North Carolina's double-digit victory at Michigan State enabled the Tar Heels to move atop the list of schools with the most triumphs against the nation's top-ranked team. Arch-rival Duke is the victim the majority of the time UNC turned the trick. Following is a chronological list of the way Carolina knocked #1 off its pedestal a total of 12 times:

Season	Date	Nation's #1 Team	Score	Carolina Coach
1958-59	1-14-59	North Carolina State	72-68	Frank McGuire
1979-80	1-12-80	Duke	82-67	Dean Smith
1988-89	1-18-89	Duke	91-71	Dean Smith
1989-90	3-17-90	Oklahoma at Texas in second round of NCAA playoffs	79-77	Dean Smith
1991-92	2-5-92	Duke	75-73	Dean Smith
1993-94	2-3-94	Duke	89-78	Dean Smith
1997-98	2-5-98	Duke	97-73	Bill Guthridge
1997-98	3-8-98	Duke at Greensboro in ACC Tournament final	83-68	Bill Guthridge
2003-04	1-17-04	Connecticut	86-83	Roy Williams
2004-05	4-4-05	Illinois at St. Louis in NCAA Tournament championship game	75-70	Roy Williams
2005-06	3-4-06	Duke	83-76	Roy Williams
2013-14	12-4-13	Michigan State	79-65	Roy Williams

According to Wikipedia, V was an American science fiction TV series running two seasons on ABC, chronicling the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species ostensibly coming in peace, but actually boasting sinister motives. According to CollegeHoopedia.com, ABC also has an annual V rerun on vaunted ESPN. The intent isn't vile but, if one values the whole truth, there is vast soapboxing fiction involved amid the "V" all day every day as the vindicated big man on ESPN's Jesus-free campus.

Veering off-course with velocity promoting gabby "V" - not baby "J" - as the reason for the season, the Nationwide Leader's culture violates the time-honored vow of telling the entire story in a veracious way. It's vexing that ESPN's parade of glorification pitchmen, including staffers and it-takes-a-village coaches, incessantly laud former commentator Jim Valvano by chapter and verse. A "Jimmy V Week" culminates with an early-season classic to enhance cancer research fundraising for a foundation named after an individual who joins John Calipari (UMass/Memphis) and Jerry Tarkanian (Long Beach State/UNLV) as the only repeat-offender coaches shackled with having multiple schools under their watch forced to vacate NCAA playoff participation. Too bad 100% of the donated plaudits don't go straight through a truth detector such as the New York Times, which detailed how ESPN received more than $250 million in state tax breaks and credits thus far this century.

Anyone with a visible pulse supports the vision of finding a cure for the vulnerable afflicted by cancer, but a classic lack-of-proper-perspective stemming from the cult-of-personality dynamic is ESPN's vivid hero worship of the vibrant Valvano. He wasn't a bloodthirsty vampire villain but there are a variety of vigorous reasons for not carrying ESPN's water supporting his canonization in the wake of vanquishing Houston to vault to the 1983 NCAA playoff title. After Valvano ran afoul of NCAA investigators at Iona, a private attorney retained by North Carolina State volunteered he was convinced that the institution could successfully sue him for failing to ensure the academic progress of his NCSU players.

At the very least, virile Valvano should have verified that standout guard Sidney Lowe took a remedial tax preparation course to help him steer clear of vice squad by vandalizing the state; especially if Lowe, twice voted All-ACC and a first-teamer with teammate Thurl Bailey in 1983, was going to become one of his head coaching successors with the Wolfpack. Additional suspect characters aligning with Valvano at NCSU included suspect characters Kenny Drummond, Russell Pierre, Charles Shackleford, Craig Tyson and Chris Washburn. Awash in intellect, Shackleford, who admitted accepting $65,000 cash from outside influences during his final two years enrolled in college, is perhaps best known for the following quote: "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."

At the same time of year King Herod-like ESPN vetoed a "venal" hospital ad celebrating Jesus before relenting, it seemingly will "never give up" a vintage and valiant voyage portraying V as the most virtuous coach in history. The sanitized version is in the network's veins akin to trying to duplicate anchorman Ron Burgundy's humor in promotional ads. Voicing opposition to this mythical narrative leaves a cynic open to vilification as being venomous. Still, the network's doctored depiction of V is as honest as POTUS and his vultures telling citizens with a period about retaining their current physician (ESPN did air ObamaCare ad passing its rigid standards); authentic as the sign language interpreter at a Nelson Mandela memorial; genuinely patriotic as lip-syncing Beyonce, or as valid as fake girlfriend of former Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o.

Irish idealist Dick Vitale spearheads promoting the V Foundation, which has raised an impressive $100 million-plus, and his visceral reaction probably is that any dissent makes Valvano the victim of a vicious vendetta. Anything but vapid, there is no doubt vivacious Vitale means well and has his heart in the proper place serving as Valvano's valet. But as verbose Vitale is wont to do, he has a tendency to vehemently go overboard with his voluminous embellishment. Preying on emotions, a majority of the media smugly fall in line seemingly signing off on one of those phantom NCSU readmission agreements after flunking out where they make a commitment "pledging to work hard (at maintaining image) and keep a positive mental attitude."

In an affront to valuable numbers that never lie, there are times when ESPN sycophants operate in a vacuum shamelessly enhancing Valvano's credentials as a "survive-and-advance" tactician, perpetuating a falsehood he was a late-game strategical genius. You can't take a vacation from the veracity of cold hard facts that Valvano ranked in the lower third of DI coaches among those with at least 150 close contests (decided by fewer than six points). Capitalizing on six opponents combining to shoot an anemic 56.8% from the free-throw line, the law of averages was with NCSU in 1983 when it became the only school to have as many as four NCAA playoff games decided by one or two points en route to a title. The Wolfpack trailed in the final minute of seven of its last nine triumphs.

There is no reason to be vague and treat big boys with velvet gloves. ESPN could virtually avoid any vanishing credibility in this instance by incorporating deceased Rick Majerus in the foundation equation. After all, the 24-year veteran college head coach was also a vocal ESPN analyst. Unless it detracts from the storyline, call it the V & M Foundation and add heart disease to the venture's research grants. Didn't Majerus exhibit as much, if not more, valor?

A tearjerker ESPY speech notwithstanding, it's a cancer of priorities and ESPN simply sullies its reputation with insufferable verbal voodoo vouching that Valvano was something he wasn't beyond a good coach who never had a season with fewer than four defeats in conference competition. Amid narcissism and extensive self-promotion, an "inspirational" story reeks of overkill because vermin among a complicit sports media are predictably unprincipled and offer the maximum tear-inducement reminiscent of some fairytale sans conveying the entire picture. Forget the vulgar academic progress of Valvano's players at N.C. State (735 average SAT score and excessive number of positive drug tests during the 1980s). No Extra Sensitive Pious Network should be an outside-the-lines enabler seemingly unaccountable while selling only a partial story. They have an obligation to visit the whole story; not vacillate and be on verge of failing their constituency in regard to vainly providing a viable role model.

As for venerable Majerus, there won't be a vicarious movie or "30 for 30" special made about his self-effacing humor, eating habits and fact none of his NCAA playoff teams with three different schools ever had to vacate NCAA play. In a stark scholastic contrast, his 1998 Utah squad provided the vanguard of Final Four achievements - only team ever to feature three Academic All-Americans among its versatile regulars. For the record, Majerus ranked among the top third of coaches in games decided by fewer than six points. But he simply doesn't fit into a contrived storyline. It would be a surprise if Utah players under Majerus took an "Understanding Music" class during Christmas vacation to help stay eligible like NCSU scholars did under Valvano.

ESPN's abundant coverage seemed to revel in cancer frontman Lance Armstrong's arrogant stumblin' and bumblin' "one big lie" rather than taking his bike-ride fall in a valley as time for self-reflection. The view from this vantage point is that defend-the-brand revisionist history is a misguided echo chamber. Amid the distortion, a final verdict persists about a greater-good higher calling. As many folks as possible should make a vintage donation to the V Foundation. Just envision V as Victory (over cancer) or as Vitale (for his long-term heavy lifting in the project).

It won't be long before name-dropping ESPN, via Out House correspondent Andy Katz apparently getting as much face time with trustworthy POTUS as HHS Secretary Kathleen "Get-In-Line" Sebelius, goes viral giving a prominent "Audacity-of-Hype" venue for Oval Office NCAA bracket selections. But the West Wing(ing) verve must take so much dignified time for the selfie-taking hoopster-in-chief that a Sgt. Schultz "I-know-nothing" routine emerges while chronically pleading ignorance about various less vital matters such as the Benghazi terrorist attack, IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast and Furious gun-running, healthcare exchange ineptitude, NSA spying on allies, Justice Department snooping on national media, etc., and then failing to attend a church service at Christmas. Meanwhile, a void in thought-police treatment makes more faith-influenced individuals nearly vomit when the network's "inn" doesn't have room for the authentic Messiah's message vying for a little air time more important to many Americans than giving free political points.

Was it any surprise then that sister network A&E is equally intolerant of deeply-held religious beliefs when "be(ing) original" by suspending/marginalizing the brassy "Duck Dynasty" patriarch for his version of "Vagina Monologues"? Are you buyin' what ESPN's flock of quacks are sellin' verbatim - accepting the laughing/thinking/crying hook, line and sinker? Very odd this vociferous emphasis on V. Upon "ducking" and turning the other cheek again, it's time to say an old-fashioned: "Merry CHRISTmas, ESPN!" If this vernacular is objectionable to sensibilities of the politically-correct elite, then avoid a GQ bearded set-up with a patronizing "Happy Holidays!"

"Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering." - Charles Dickens

Dominoes fall every time a school seeks greener pastures. The Ivy League is the only Division I conference to remain intact since the late 1980s.

Oddly, there are a striking number of schools such as Oral Roberts going full circle and returning to a league (Summit League) where it previously was a member. There is a "Terminator" way back akin to Michelle Beadle, Keith Olbermann and Jason Whitlock trying to revive their careers by returning to ESPN. Amid the wandering described by Dickens, ORU joined the following institutions re-enlisting with a conference after leaving for various durations:

Returning Member	DI Conference (Membership Tenure)	School Status During Interim
Boise State	Big West (1997-2001 and will rejoin in 2014)	WAC (2002-11) and Mountain West (2012 and 2013)
Campbell	Big South (1986-94 and since 2012)	TAAC/Atlantic Sun (1995-2011)
Charlotte	Conference USA (1996-2005 and wll rejoin in 2014)	Atlantic 10 (2006-13)
Creighton	Missouri Valley (1929-48 and since 1978)	Independent
Davidson	Southern (1937-88 and since 1993)	Big South (1991 and 1992)
Drake	Missouri Valley (1908-51 and since 1957)	Independent
Duquesne	Eastern 8/Atlantic 10 (since 1977 except for 1993)	Midwestern Collegiate (1993)
East Tennessee State	Southern (1980-2005 and since 2015)	Ohio Valley (1959-78)/Atlantic Sun (2006-14)
Georgia State	Sun Belt (1977-81 and will rejoin in 2014)	TAAC/Atlantic Sun (1985-2005) and CAA (2006-13)
Harvard	EIBL/Ivy League (1902-09 and since 1934)	Independent
Lamar	Southland (1969-87 and since 1999)	American South (1988-91) and Sun Belt (1992-98)
Murray State	Ohio Valley (since 1949 except for 1962)	Independent
New Orleans	Sun Belt (1977-80 and 1992-2010)	Independent and American South (1988-91)
Northern Illinois	Mid-American (1976-86 and since 1998)	Mid-Continent (1991-94) and Midwestern Collegiate (1995-97)
Oral Roberts	Summit League (1998-2012 and since 2015)	Southland (2013 and 2014)
Oregon	Pacific Coast (1916-59 and since 1965)	Independent
Oregon State	Pacific Coast (1916-59 and since 1965)	Independent
Pacific	WCAC/West Coast (1953-71 and will rejoin in 2014)	PCAA/Big West (1972-2013)
Penn State	Eastern 8/Atlantic 10 (1977-79 and 1983-91)	Independent
Prairie View A&M	SWAC (since 1921 except for 1991)	Discontinued program one season
Virginia Military	Southern (1926-2003 and since 2015)	Big South (2004-14)
Washington State	Pacific Coast (1917-59 and since 1964)	Independent

Michigan State incurred the worst homecourt defeat in non-league competition for a nationally top-ranked team in more than 20 years when the Spartans bowed to visiting North Carolina, 79-65. Coach Roy Williams was on the other end of a #1 upset at home in 1992-93 when Kansas succumbed to Long Beach State, 64-49. The only other homecourt advantage defeat in non-conference play for a #1 by a wider margin was #1 in that category - Missouri vs. CCNY at New York during the 1950-51 campaign.

The overwhelming majority of setbacks for #1 clubs are on the road or neutral courts in tournament competition. But there is a clear and present danger for pole sitters such as MSU racing to the head of the pack. Following is a chronological look at the times when nationally top-ranked teams were knocked off their lofty perch at home or with a decided homecourt advantage since AP national rankings were introduced in the late 1940s:

Season	Date	Home Team Ranked #1	Score	Visiting Team	Winning Coach
1950-51	12-9-50	CCNY	54-37	Missouri	Sparky Stalcup
1954-55	12-18-54	La Salle	79-69	Utah	Jack Gardner
1954-55	1-8-55	Kentucky	59-58	Georgia Tech	Whack Hyder
1957-58	1-2-58	Kansas	52-50 in OT	Oklahoma State	Hank Iba
1957-58	2-3-58	Kansas	79-75 in 2OT	Kansas State	Tex Winter
1957-58	3-8-58	Kansas State	61-44	Kansas	Dick Harp
1958-59	1-14-59	North Carolina State	72-68	North Carolina	Frank McGuire
1962-63	1-5-63	Kentucky	86-85 in 2OT	Georgia Tech	Whack Hyder
1968-69	3-8-69	UCLA	46-44	Southern California	Bob Boyd
1969-70	3-6-70	UCLA	87-86	Southern California	Bob Boyd
1978-79	2-11-79	Notre Dame	56-52	UCLA	Gary Cunningham
1979-80	1-12-80	Duke	82-67	North Carolina	Dean Smith
1980-81	12-27-80	Kentucky	67-61	Notre Dame at Louisville	Digger Phelps
1980-81	1-10-81	DePaul	63-62	Old Dominion	Paul Webb
1980-81	3-7-81	Oregon State	87-67	Arizona State	Ned Wulk
1981-82	1-21-82	North Carolina	55-48	Wake Forest	Carl Tacy
1981-82	2-6-82	Missouri	67-51	Nebraska	Danny Nee
1982-83	1-28-83	UCLA	70-67	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson
1982-83	2-13-83	North Carolina	56-53	Villanova	Rollie Massimino
1982-83	2-16-83	Indiana	58-57	Iowa	Lute Olson
1984-85	1-26-85	Georgetown	66-65	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca
1984-85	2-27-85	St. John's	85-69	Georgetown	John Thompson Jr.
1985-86	2-20-86	North Carolina	77-72 in OT	Maryland	Lefty Driesell
1986-87	1-24-87	Iowa	80-76	Ohio State	Gary Williams
1987-88	1-9-88	Kentucky	53-52	Auburn	Sonny Smith
1987-88	2-4-88	Arizona	82-74	Stanford	Mike Montgomery
1988-89	1-18-89	Duke	91-71	North Carolina	Dean Smith
1989-90	1-6-90	Syracuse	93-74	Villanova	Rollie Massimino
1989-90	2-13-90	Kansas	77-71	Missouri	Norm Stewart
1992-93	12-5-92	Indiana	74-69	Kansas at Indianapolis	Roy Williams
1992-93	1-25-93	Kansas	64-49	Long Beach State	Seth Greenberg
1993-94	1-17-94	Kansas	68-64	Kansas State	Dana Altman
1993-94	2-12-94	North Carolina	96-89	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins
1994-95	2-18-95	Connecticut	96-73	Villanova	Steve Lappas
1995-96	2-24-96	Massachusetts	86-76	George Washington	Mike Jarvis
1996-97	11-26-96	Cincinnati	71-69	Xavier	Skip Prosser
1997-98	2-21-98	North Carolina	86-72	North Carolina State	Herb Sendek
1998-99	2-1-99	Connecticut	59-42	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim
1999-00	1-8-00	Stanford	68-65	Arizona	Lute Olson
1999-00	2-20-00	Cincinnati	77-69	Temple	John Chaney
1999-00	3-4-00	Stanford	94-93 in OT	UCLA	Steve Lavin
2000-01	2-3-01	Stanford	79-73	UCLA	Steve Lavin
2000-01	3-8-01	Stanford	76-75	Arizona	Lute Olson
2002-03	1-30-03	Arizona	82-77	Stanford	Mike Montgomery
2003-04	12-10-03	Florida	69-68 in OT	Maryland	Gary Williams
2005-06	3-4-06	Duke	83-76	North Carolina	Roy Williams
2007-08	1-19-08	North Carolina	82-80	Maryland	Gary Williams
2007-08	2-23-08	Memphis	66-62	Tennessee	Bruce Pearl
2008-09	1-4-09	North Carolina	85-78	Boston College	Al Skinner
2008-09	1-21-09	Wake Forest	78-71	Virginia Tech	Seth Greenberg
2008-09	2-16-09	Connecticut	76-68	Pittsburgh	Jamie Dixon
2012-13	1-19-13	Louisville	70-68	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim
2013-14	12-4-13	Michigan State	79-65	North Carolina	Roy Williams

"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps." - Mahatma Gandhi

A double-digit setback against Metro State (Colo.) was another generous dose of humility for Canisius coach Jim Baron, who also incurred the ignominy of succumbing against small-school opponents while guiding St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island. But Baron is in good company among mentors exposed to the humility described in Gandhi's quote.

Many of the biggest names in college coaching history had to recover from embarrassing defeats that weren't cited on their otherwise mostly regal resumes. For instance, there are numerous mentors who captured NCAA championships despite losing to a small school at some point in their careers - Phog Allen (lost to Emporia State), Jim Calhoun (American International, Assumption, Brandeis, Bridgeport, Florida Southern, Merrimack, St. Anselm, Stonehill and Tufts), John Calipari (Florida Tech and Lowell), Denny Crum (Chaminade), Jim Harrick (Abilene Christian), Don Haskins (Louisiana College), Hank Iba (Abilene Christian and Westminster), George Ireland (Regis), Doggie Julian (Amherst, Colby, St. Anselm, St. Michael's, Springfield, Tampa and Williams), Mike Krzyzewski (King's, Scranton and SUNY-Buffalo), Rollie Massimino (New Orleans and Philadelphia Textile), Al McGuire (Evansville and Washington, MO), Rick Pitino (Adelphi), Nolan Richardson Jr. (American-Puerto Rico), Norman Sloan (Presbyterian), John Thompson Jr. (Assumption, Gannon, Randolph-Macon and Roanoke) and Jim Valvano (Armstrong State, Bloomsburg, Gannon, Tampa and Wilkes).

