1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

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1956–57
ACC regular season champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record32–0 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachBuck Freeman
Home arenaWoollen Gymnasium
Seasons
1956–57 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 North Carolina † 14 – 0   1.000 32 – 0   1.000
Maryland 9 – 5   .643 16 – 10   .615
Duke 8 – 6   .571 13 – 11   .542
No. 18 Wake Forest 7 – 7   .500 19 – 9   .679
NC State 7 – 7   .500 15 – 11   .577
South Carolina 5 – 9   .357 17 – 12   .586
Virginia 3 – 11   .214 6 – 19   .240
Clemson
 3 – 11   .214 7 – 17   .292
†
AP Poll[1]

The 1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was the varsity

NCAA basketball history and was the first ACC team to win a title. The team notably won its last two games in triple overtime. The Tar Heels leading scorer was player of the year, small forward Lennie Rosenbluth
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In the semifinal against Jumping Johnny Green and Michigan State, to tie the game in regulation, Pete Brennan, usually the power forward, after gathering the rebound, ran the floor like a guard and put in a jump shot with a soft touch. Three overtimes later, UNC won 74 to 70.

This placed undefeated North Carolina for the championship against Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas. Again the game went to triple overtime. Center Joe Quigg made the winning free throws.

Roster

1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels roster
No. Name Position Height Weight Class Hometown
10 Lennie Rosenbluth F 6–5 180 Senior Bronx, New York
11 Ken Rosemond G 5–10 155 Junior Hillsborough, North Carolina
20 Bob Young C 6–6 220 Senior Queens, New York
22 Roy Searcy F 6–4 185 Junior
Draper, North Carolina
31 Gehrmann Holland F 6–3 200 Sophomore Beaufort, North Carolina
32 Bob Cunningham G 6–4 190 Junior New York City, New York
33 Danny Lotz F 6–7 198 Sophomore Northport, New York
35 Pete Brennan F 6–6 190 Junior Brooklyn, New York
40 Tommy Kearns G 5–11 191 Junior Bergenfield, New Jersey
41 Joe Quigg C 6–9 210 Junior Brooklyn, New York
Reference:[3][4]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Schedule[5][6][7]
Regular season
1956/12/04*
 Furman W 94–66  1–0
Chapel Hill, NC
1956/12/08
 vs. Clemson W 94–75  2–0
  
Charlotte, NC
1956/12/12*
 vs. 
George Washington
 		W 82–55  3–0
  
Norfolk, VA
1956/12/15
 at South Carolina W 90–86OT  4–0
Columbia, SC
1956/12/17
 Maryland W 70–61  5–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1956/12/20*
 vs. NYU W 64–59  6–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York City
1956/12/21*
 vs. Dartmouth W 89–61  7–0
 Boston Garden 
Boston
1956/12/22*
 vs. Holy Cross W 83–70  8–0
 Boston Garden 
Boston
1956/12/27*
 vs. Utah
Dixie Classic 		W 97–76  9–0
Raleigh, NC
1956/12/28*
 vs. Duke
Dixie Classic 		W 87–71  10–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
1956/12/29*
 vs. Wake Forest
Dixie Classic 		W 63–55  11–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
1957/01/08*
 at William & Mary W 71–61  12–0
Williamsburg, VA
1957/01/11
 Clemson W 86–54  13–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/01/12
 Virginia W 102–90  14–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/01/15
 at NC State W 83–57  15–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
1957/01/30*
 at Western Carolina W 77–59  16–0
 Breese Gymnasium 
Cullowhee, NC
1957/02/05
 at Maryland W 65–612OT  17–0
College Park, MD
1957/02/09
 Duke W 75–73  18–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/02/11
 at Virginia W 68–59  19–0
Charlottesville, VA
1957/02/13
 Wake Forest W 72–69  20–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/02/19
 NC State W 86–57  21–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/02/22
 South Carolina W 75–62  22–0
 Woollen Gymnasium 
Chapel Hill, NC
1957/02/26
 at Wake Forest W 69–64  23–0
Winston-Salem, NC
1957/03/01
 at Duke W 86–72  24–0
Durham, NC
ACC tournament
1957/03/07
 vs. Clemson
ACC tournament 		W 81–61  25–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
1957/03/08
 vs. Wake Forest
ACC tournament 		W 61–59  26–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
1957/03/09
 vs. South Carolina
ACC tournament 		W 95–75  27–0
 Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
NCAA tournament
1957/03/12
 vs. Yale
NCAA east regional quarterfinal 		W 90–74  28–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York City
1957/03/15
 vs. 
Canisius
NCAA east regional semifinal 		W 87–75  29–0
Philadelphia, PA
1957/03/16
 vs. Syracuse
NCAA east regional final 		W 67–58  30–0
 Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
1957/03/22
 vs. Michigan State
NCAA national semifinal 		W 74–703OT  31–0
Kansas City, MO
1957/03/23
 vs. Kansas
NCAA championship 		W 54–533OT  32–0
 Municipal Auditorium 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
Eastern Standard Time
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Season summary

Hired away from St. John’s in 1952 to make North Carolina basketball competitive with rival NC State, legendary coach Frank McGuire mined his native New York for talent and put together a team that won the national championship by slowing down dominating Kansas center Wilt Chamberlain. A veteran lineup led by star forward Lennie Rosenbluth, who averaged 28 points, finished the season a perfect 32-0.

Rankings

Main article: 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

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Awards and honors

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ The school was known as the University of North Carolina until February 1963.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1956-57 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "National Collegiate Basketball Championship" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 13–14. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  4. ^ Morris 1988, p. 281.
  5. ^ 2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball media guide Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, University of North Carolina, retrieved 2009-12-31
  6. ^ Wade 1957, p. 8.
  7. ^ Wade & Merritt 1956, p. 1.
  8. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2
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