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(Top) 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Season summary 4 Rankings 5 Awards and honors 6 References 6.1 Footnotes 6.2 Citations 6.3 Bibliography

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

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1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

NCAA tournament National champions ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions
National Championship Game, W 54-53^3OT vs. Kansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	32–0 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Assistant coach	Buck Freeman
Home arena	Woollen Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.1North Carolina †	14	–	0	1.000	32	–	0	1.000
Maryland	9	–	5	.643	16	–	10	.615
Duke	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
No.18Wake 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

† 1957 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was the varsity college basketball team that represented the University of North Carolina.^{[N 1]} The head coach was Frank McGuire. The team played its home games at Woollen GymnasiuminChapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was the second undefeated national champion in 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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Schedule^[5]^[6]^[7]
Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
1956/12/04*	Furman	W 94–66	1–0	Woollen Gymnasium 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 90–86^OT	4–0	Carolina Fieldhouse 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	Reynolds Coliseum 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	Blow Gymnasium 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 65–61^2OT	17–0	Cole Field House 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	Memorial Gymnasium 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	Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
1957/03/01	at Duke	W 86–72	24–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium 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	Palestra 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 74–70^3OT	31–0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
1957/03/23	vs. Kansas NCAA championship	W 54–53^3OT	32–0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Season summary[edit]

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[edit]

^[8]

Awards and honors[edit]

Lennie Rosenbluth, Helms Foundation Player of the Year
Lennie Rosenbluth, ACC Player of the Year
Lennie Rosenbluth, 1st Team All-ACC
Frank McGuire, UPI National Coach of the Year
Frank McGuire, ACC Coach of the Year
Tommy Kearns, 1st Team All-ACC
Pete Brennan, 2nd Team All-ACC

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

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

Citations[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1956-57 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

^ Vance Barron (February 6, 1963). "Pearsall Group Recommends 5-Part Plan For University". The Daily Tar Heel. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "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.

^ Morris 1988, p. 281.

^ 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

^ Wade 1957, p. 8.

^ Wade & Merritt 1956, p. 1.

^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 652–653. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

Bibliography[edit]

Lucas, Adam (2006). The Best Game Ever: How Frank McGuire's '57 Tar Heels Beat Wilt and Revolutionized College Basketball. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-59228-982-0.

Lucas, Adam (2010). Carolina Basketball: A Century of Excellence. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3410-7.

Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. ISBN 978-0-9609548-9-6.

Wade, Jack; Merritt, Davis Jr., eds. (1956). University of North Carolina 1956–57 Basketball Blue Book. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

Wade, Jack; Carmichael III, Billy; Campbell, Orville; Thompson, Wayne; Myers, Bob, eds. (1957). University of North Carolina 1957–58 Basketball Blue Book. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

Wade, Jack, ed. (1957). University of North Carolina 1956–57 Post–Season Basketball Blue Book. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball 1956–57 NCAA champions

Head coach: Frank McGuire

Assistant coaches: Buck Freeman

NCAA Division I men's basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville (Vacated)
2014: UConn
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova
2017: North Carolina
2018: Villanova
2019: Virginia
2020: No tournament
2021: Baylor
2022: Kansas
2023: UConn
2024: UConn

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