Kansas' Bill Self lost 18 consecutive contests bridging the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons with Oral Roberts but at least he didn't lose a decision to a non-Division I institution. Ditto for coach Tim Floyd although UTEP's setback against New Orleans' resurrected DI program might be the nation's top upset this season.

Baron joined other high-profile coaches such as Tom Davis, Bill E. Foster, Ron Greene, Jim Lynam, Ken Trickey and Billy Tubbs as mentors who lost against small colleges while piloting three different DI universities. They are on the following alphabetical list "retracing steps" of prominent coaches who lost games to non-Division I colleges during their major-college careers:

• Forrest "Phog" Allen - Lost to Emporia State (Kan.) in 1947-48 while coaching Kansas.
• Forrest "Forddy" Anderson - Lost to Emporia State (Kan.) in 1947-48 while coaching Drake. Lost to Northern Michigan in 1960-61 while coaching Michigan State.
• John Bach - Lost to Adelphi (N.Y.) in 1958-59 while coaching Fordham.
• Kevin Bannon - Lost to Grand Canyon (Ariz.) at Hawaii in 1991-92 while coaching Rider.
• Rick Barnes - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1991-92 while coaching Providence and in 2012-13 while coaching Texas.
• J.D. Barnett - Lost to Louisiana Christian in 1995-96 while coaching Northwestern State (La.).
• Jim Baron - Lost to Walsh (Ohio) in 1992-93 while coaching St. Bonaventure. Lost to Lubbock Christian (Tex.) at Las Vegas in 2003-04 while coaching Rhode Island. Lost to Metro State (Colo.) while coaching Canisius.
• Gene Bartow - Lost at American-Puerto Rico in 1994-95 while coaching UAB.
• Dick Bennett - Lost to Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1985-86 and 1986-87 while coaching Wisconsin-Green Bay.
• Eddie Biedenbach - Lost to Montreat (N.C.) in 2001-02 and Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) in 2005-06 while coaching UNC Asheville.
• Tom Blackburn - Lost to Anderson (Ind.) in 1947-48, Ohio Wesleyan in 1948-49, Muskingum (Ohio) in 1949-50 and Wittenberg (Ohio) in 1962-63 while coaching Dayton.
• Bill Blair - Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) and twice to Roanoke (Va.) in 1972-73 and to West Virginia Tech and Shepherd (W.Va.) in 1973-74 while coaching VMI.
• George Blaney - Lost to Springfield (Mass.) in 1969-70 and 1971-72 while coaching Dartmouth. Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74 and 1985-86 and at Florida Southern in 1979-80 while coaching Holy Cross.
• Dave Bliss - Lost to Rollins (Fla.) and Texas Wesleyan in 1980-81 and at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1984-85 while coaching SMU. Lost to Eastern New Mexico in 1991-92 while coaching New Mexico.
• Bob Boyd - Lost to Tennessee-Martin in 1981-82 and Delta State (Miss.) in 1985-86 while coaching Mississippi State.
• Jim Brandenburg - Lost to South Dakota in 1979-80 while coaching Wyoming.
• Byron "Buster" Brannon - Lost to Sam Houston State (Tex.) twice in 1938-39 and once in 1940-41 while coaching Rice. Lost to East Texas State, at Hamline (Minn.) and twice to Austin (Tex.) College in 1948-49, Midwestern State (Tex.) in 1953-54 and Kentucky Wesleyan in 1955-56 while coaching Texas Christian.
• Tom Brennan - Lost to St. Michael's (Vt.) in 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89 while coaching Vermont.
• John Bunn - Lost to Eastern New Mexico (six times from 1957-58 through 1962-63), Fort Hays (Kan.) State (five times from 1957-58 through 1962-63), New Mexico Highlands in 1960-61, twice to Panhandle State (Okla.) in 1957-58, St. Cloud State (Minn.) in 1962-63, Southwestern Oklahoma State in 1956-57, Wayne State (Neb.) in 1962-63 and Western New Mexico in 1961-62 while coaching Northern Colorado.
• Jim Calhoun - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1972-73; to Tufts (Mass.), American International (Mass.), Bridgeport (Conn.) and at Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74; Assumption (Mass.) and Brandeis (Mass.) in 1974-75; Merrimack (Mass.) in 1975-76; Bridgeport (Conn.), Merrimack (Mass.), St. Anselm (Vt.) and Stonehill (Mass.) in 1976-77; American International (Mass.) and Assumption (Mass.) in 1978-79 and Florida Southern in 1980-81 while coaching Northeastern.
• John Calipari - Lost at Florida Tech in 1988-89 and to Lowell (Mass.) in 1989-90 while coaching Massachusetts.
• Lou Campanelli - Lost to West Virginia Tech in 1980-81 while coaching James Madison. Lost to Alaska-Anchorage in 1990-91 on neutral court while coaching California.
• Howard Cann - Lost to Panzer in 1938-39 and Brandeis (Mass.) in 1956-57 while coaching NYU.
• P.J. Carlesimo - Lost at Bentley (Mass.), to Southern Connecticut on a neutral court, to C.W. Post (N.Y.), at Springfield (Mass.) and at Bridgeport (Conn.) in 1976-77; to New Haven (Conn.) and at C.W. Post (N.Y.) in 1977-78, and at Staten Island (N.Y.) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) in 1981-82 while coaching Wagner.
• Henry "Doc" Carlson - Lost to Bethany (W. Va.) in 1948-49, Geneva (Pa.) in 1941-42, 1950-51 and 1952-53 and Carnegie Tech (Pa.) three times in four seasons from 1938-39 through 1941-42 plus five times in six seasons from 1949-50 through 1954-55 while coaching Pittsburgh.
• Pete Carril - Lost to East Stroudsburg (Pa.) in 1966-67 while coaching Lehigh.
• Don Casey - Lost to Philadelphia Textile in 1975-76 while coaching Temple.
• Joe Cipriano - Lost at Hawaii-Hilo in 1976-77 while coaching Nebraska.
• Gary Colson - Lost to John Brown (Ark.) in 1972-73 and Moorhead (Minn.) State in 1973-74 while coaching Pepperdine. Lost to Alaska-Anchorage in 1983-84 while coaching New Mexico.
• Bobby Cremins - Lost to Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) in 1975-76 and twice in 1977-78 while coaching Appalachian State.
• Denny Crum - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1983-84 and 1984-85 while coaching Louisville.
• Charles "Chick" Davies - Lost to Waynesburg (Pa.) in 1937-38 and 1938-39 and to Wooster (Ohio) in 1937-38 while coaching Duquesne.
• Tom Davis - Lost to Moravian (Pa.) in 1973-74 and at Albright (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Lafayette. Lost to Chico State (Calif.) in 1982-83 while coaching Stanford. Lost to UC Riverside in 1988-89 while coaching Iowa.
• Johnny Dee - Lost to Jacksonville (Ala.) State in 1952-53 while coaching Alabama.
• Don DeVoe - Lost to Johns Hopkins (Md.) in 2002-03 while coaching Navy.
• Ed Diddle - Lost to Kentucky Wesleyan in 1955-56, David Lipscomb (Tenn.) in 1962-63 and LeMoyne (N.Y.) in 1963-64 while coaching Western Kentucky.
• Bob Donewald - Lost to Cal State Bakersfield in 1980-81 while coaching Illinois State.
• Homer Drew - Lost to Bethel (Ind.) in 1997-98 while coaching Valparaiso.
• Charles "Lefty" Driesell - Lost to Catawba (N.C.) twice in 1960-61 and to Carson-Newman (Tenn.) and Erskine (S.C.) in 1961-62 while coaching Davidson.
• Hugh Durham - Lost at Puerto Rico-Mayaguez in 2001-02 while coaching Jacksonville.
• Bobby Dye - Lost at Chapman (Calif.) in 1975-76 while coaching Cal State Fullerton. Lost to Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) in 1985-86 while coaching Boise State.
• Norm Ellenberger - Lost at Hawaii-Hilo in 1976-77 while coaching New Mexico.
