-faculty ratio of 16-to-1 and an average class size of The athletic department is housed in Hayman Hall. The 21 , students can be assured of as much personal guidance as facility includes the 1700-seat Joseph Kirk Natatorium, three needed from faculty members. This commitment to the regulation-sized basketball courts, a 12 laps/mile suspended individual has always been a major tenet of the Christian running track, weight training and exercise areas, a sauna, Brothers' goals for La Salle. squash courts and a medical training area. Among the major buildings on campus are the David Leo La Salle students come from 200 public and private schools Lawrence Memorial Library; the Roland Holroyd Science in 30 states, and 20 countries. The dormitories house more Center with facilities for study and research in Biology, than 1 100 students in 1 1 residence halls and two apartment Chemistry, Geology, Physics, and Psychology; the Olney complexes. More than 75% of the student body goes on to Hall classroom building; and the Student Union which graduate study, with more than 1000 degrees conferred houses offices for most studentactivitiesand clubsand is the annually on day and evening division seniors. main meeting place on campus. La Salle students have been awarded 56 Fulbright grants since 1970, a total exceeded by only one other institution in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to a recent survey, La Salle ranked in the top 6% nationally among pri- vate undergraduate institutions originating Ph.D.'s (58th of 943 colleges and universities). "I am certain that as a university, La Salle not only will con- tinue, but expand, that tradition of excellence," said Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh on granting University Status to La Salle. It is a tradition that is being renewed by La Salle University. PRESIDENT BROTHER F. PATRICK ELLIS. F.S.C.. Ph.D. Brother Patrick is also vice-chairman of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, and on the boards of the American Council on Education; the Greater Philadelphia First Corporation; Philadelphia's Urban Affairs Partnership; Friends of Independence Hall; and the Police Athletic League. He has been named to a second three-year term on the Philadelphia Diocesan Council of Managers. Brother Patrick has authored numerous articles in educational publications, and conducted a "How to Read Great Books" series for the "University of the Air" on Philadelphia's WFIL-TV in 1961 and 1965. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was president of the Phi Betta Kappa Association of Philadelphia for two terms. An avid devotee of the arts all his life, Brother Patrick has per- formed in several productions over the years, the last being "Knickerbocker Holiday" at La Salle's Summer Theater in 1971 His sketches of local scenes frequently adorn his personal notes and Christmas cards. He has sung the National Anthem at a number of La Salle basketball games, and before several Philadelphia Phillies games at Veterans Stadium. Brother Patrick Ellis was installed as President of La Salle College on January 1 , 1977 and now hasthe honorof leading La Salle into a new era as a University. A member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools since 1946, Brother Patrick first joined the La Salle staff in 1960 as a pro- fessor of English. He has been associated with La Salle since that time, except for a term as principal of La Salle High School in Miami, FL from 1962-1964. He returned to Philadelphia in 1964, and was the Director of La Salle's Honors Program until 1969 when he was named Director of Development and Vice President of the Corporation. A native of Baltimore, MD, Brother Patrick graduated from Calvert Hall College High School in 1946, received an A.B. degree in English from Catholic University in 1951 , and earned his master's degree and doctorate in English from the University of Pennsylvania. He first was assigned to the Philadelphia area in 1951 when he joined the staff at West Catholic High School for Boys. In the nine years he was there he served as Chairman of the English Department and as Guidance Director. Active in numerous national and local organizations, Brother Patrick is a member of the Board of Trustees of Manhattan College, St. Mary's College (Winona, MN), and St.