• Fred Enke - Lost to Regis (Colo.) in 1959-60 while coaching Arizona.
• Larry Eustachy - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1991-92 and to Elizabeth City State (N.C.) in 1992-93 while coaching Idaho.
• Paul Evans - Lost at Rollins (Fla.) in 1981-82 while coaching Navy.
• Bill C. Foster - Lost at University of the South (Tenn.) and Roanoke (Va.) in 1970-71 and to Valdosta (Ga.) State in 1971-72 while coaching UNC Charlotte. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1987-88 while coaching Miami (Fla.).
• Bill E. Foster - Lost at Albright (Pa.) in 1964-65 while coaching Rutgers. Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1981-82 while coaching South Carolina. Lost to Rollins (Fla.) in 1986-87 and 1987-88 while coaching Northwestern.
• Harold "Bud" Foster - Lost to South Dakota in 1956-57 while coaching Wisconsin.
• Bill Frieder - Lost to Alaska-Anchorage on a neutral court in 1988-89 while coaching Michigan.
• Jack Friel - Lost at Centenary (La.) in 1955-56, to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1955-56 and Whitworth (Wash.) five times from 1951-52 through 1956-57 while coaching Washington State.
• John "Taps" Gallagher - Lost to Gannon (Pa.) and Rochester (N.Y.) in 1964-65 while coaching Niagara.
• Dave Gavitt - Lost at Springfield (Mass.) in 1967-68 while coaching Dartmouth.
• Boyd Grant - Lost to Wisconsin-Parkside in 1978-79 while coaching Fresno State.
• Murray Greason - Lost to Rio Grande (Ohio) in 1953-54 while coaching Wake Forest.
• Ron Greene - Lost to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1966-67 while coaching Loyola of New Orleans. Lost to Tennessee Wesleyan and Mississippi College in 1978-79, Arkansas College in 1981-82, West Virginia Tech in 1982-83 and Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) in 1984-85 while coaching Murray State. Lost to Rollins (Fla.) in 1986-87 while coaching Indiana State.
• Tim Grgurich - Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) in 1977-78 while coaching Pittsburgh.
• Leonard Hamilton - Lost at BYU-Hawaii in 1987-88 while coaching Oklahoma State.
• Jim Harrick - Lost at Abilene (Tex.) Christian in 1984-85 while coaching Pepperdine.
• Dick Harter - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1978-79 while coaching Penn State.
• Jack Hartman - Lost to Kentucky Wesleyan four times in three years from 1967-68 through 1969-70 while coaching Southern Illinois.
• Don Haskins - Lost to Louisiana College in 1977-78 while coaching Texas-El Paso.
• George "Jud" Heathcote - Lost at Puget Sound (Wash.) in 1972-73, 1973-74 and 1975-76 and at Southern Colorado in 1972-73 while coaching Montana.
• Bill Henderson - Lost to Howard Payne (Tex.) in 1955-56 while coaching Baylor.
• Lou Henson - Lost to Howard Payne (Tex.) twice, Midwestern State (Tex.), Eastern New Mexico and Abilene Christian (Tex.) in 1962-63; Abilene Christian and Midwestern State in 1964-65, and Pittsburg State (Kan.) in 1965-66 while coaching Hardin-Simmons. Lost at Eastern New Mexico in 1966-67, to Angelo State (Tex.) in 1971-72, at Alaska-Fairbanks in 1998-99 and at BYU-Hawaii in 2001-02 while coaching New Mexico State.
• Eddie Hickey - Lost to South Dakota in 1938-39 and 1939-40 while coaching Creighton.
• Bernard "Peck" Hickman - Lost to Georgetown (Ky.) in 1958-59 while coaching Louisville.
• Paul "Tony" Hinkle - Lost to Wabash (Ind.) in 1959-60, twice in 1960-61 and in 1966-67 while coaching Butler.
• Terry Holland - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1982-83 while coaching Virginia.
• Ben Howland - Lost to Concordia (Calif.) in 1994-95 while coaching Northern Arizona.
• Henry "Hank" Iba - Lost to Westminster (Mo.) in 1934-35 and 1936-37 and Abilene (Tex.) Christian in 1965-66 while coaching Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State.
• Moe Iba - Lost to Union (Tenn.) in 1968-69 and 1969-70 while coaching Memphis State.
• George Ireland - Lost to Regis (Colo.) in 1954-55, North Dakota State in 1966-67, Illinois Wesleyan in 1970-71 and Missouri Western in 1972-73 while coaching Loyola of Chicago.
• Maurice "Maury" John - Lost to South Dakota State in 1958-59 and Washington (Mo.) in 1963-64 while coaching Drake.
• Alvin "Doggie" Julian - Lost to St. Michael's (Vt.), at St. Anselm (N.H.) and at Tampa (Fla.) in 1950-51; to Amherst (Mass.) in 1952-53; at St. Michael's (Vt.), to Williams (Mass.) and at Springfield (Mass.) in 1960-61; to Colby (Maine) in 1961-62, and to Williams (Mass.) in 1964-65 while coaching Dartmouth.
• Jim Killingsworth - Lost to Westmont (Calif.) in 1980-81 while coaching Texas Christian.
• Bob King - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1963-64 while coaching New Mexico.
• Dana Kirk - Lost to Wisconsin-Parkside in 1979-80 while coaching Memphis State.
• Jack Kraft - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1974-75 while coaching Rhode Island.
• Mike Krzyzewski - Lost to SUNY-Buffalo, Scranton (Pa.) and King's College (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Army.
• Steve Lappas - Lost to Springfield (Mass.) in 1988-89 while coaching Manhattan.
• Jim Larranaga - Lost to Findlay (Ohio) in 1991-92 while coaching Bowling Green.
• Frank Layden - Lost to Thomas More (Ky.) in 1970-71 while coaching Niagara.
• Jack Leaman - Lost to American International (Mass.) in 1966-67 and 1969-70, Springfield (Mass.) in 1970-71 and Bentley (Mass.) in 1978-79 while coaching Massachusetts.
• A.E. "Abe" Lemons - Lost to Centenary (La.) in 1958-59, McMurry (Tex.) in 1960-61 and Wayland Baptist (Tex.) in 1984-85 while coaching Oklahoma City. Lost to Texas A&I in 1973-74 while coaching Pan American.
• Jim Les - Lost to Lubbock (Tex.) Christian at Las Vegas in 2003-04 while coaching Bradley.
• Guy Lewis - Lost to St. Mary's (Tex.) in 1969-70 and 1974-75, Texas A&I in 1979-80 and Alaska Anchorage and Biscayne (Fla.) in 1980-81 while coaching Houston.
• Harry Litwack - Lost to West Chester (Pa.) in 1969-70 while coaching Temple.
• Taylor "Tates" Locke - Lost to North Park (Ill.) in 1978-79 while coaching Jacksonville.
• Ken Loeffler - Lost to Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Texas A&M.
• Jim Lynam - Lost to Saint Leo (Fla.) and at Assumption (Mass.) in 1968-69 and to Southern Connecticut in 1969-70 while coaching Fairfield. Lost at King's (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching American University. Lost at Rollins (Fla.) in 1979-80 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• Nick Macarchuk - Lost to Buffalo State in 1982-83 while coaching Canisius.
• John MacLeod - Lost to Samford (Ala.) in 1971-72 while coaching Oklahoma. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1998-99 while coaching Notre Dame.
• John "Red" Manning - Lost to Carnegie-Mellon (Pa.) in 1959-60 while coaching Duquesne.
• Rollie Massimino - Lost at New Orleans in 1973-74 and to Philadelphia Textile in 1975-76 and 1976-77 while coaching Villanova.
• James "Babe" McCarthy - Lost to University of the South (Tenn.) in 1955-56 and Mississippi College in 1964-65 while coaching Mississippi State.
• Neil McCarthy - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1978-79 while coaching Weber State. Lost to Western New Mexico in 1986-87 while coaching New Mexico State.
• Al McGuire - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1964-65 and Evansville in 1965-66 while coaching Marquette.
• Frank McGuire - Lost at Florida Southern in 1979-80 while coaching South Carolina.
• Jack McKinney - Lost to Catholic (D.C.) in 1966-67 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• Eddie Melvin - Lost to Cortland (N.Y.) State in 1947-48 and Gannon (Pa.) in 1948-49 while coaching St. Bonaventure. Lost to Morris Harvey (W. Va.) in 1956-57 and Wittenberg (Ohio) in 1958-59 and 1959-60 while coaching Toledo.
• Shelby Metcalf - Lost at Eastern Montana in 1980-81 and to St. Mary's (Tex.) in 1984-85 while coaching Texas A&M.
• Ray Meyer - Lost to Beloit (Wis.) in 1950-51, at North Dakota in 1965-66 and to St. Joseph's (Ind.) in 1969-70 while coaching DePaul.
• Eldon Miller - Lost to Winona (Minn.) State and Wisconsin-Platteville in 1986-87 and at American-Puerto Rico and to Morningside (Iowa) in 1990-91 while coaching Northern Iowa.
• Ralph Miller - Lost at Beloit (Wis.) in 1951-52 while coaching Wichita.
• Charles Moir - Lost to Dillard (La.) in 1973-74 and 1974-75 and Xavier (La.) in 1973-74 while coaching Tulane.
• Mike Montgomery - Lost to Puget Sound (Wash.) in 1978-79 and 1980-81 while coaching Montana. Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 1992-93 while coaching Stanford.
• Stan Morrison - Lost to San Francisco State in 1974-75 and at North Dakota in 1978-79 while coaching Pacific.
• Joe Mullaney - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1963-64 and 1984-85 while coaching Providence. Lost to Stonehill (Mass.) in 1979-80 while coaching Brown.
• Jeff Mullins - Lost at Florida Southern in 1987-88 while coaching UNC Charlotte.
• Gerald Myers - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1990-91 while coaching Texas Tech.
• Lynn Nance - Lost to Nebraska-Omaha in 1979-80 while coaching Iowa State.
• Danny Nee - Lost to Charleston (W. Va.) in 1980-81 while coaching Ohio University.
• Jim O'Brien - Lost at Florida Tech in 1988-89 while coaching Boston College.
• Dave Odom - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1993-94 while coaching Wake Forest.
• Johnny Orr - Lost at Washington (Mo.) in 1964-65 while coaching Massachusetts. Lost at Eastern Montana in 1981-82 while coaching Iowa State.
• Bobby Paschal - Lost to Tampa in 1986-87 and 1987-88 while coaching South Florida.
• Tom Penders - Lost at CCNY in 1974-75 and at San Francisco State in 1977-78 while coaching Columbia. Lost at Hawaii-Pacific in 1985-86 while coaching Fordham.
• Jerry Pimm - Lost to Midwestern State (Tex.) in 1979-80 while coaching Utah. Lost to San Francisco State in 1983-84 while coaching UC Santa Barbara.
• Rick Pitino - Lost to Adelphi (N.Y.) in 1978-79 while coaching Boston University.
• Harry Rabenhorst - Lost to Louisiana College in 1955-56 and at Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Louisiana State.
• Bill Raftery - Lost to Siena (N.Y.) in 1972-73, at Rollins (Fla.) in 1973-74 and to King's College (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching Seton Hall.
• Jack Ramsay - Lost to Albright (Pa.) in 1957-58 and 1961-62 while coaching St. Joseph's.
• George Raveling - Lost to St. Martin's (Wash.) in 1980-81 and Eastern Montana in 1981-82 while coaching Washington State.
• Roger Reid - Lost to Colorado-Colorado Springs in 2007-08 while coaching Southern Utah.
• Nolan Richardson Jr. - Lost at American-Puerto Rico in 1997-98 while coaching Arkansas.
• Alfred "A.J." Robertson - Lost to South Dakota in 1947-48 while coaching Bradley.
• Les Robinson - Lost to Francis Marion (S.C.) in 1983-84 while coaching The Citadel.
• Lee Rose - Lost at Eastern Montana in 1977-78 while coaching UNC Charlotte.
• Lou Rossini - Lost to Bentley (Mass.) in 1978-79 and Scranton (Pa.) in 1975-76 while coaching St. Francis (N.Y.).
• John "Honey" Russell - Lost at Saint Thomas (Minn.) in 1937-38, to David & Elkins (W. Va.) in 1949-50 and to Albright (Pa.) in 1949-50 and 1957-58 while coaching Seton Hall.
• Alex Severance - Lost to Albright (Pa.) in 1941-42, Swarthmore (Pa.) in 1943-44 and 1944-45 and Scranton (Pa.) in 1957-58 while coaching Villanova.
• Norman Sloan - Lost at Presbyterian (S.C.) in 1956-57 while coaching The Citadel.
• Jim Snyder - Lost to Marietta (Ohio) four times in five years from 1949-50 through 1953-54 and in 1959-60, Mount Union (Ohio) in 1949-50, Muskingum (Ohio) in 1950-51, Beloit (Wis.) and Lake Forest (Ill.) in 1951-52, Ohio Wesleyan in 1952-53 and Otterbein (Ohio) in 1966-67 while coaching Ohio University.
• Norm Stewart - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1985-86 while coaching Missouri.
• John Thompson Jr. - Lost to Assumption (Mass.) in 1973-74; Gannon (Pa.) in 1975-76; Randolph-Macon (Va.) in 1974-75; Roanoke (Va.) in 1972-73, and at South Florida in 1972-73 while coaching Georgetown.
• Ken Trickey - Lost to Union (Tenn.) in 1965-66, Transylvania (Ky.) in 1966-67 and 1968-69 and Oglethorpe (Ga.) in 1967-68 while coaching Middle Tennessee State. Lost to Nebraska-Omaha and South Dakota in 1975-76 while coaching Iowa State. Lost to Cameron (Okla.) in 1980-81 while coaching Oral Roberts.
• Billy Tubbs - Lost to Ohio Northern in 1980-81 while coaching Oklahoma. Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1995-96 while coaching Texas Christian. Lost to Delta State (Miss.) in 2005-06 while coaching Lamar.
• M.K. Turk - Lost at Florida Southern in 1979-80 and to Fairmont State (W. Va.) in 1984-85 while coaching Southern Mississippi.
• Jim Valvano - Lost to Armstrong State (Ga.) and Gannon (Pa.) in 1972-73, Wilkes (Pa.) in 1973-74 and Bloomsburg (Pa.) in 1974-75 while coaching Bucknell. Lost at Tampa in 1986-87 while coaching North Carolina State.
• Bob Vanatta - Lost at Centenary (La.) in 1956-57 while coaching Memphis State.
• Willem "Butch" van Breda Kolff - Lost at Albright (Pa.) in 1951-52 while coaching Lafayette. Lost at Florida Southern in 1988-89 while coaching Hofstra.
• Perry Watson - Lost to Wayne State (Mich.) in 1993-94 while coaching Detroit.
• Stan Watts - Lost to Hamline (Minn.) in 1951-52 while coaching Brigham Young.
• Clifford Wells - Lost to Spring Hill (Ala.) in 1953-54 and Louisiana College in 1962-63 while coaching Tulane.
• Bob Weltlich - Lost at Alaska-Anchorage in 1986-87 while coaching Texas.
• Paul Westhead - Lost at Biscayne (Fla.) in 1971-72 and Florida Southern in 1978-79 while coaching La Salle.
• Davey Whitney - Lost to Delta State (Miss.) six times in five years from 1985-86 through 1989-90; Dillard (La.) in 1986-87; Miles (Ala.) in 1988-89 and 1990-91; Mississippi College in 1990-91, 1992-93 and 1993-94; Slippery Rock (Pa.) in 1993-94, and Tougaloo (Miss.) in 1996-97 while coaching Alcorn State.
• Ralph Willard - Lost to Williams (Mass.) in 2003-04 while coaching Holy Cross.
• Carroll Williams - Lost to San Francisco State in 1970-71 and at Alaska-Anchorage in 1991-92 while coaching Santa Clara.
• Charlie Woollum - Lost to Rochester (N.Y.) in 1975-76 and 1976-77, Upsala (N.J.) in 1977-78 and Messiah (Pa.) in 1981-82 while coaching Bucknell.
• Jay Wright - Lost at Chaminade (Hawaii) in 2003-04 while coaching Villanova.
• Ned Wulk - Lost to Lawrence Tech (Mich.) and twice to Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) in 1952-53 while coaching Xavier. Lost to Cal Poly Pomona in 1969-70 while coaching Arizona State.

Did You Know?: Marquee mentors John Beilein (Canisius), Denny Crum (Louisville), Bob Knight (Army), Guy Lewis (Houston), Ralph Miller (Wichita), Digger Phelps (Notre Dame) and Jerry Tarkanian (UNLV) lost their head coaching debuts with these schools between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Prominent players don't establish most of the school standards against lesser lights in non-conference competition. For instance, Utah's Billy McGill and Illinois' Skip Thoren set school single-game rebounding records in the early 1960s when each of them retrieved 24 missed shots against UCLA before the Bruins began their run of NCAA titles under legendary coach John Wooden.

Granted, fewer contests are played around Christmas but there clearly is a significant decrease in superior performances during that span. Holiday festivities can go awry between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Just ask top-ranked Virginia, which lost at tiny Chaminade in 1982, and NCAA champion-to-be Michigan, which bowed to Alaska-Anchorage on a neutral court in 1988. Following is a day-by-day calendar citing memorable moments in December college basketball history:

DECEMBER
1 - Belmont's Josh Goodwin (39 points at East Tennessee State in overtime in 2005), Eastern Kentucky's Jack Adams (49 vs. Union in 1955), Louisville's Wes Unseld (45 vs. Georgetown, Ky., College in 1967) and NYU's Jim Signorile (50 vs. Herbert Lehman, N.Y., in 1969) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Ronnie Shavlik (55 points vs. William & Mary in 1954 set North Carolina State's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . Denny Crum made his Louisville head coaching debut in 1971 with a 70-69 defeat at Florida before amassing a school-record 675 victories. . . . Eddie Sutton made his Creighton head coaching debut in 1969 with an 84-62 decision over Wisconsin-Oshkosh en route to 802 victories with five schools. . . . Jerry Tarkanian made his UNLV head coaching debut in 1973 with an 82-76 defeat against Texas Tech before notching a school-record 509 victories with the Rebels. . . . Ralph Miller made his Wichita head coaching debut in 1951 with a 62-55 defeat at Colorado before registering 657 victories with three schools. . . . Guy Lewis made his Houston head coaching debut in 1956 with a 97-78 defeat at Kansas State before compiling a school-record 592 victories. . . . Al McGuire made his Marquette debut in 1964 with a 69-49 triumph over St. Thomas (Minn.) en route to becoming the Warriors' all-time winningest coach. . . . Bob Knight made his Indiana debut in 1971 with an 84-77 triumph over Ball State en route to becoming the Hoosiers' all-time winningest coach. . . . Digger Phelps made his Notre Dame debut in 1971 with a 101-83 defeat against Michigan before compiling a school-record 393 victories. . . . Frank McGuire made his South Carolina debut in 1964 with a 76-59 triumph against Erskine (S.C.) en route to a school-record 283 victories. . . . John Beilein made his Canisius coaching debut in 1992 with a 110-62 defeat at Duke before going on to win more than 20 games in a single season with four different DI schools. . . . Bob Nichols made his Toledo coaching debut in 1965 with a 108-77 triumph against Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) en route to a school-record 375 victories. . . . Lynn Howden (24 vs. Florida State in 1970) set Texas' single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
2 - Northern Arizona's Cory Schwab (43 points at Cal Poly in overtime in 2000), Southwest Missouri State's Ben Kandlbinder (36 vs. Stephen F. Austin State in 1995) and Wisconsin's Christian Steinmetz (50 at Sparta's Company C in 1904) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Dean Smith made his North Carolina head coaching debut in 1961 with an 80-46 decision over Virginia en route to a school-record 879 victories. . . . Norm Stewart made his Missouri head coaching debut in 1967 with a 74-58 triumph at Arkansas en route to a school-record 634 victories with the Tigers. . . . Don Haskins made his Texas Western head coaching debut in 1961 with a 66-59 triumph at Iowa State en route to a school-record 719 victories. . . . Terry Holland made his Virginia coaching debut in 1974 with a 77-69 triumph against Washington & Lee (Va.) en route to a school-record 326 victories.
3 - Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain (52 points vs. Northwestern in 1956) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Von McDade (50 at Illinois in double overtime in 1990) set school single-game scoring records. Chamberlain also grabbed 31 rebounds in his varsity debut and Lew Alcindor collected 56 points and 21 rebounds vs. Southern California in his varsity debut with UCLA in 1966. . . . John Wooden made his UCLA head coaching debut in 1948 with a 43-37 decision over UC Santa Barbara en route to a school-record 620 victories with the Bruins. . . . Lefty Driesell made his Davidson head coaching debut in 1960 with a 65-59 decision over Wake Forest en route to 786 victories with four schools. . . . Everett Case made his North Carolina State debut in 1946 with a 63-28 decision over the Cherry Point Marines en route to a school-record 377 victories with the Wolfpack. . . . Arizona State's Mark Landsberger (27 vs. San Diego State in 1976), Jacksonville's Artis Gilmore (34 vs. St. Peter's in 1970) and UMKC's Tony Berg (23 vs. Baylor in 1996) set school single-game rebounding records.
4 - Mississippi State's Bailey Howell (47 points vs. Union, Tenn., in 1958) and Northwestern State's Billy Reynolds (42 at Lamar in 1976) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Brown's Ed Tooley shot an NCAA-record 36 free throws in a single game in 1954. . . . Long Beach State's school-record 75-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by San Francisco (94-84 in overtime in 1974). . . . Lou Carnesecca made his St. John's debut in 1965 with a 64-62 triumph at Georgetown in overtime en route to a school-record 526 victories. . . . Bob Knight made his Army head coaching debut in 1965 with a 70-49 setback at Princeton before becoming Indiana's all-time winningest coach and compiling 899 victories. . . . UCLA's season-opening defeat by 27 points (110-83 at Illinois in 1964) was worst-ever for a team going on to capture an NCAA championship. . . . Marv Branstrom (28 vs. Arizona State in 1958) set San Jose State's single-game rebounding record.
5 - North Carolina State's David Thompson (57 points vs. Buffalo State in 1974), Rider's Ron Simpson (48 at St. Francis, N.Y., in double overtime in 1987) and Washington State's Brian Quinnett (45 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1986 Amana Hawkeye Classic at Iowa City) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Charlotte's school-record 60-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Appalachian State (71-64 in 1977). . . . Dale Brown made his LSU head coaching debut in 1972 with a 94-81 triumph against Memphis State en route to a school-record 448 victories. . . . Shelby Metcalf made his Texas A&M head coaching debut in 1963 with a 61-58 triumph against Houston en route to a school-record 438 victories. . . . Gene Estes (24 vs. Texas Western in 1960) set Tulsa's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
6 - American's Russell "Boo" Bowers (45 points at Harvard in 1980), Old Dominion's Alex Loughton (45 vs. Charlotte in double overtime in 2003), Rice's Doug McKendrick (47 vs. Georgia Tech in 1965) and Texas-San Antonio's Roderic Hall (52 vs. Maine in consolation game of 1997 Southwest Missouri Tournament at Springfield, Mo.) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Kent State's Doug Grayson set an NCAA single-game record by hitting 16 consecutive field-goal attempts vs. North Carolina in 1967. . . . Indiana's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Kentucky (66-51 in 1976). . . . Bob Presley (27 vs. St. Mary's in 1967) set California's single-game rebounding record.
7 - Niagara's Calvin Murphy (68 points vs. Syracuse in 1968) and St. Mary's Jim Moore (43 vs. Sacramento State in 1964) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Forest Arnold (46 points vs. Hardin-Simmons in 1955) set Memphis State's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . Cincinnati's school-record 86-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Kansas (51-47 in 1963), Jacksonville's school-record 35-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Florida State (90-83 in 1971) and Tulsa's school-record 36-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Oklahoma State (93-75 in 1982). . . . Benny Becton (29 vs. Maine in 1962) set Vermont's single-game rebounding record.
8 - Davidson's Fred Hetzel (53 points vs. Furman in 1964), Morgan State's James McCoy (38 vs. Georgia State in semifinals of 1989 Godfather's Pizza Classic at Chattanooga, Tenn.), Rutgers' Bob Lloyd (51 at Delaware in 1965) and Wright State's Bill Edwards (45 vs. Morehead State in 1992) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Missouri's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Arkansas (95-82 in 1990). . . . Colgate's Jack Nichols (26 vs. Cornell in 1956) and Missouri State's Lee Campbell (20 vs. Southern Utah State in 1989) set school single-game rebounding records against DI opponents.
9 - Tony Bolds (41 points vs. Alcorn State in opening round of 1983 Great Busch Shootout at Southern Illinois) set Mercer's Division I single-game scoring record. . . . Utah's school-record 54-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Weber State (79-77 in 2000). . . . Butler's Jeff Blue (23 vs. Michigan in 1961), College of Charleston's Thaddeous Delaney (21 vs. Charleston Southern in 1995), Dayton's Garry Roggenburk (32 vs. Miami Ohio in 1959), Iowa State's Bill Cain (26 vs. Minnesota in 1969), Lafayette's Ron Moyer (33 vs. Gettysburg in 1970) and Towson's Junior Hairston (21 vs. Niagara in 2007) set school single-game rebounding records against Division I opponents.
10 - Duke's Danny Ferry (58 points at Miami, Fla., in 1988) and Long Beach State's Ed Ratleff (45 vs. St. Mary's in 1970) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Troy State (28 of 74) and George Mason (16 of 34) combined to set NCAA single-game three-point field-goal records in 1994 for shots made and attempted beyond the arc with Troy State's figures establishing marks for one team. . . . Tulane's school-record 42-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Arkansas (42-41 in 1949). . . . Bucknell's Hal Danzig (29 vs. Lehigh in 1958), Kentucky's Bob Burrow (34 vs. Temple in 1955) and Louisville's Charlie Tyra (38 vs. Canisius in 1955) set school single-game rebounding records.
11 - North Carolina A&T's Joe Binion (41 points vs. Livingstone, N.C., in final of 1982 Miller Aggie Classic) and Virginia's Barry Parkhill (51 vs. Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio, in 1971) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Louisville's Clifford Rozier set an NCAA single-game record by hitting all 15 of his field-goal attempts against Eastern Kentucky in 1993. . . . Ohio State's school-record 50-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Davidson (95-73 in 1963). . . . Marvin Barnes (28 vs. Fairfield in 1972) set Providence's single-game rebounding record against a DI opponent.
12 - Alabama's Mike Nordholz (50 points vs. Southern Mississippi at 1966 Birmingham Classic), North Dakota State's Ben Woodside (60 vs. Stephen F. Austin in 2008), Radford's Doug Day (43 at Central Connecticut State in 1990), Southern's Tim Roberts (56 vs. Faith Baptist, La., in 1994) and Texas Christian's Lee Nailon (53 vs. Mississippi Valley State in first round of 1997 TCU Tournament) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Oklahoma's Mookie Blaylock set an NCAA single-game record with 13 steals vs. Centenary in 1987. . . . Henry "Hank" Iba made his Oklahoma A&M head coaching debut in 1934 with a 24-17 decision over Wichita en route to a school-record 655 victories with the Cowboys. . . . Kent State's Leroy Thompson (31 vs. Case Western in 1948) and Weber State's Willie Sojourner (25 vs. West Texas State in 1969) set school single-game rebounding records.
13 - St. Peter's Rich Rinaldi (54 points vs. St. Francis, N.Y., in 1971), Southern Mississippi's Jerome Arnold (41 vs. Missouri-Kansas City in 1978), Toledo's Clarke "Pinky" Pittenger (49 at Bluffton, Ohio, in 1918) and Tulsa's Willie Biles (48 vs. St. Cloud, Minn., in 1973) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Phog Allen made his Kansas head coaching debut in 1907 with a 66-22 decision over Ottawa (Kan.) en route to a school-record 590 victories with the Jayhawks. . . . Bradley's Barney Cable (28 vs. Canisius in 1955), Eastern Kentucky's Garfield Smith (33 vs. Marshall in 1967) and UALR's Rashad Jones-Jennings (30 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2005) set school single-game rebounding records against a DI opponent.
14 - Marshall's Keith Veney set an NCAA single-game record for three-pointers (making 15 of 25 shots from beyond the arc vs. Morehead State in 1996).
15 - UC Irvine's Kevin Magee (46 points vs. Loyola Marymount in 1981) and Providence's Marvin Barnes (52 vs. Austin Peay in 1973) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Tennessee topped Temple, 11-6, in 1973 in the lowest-scoring game since 1938. . . . La Salle's Michael Brooks set the East Coast Conference single-game scoring record with 51 points at Brigham Young in 1979. . . . Jack Friel made his Washington State debut in 1928 with a 62-18 decision over Lewis-Clark State en route to becoming the Cougars' all-time winningest coach. . . . Cal State Fullerton's Kerry Davis (27 vs. Central Michigan in 1975), Colgate's Dick Osborn (26 vs. Yale in 1951), Texas A&M's Vernon Smith and Rynn Wright (21 vs. UNLV in 1978) and Utah State's Wayne Estes (28 vs. Regis in 1962) set school single-game rebounding records against DI opponents.
16 - Cal State Fullerton's Bobby Brown (47 points vs. Bethune-Cookman in 2006), Creighton's Bob Portman (51 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1967), Murray State's Marcus Brown (45 vs. Washington, Mo., in 1995) and North Carolina's Bob Lewis (49 vs. Florida State in 1965) set school single-game scoring records. . . . In 2000, Illinois guard Cory Bradford set an NCAA record by hitting a three-point field goal in his 74th of 88 consecutive games. . . . St. Joseph's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Fairfield (82-68 in 1966) and Texas-El Paso's school-record 31-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Indiana (69-66 in 1989). . . . Florida State's Dave Cowens (31 vs. LSU in 1967), Mercer's Scott Farley (22 vs. Alabama in 1995), SMU's Ira Terrell (26 vs. New Mexico State in 1975) and UTEP's Jim Barnes (27 vs. Centenary in 1963) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
17 - Furman senior swingman Darrell Floyd set a Southern Conference single-game record with 62 points vs. The Citadel in 1955. . . . Oklahoma's Mookie Blaylock tied his NCAA single-game record with 13 steals vs. Loyola Marymount in 1988. . . . Cincinnati's LaZelle Durden set the Great Midwest Conference single-game scoring record with 45 points at Wyoming in 1994. . . . Illinois ended visiting San Francisco's school-record 60-game winning streak (62-33 in 1957). . . . Denver's Dick Brott (29 vs. Southern California in 1956) and Furman's Bob Thomas (35 vs. The Citadel in 1955) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
18 - Warren Isaac (50 points vs. Bates in 1964) set Iona's Division I single-game scoring record. . . . Penn's school-record 34-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Temple (57-52 in 1971). . . . Adolph Rupp made his Kentucky head coaching debut in 1930 with a 67-19 decision over Georgetown (Ky.) en route to a school-record 876 victories. . . . Hec Edmundson made his Washington debut in 1920 with a 30-14 decision over Varsity/Alumni en route to becoming the Huskies' all-time winningest coach. . . . Alabama's Harry Hammonds (28 vs. Massachusetts in 1966), Brigham Young's Scott Warner (27 vs. Texas Tech in 1969), Cleveland State's Dave Kyle (24 vs. Ohio University in 1976) and Hofstra's John Irving (28 vs. Long Island in 1975) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
19 - Iowa State's Lafester Rhodes (54 points vs. Iowa in overtime in 1987), Norfolk State's Tony Murphy (43 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UNLV in 2006) and UNC Asheville's Ricky Chatman (41 vs. James Madison in overtime in 1987) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Kevin Thomas (46 vs. Tennessee in 1955 Carousel Invitational at Charlotte) set Boston University's single-game scoring record against a DI opponent. . . . Auburn's Rex Frederick (27 vs. SMU in 1957), Lehigh's Greg Falkenbach (25 vs. Drexel in 1970) and New Mexico State's Sam Lacey (27 vs. Hardin-Simmons in 1969) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
20 - Fresno State's Charles Bailey (45 points at North Texas State in double overtime in 1973), Georgia's Ronnie Hogue (46 vs. Louisiana State in 1971) and Maryland's Ernest Graham (44 vs. North Carolina State in 1978) set school single-game scoring records. . . . John Connors (23 vs. Iona in 1956) set St. Bonaventure's single-game rebounding record against a major-college opponent.
21 - Idaho's Orlando Lightfoot (50 points at Gonzaga in 1993), Ohio's Dave Jamerson (60 vs. Charleston, W. Va., in 1989), Pacific's Bill Stricker (44 vs. Portland in 1968) and Pittsburgh's Don Hennon (45 vs. Duke in double overtime in 1957) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Visiting Cincinnati outlasted Bradley in seven overtimes in 1981 in the longest game in NCAA history. . . . Texas Christian hit an NCAA-record 56 free throws in 1999 in 70 attempts against Eastern Michigan. . . . West Virginia ended North Carolina's school-record 37-game winning streak (75-64 in 1957 at Kentucky), Houston's school-record 59-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Illinois (97-84 in 1968) and Oklahoma State's school-record 49-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Southern California (28-25 in 1940).
22 - Centenary's Robert Parish (50 points at Lamar in 1972), Central Michigan's Tommie Johnson (53 at Wright State in 1987), Georgia Tech's Kenny Anderson (50 vs. Loyola Marymount in 1990), Jackson State's Trey Johnson (49 at Texas-El Paso in 2006), San Jose State's Adrian Oliver (42 vs. Puget Sound in 2010) and Western Illinois' Darrell Richardson (36 at Hawaii-Hilo in 1989) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Nick Galis (48 vs. Santa Clara in 1978 Cable Car Classic at San Francisco) set Seton Hall's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Louisiana State All-American Pete Maravich set an NCAA single-game record for most successful free throws by converting 30 foul shots at Oregon State in 1969. . . . Oklahoma's school-record 51-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Duke (90-85 in 1990). . . . Rich Kelley (27 vs. Kentucky in 1973) set Stanford's single-game rebounding record.
23 - Scott Fisher (39 points at Montana State in 1985) set UC Santa Barbara's school single-game scoring record. . . . Bob Portman (46 vs. Weber State in 1968) set Creighton's single-game scoring record against a major-college opponent. . . . Top-ranked Virginia and national player of the year Ralph Sampson lost at tiny NAIA school (Chaminade) in 1982 in perhaps the biggest upset in college basketball history.
27 - Gene Harris (46 points vs. Holy Cross in 1961 Quaker City Classic at Philadelphia) set Penn State's single-game scoring record.
28 - IPFW's Terry Collins (36 points at UC Irvine in 2002), Oklahoma's Wayman Tisdale (61 vs. Texas-San Antonio in All-College Tournament at Oklahoma City in 1983) and Texas A&M's Bennie Lenox (53 vs. Wyoming in 1963 All-College Tournament at Oklahoma City) set school single-game scoring records. . . . NCAA champion-to-be Michigan lost on a neutral court at Salt Lake City to non-Division I opponent Alaska-Anchorage in 1988. . . . Providence's school-record 55-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by St. John's (91-79 in 1974). . . . Detroit's Bill Ebben (38 vs. Brigham Young in 1955), Gonzaga's Paul Cathey (28 vs. UNLV in 1977), Illinois' Skip Thoren (24 vs. UCLA in 1963), Michigan State's Horace Walker (29 vs. Butler in 1959), Niagara's Alex Ellis (31 vs. Villanova in 1956), UAB's Cameron Moore (24 vs. George Washington in 2011) and Washington State's Jim McKean (27 vs. West Virginia in 1966) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
29 - Ron Carter (42 points vs. Long Beach State in 1977 at Toledo) set Virginia Military's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . Chattanooga's Vincent Robinson (20 vs. Tennessee State in 1989), Colorado's Burdette Haldorson (31 vs. Oklahoma in 1952), Louisiana-Monroe's Calvin Natt (31 vs. Georgia Southern in 1976), Ohio State's Frank Howard (32 vs. Brigham Young in 1956), San Diego State's Michael Cage (26 vs. La Salle in 1980), Texas A&M's Steve Niles (21 vs. Furman in 1969) and Utah's Billy McGill (24 vs. UCLA in 1961) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
30 - Austin Peay's James "Fly" Williams (51 points vs. Georgia Southern in final of 1972 Claxton Fruitcake Classic), Florida International's Carlos Arroyo (39 at North Texas in overtime in 2000), Fordham's Charlie Yelverton (46 vs. Rochester in 1970), Hawaii's Trevor Ruffin (42 vs. Louisville in 1993), Penn's Ernie Beck (47 vs. Duke in 1952 Dixie Classic at Raleigh, N.C.), St. Joseph's Tony Costner (47 vs. Alaska-Anchorage in 1983 Cable Car Classic at San Francisco) and Utah State's Wayne Estes (52 vs. Boston College in overtime at 1964 Rainbow Classic in Hawaii) set school single-game scoring records. . . . Duke overcame a 29-point halftime deficit to defeat Tulane in consolation game of 1950 Dixie Classic at Raleigh, N.C. . . . Stanford ended Long Island's school-record 43-game winning streak (45-31 in 1936). . . . Hawaii's Bob Nash (30 vs. Arizona State in 1971), Idaho State's Ed Wilson (26 vs. Arkansas in 1967), La Salle's Tom Gola (31 vs. Brigham Young in 1953), Michigan State's Johnny Green (29 vs. Washington in 1957), St. John's LeRoy Ellis Sr. (30 vs. NYU in 1961), South Alabama's Leon Williams (28 vs. Texas-Arlington in 1972) and Western Kentucky's Tom Marshall (29 vs. Louisville in 1953) set school single-game rebounding records against a major-college opponent.
31 - Loyola of Chicago's school-record 41-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by St. Louis (90-57 in 1964).

Memorable Moments in November College Basketball History

"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal, Carthaginian military commander

UCLA, in a stellar 10-year stretch from 1963-64 through 1972-73 ruling the scene much like Hannibal, accounted for four of only 12 squads to go undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition in the late 1930s. Kentucky's over-hyped freshmen were considered capable of becoming #13 in some misguided quarters but the Wildcats, despite dropping Indiana from its schedule due to coaching egos, appeared as if they will be fortunate to rank among the nation's top 13 teams after promptly failing to become the first team since IU in 1975-76 to go unbeaten and subsequently becoming only the third preseason #1 to lose three contests prior to Christmas.

UK, which was soundly whipped by undefeated LIU in 1938-39 before the Wildcats went unbeaten themselves 15 years later, should have had its yearlings take a hoop history lesson. Big Blue was coming off a 12-loss campaign and the average number of defeats the previous year for the first 12 unbeaten teams was five. The only time in major-college history that two undefeated major colleges met in a national postseason tournament was the 1939 NIT final between Loyola of Chicago and Long Island University. LIU (23-0) defeated Loyola (21-1), 44-32.

In a seven-year span, all-time greats Lew Alcindor (UCLA in 1966-67), Bill Walton (UCLA in 1971-72) and David Thompson (North Carolina State in 1972-73) weren't freshmen but they were in their first season of varsity eligibility when leading their unbeaten teams in scoring. Following are the schedules and team statistics for the 12 squads to go undefeated since the start of national tournament postseason competition:

Long Island (23-0 in 1938-39)
Coach: Clair Bee (eighth of 18 seasons with Blackbirds)

1938-39 LIU Opponents	Score	LIU's High Scorer
Newark University (N.J.)	64-14	George Newman 14
Panzer College	41-35	Daniel Kaplowitz 15
Princeton/Seminary	82-37	John Bromberg/Irv Torgoff 10
McGill University (Quebec)	77-39	Irv Torgoff 12
Montclair Teachers College (N.J.)	63-40	Irv Torgoff 10
East Stroudsburg Teachers (Pa.)	63-33	John Bromberg 14
Southern California	33-18	Daniel Kaplowitz 12
Kentucky	52-34	John Bromberg 12
Marquette	41-34	Arthur Hillhouse 14
New York Athletic Club	64-43	Arthur Hillhouse 15
Toledo	46-39	Irv Torgoff 18
Geneva College (Pa.)	48-39	Irv Torgoff 15
Duquesne	48-31	John Bromberg 13
Scranton (Pa.)	65-53	Daniel Kaplowitz 16
Canisius	62-50	Myron Sewitch 15
St. Francis (N.Y.)	61-20	Ossie Schechtman 13
St. Bonaventure	70-31	Irv Torgoff 12
University of Baltimore	52-34	Daniel Kaplowitz 9
John Marshall College	65-25	Irv Torgoff 11
at La Salle	28-21	Daniel Kaplowitz 7
New Mexico State (NIT)	52-45	Irv Torgoff 14
Bradley (NIT)	36-32	John Bromberg 12
Loyola of Chicago (NIT)	44-32	Irv Torgoff 12

NOTES: La Salle game technically played on a neutral court (Philadelphia Convention Hall). . . . NIT games played at Madison Square Garden.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR LIU REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Irv Torgoff	F	Sr.	23	9.5
Daniel Kaplowitz	F	Sr.	23	8.1
*Arthur Hillhouse	C	Sr.	12	7.1
John Bromberg	G	Sr.	23	6.6
Oscar "Ossie" Schechtman	G	Soph.	22	4.8
Seymour "Cy" Lobello	C	Soph.	22	4.4
**Dolly King	C	Soph.	10	4.0
Myron Sewitch	C	Sr.	21	3.9
Solomon Schwartz	G	Soph.	22	3.8
George Newman	G	Sr.	23	3.5
Joseph Shelly	G	Soph.	20	3.5
Irving Zeitlin	G	Soph.	18	1.7
Maxwell Sharf	G-F	Soph.	16	1.4

*Hillhouse completed eligibility at the end of the first semester.
**King became eligible at the start of the second semester.

Seton Hall (19-0 in 1939-40)
Coach: John "Honey" Russell (fourth of 18 seasons with Pirates)

1939-40 Seton Hall Opponents	Score	Pirates High Scorer
Alumni	45-29	Nick Parpan 12
Mount St. Mary's	58-32	Ed Sadowski 13
Tulane	53-25	Bob Davies 9
Florida	43-41	Bob Davies/Ed Sadowski 13
William & Mary	51-35	Ed Sadowski 17
at Scranton	48-32	Ed Sadowski 17
Becker	69-29	Ed Sadowski 14
at Kutztown (Pa.)	42-34	Ed Sadowski 15
Loyola (Md.)	50-40	Ed Sadowski 13
at St. Peter's	55-27	Bernie Coyle 13
at Brooklyn	51-34	Bob Fischer 13
Rider	44-32	Bob Davies/John Ruthenberg 8
St. Francis (Pa.)	48-36	Bob Davies 17
St. Bonaventure	46-41	Bob Davies 19
Kutztown (Pa.)	53-33	Bob Davies 15
Canisius	52-46	Bob Davies 17
Catholic (D.C.)	53-27	Edward Ryan 13
Brooklyn	43-41	Frank Delany 16
Scranton (Pa.)	68-39	Bob Davies 16

NOTE: Seton Hall played its home games at five different arenas - East Orange High School, Elizabeth Armory, Orange Armory, Orange High School and Dickinson High School (Jersey City).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR SETON HALL REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Ed Sadowski*	C	Sr.	9	12.2
Bob Davies	F	Soph.	18	11.8
Bob Fischer	F	Soph.	18	4.9
John Ruthenberg	G-C	Soph.	19	4.7
Bob Holm	G	Soph.	17	4.2
Frank Delany	G-F	Sr.	19	3.8
Bernie Coyle	G-F	Sr.	18	3.7
Nick Parpan	G-F	Jr.	14	3.4
Ken Pine	C	Soph.	16	3.2
Ray Studwell	F-G	Soph.	18	1.2

*Sadowski missed the second half of the season because of a broken kneecap.

Army/U.S. Military Academy (15-0 in winter of 1944)
Coach: Ed Kelleher (first of two seasons with Cadets)

1943-44 Army Opponents	Score	Army's High Scorer
Swarthmore (Pa.)	80-29	Bob Faas 20
Colgate	69-44	Dale Hall 18
St. John's	49-36	Dale Hall 21
at Columbia	55-37	Dale Hall 17
Penn State	49-38	Dale Hall 14
Coast Guard	55-37	Doug Kenna 11
West Virginia	58-31	Dale Hall 18
at Rochester (N.Y.)	57-43	Dale Hall 23
Pittsburgh	66-32	Ed Christl 16
Hobart (N.Y.)	69-36	Dale Hall/Doug Kenna 20
Pennsylvania	55-38	Dale Hall 18
Villanova	34-22	Dale Hall 23
New York University	46-36	Dale Hall 18
Maryland	85-22	Dale Hall 32
Navy	47-40	Doug Kenna 17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR ARMY REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	PPG
Dale Hall	F	Jr.	15	18.2
Doug Kenna	G	Jr.	15	10.1
Ed Christl	C	Sr.	12	8.3
Bob Faas	F	Sr.	15	7.1
Bill Ekberg	C	Jr.	15	4.7
Jack Hennessey	G	Sr.	15	1.7

Kentucky (25-0 in 1953-54)
Coach: Adolph Rupp (24th of 41 seasons with Wildcats)

1953-54 UK Opponents	Score	UK's High Scorer
Temple	86-59	Cliff Hagan 51
at Xavier	81-66	Frank Ramsey 27
Wake Forest	101-69	Cliff Hagan 18
at St. Louis	71-59	Frank Ramsey 21
Duke	85-69	Cliff Hagan 27
La Salle	73-60	Cliff Hagan 28
Minnesota	74-59	Frank Ramsey 23
Xavier	77-71	Cliff Hagan 20
Georgia Tech	105-53	Cliff Hagan 34
DePaul	81-63	Cliff Hagan/Frank Ramsey 22
Tulane	94-43	Frank Ramsey 26
at Tennessee	97-71	Frank Ramsey 37
at Vanderbilt	85-63	Frank Ramsey 24
Georgia Tech*	99-48	Cliff Hagan 23
Georgia	106-55	Frank Ramsey 29
Georgia*	100-68	Cliff Hagan 29
at Florida	97-55	Cliff Hagan 22
Mississippi	88-62	Cliff Hagan 38
Mississippi State	81-49	Cliff Hagan 26
Tennessee	90-63	Cliff Hagan 24
at DePaul	76-61	Cliff Hagan 29
Vanderbilt	100-64	Cliff Hagan 22
Auburn*	109-79	Frank Ramsey 28
at Alabama	68-43	Cliff Hagan 24
Louisiana State* (SEC Playoff)	63-56	Frank Ramsey 30

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR KENTUCKY REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Cliff Hagan	F-C	Sr.	25	.455	.691	24.0	13.5
Frank Ramsey	G	Sr.	25	.416	.729	19.6	8.8
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	Sr.	25	.351	.690	14.5	9.6
Billy Evans	F-G	Jr.	25	.372	.778	8.4	7.2
Gayle Rose	G	Jr.	23	.346	.646	6.7	1.3
Phil Grawemeyer	F-C	Soph.	25	.372	.543	5.9	6.1
Linville Puckett	G	Soph.	24	.295	.673	5.1	2.2
Bill Bibb	F	Soph.	16	.313	.583	1.7	1.6
TEAM TOTALS			25	.383	.678	87.5	52.7

San Francisco (29-0 in 1955-56)
Coach: Phil Woolpert (fifth of nine seasons with Dons)

1955-56 USF Opponents	Score	USF's High Scorer
Chico State (Calif.)	70-39	Bill Russell 15
Southern California	58-42	Bill Russell 24
San Francisco State	72-47	Bill Russell 20
Marquette*	65-58	Bill Russell 16
at DePaul	82-59	K.C. Jones 23
at Wichita	75-65	Bill Russell 17
at Loyola of New Orleans	61-43	Bill Russell 20
La Salle*	79-62	Bill Russell 26
Holy Cross*	67-51	Bill Russell 24
UCLA*	70-53	Bill Russell 17
Pepperdine	62-51	Bill Russell 20
Santa Clara	74-56	Mike Farmer 18
at Fresno State	69-50	Bill Russell 22
at California	33-24	K.C. Jones 15
San Jose State	67-40	Bill Russell 21
Loyola of Los Angeles	68-46	Carl Boldt 20
at Pacific	77-60	Bill Russell 24
Fresno State	79-46	Bill Russell 23
at San Jose State	76-52	Bill Russell 21
at St. Mary's	76-63	Bill Russell 28
at Santa Clara	80-44	Bill Russell 29
Pacific	87-49	Bill Russell 28
at Pepperdine	68-40	Carl Boldt 14
at Loyola of Los Angeles	65-48	Bill Russell 24
St. Mary's	82-49	Bill Russell 22
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament)	72-61	Gene Brown 23
Utah* (NCAA Tournament)	92-77	Bill Russell 27
Southern Methodist* (NCAA Tournament)	86-68	Mike Farmer 26
Iowa* (NCAA Tournament)	83-71	Bill Russell 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR USF REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Russell	C	Sr.	29	.513	.495	20.6	21.0
K.C. Jones*	G	Sr.	25	.365	.655	9.8	5.2
Hal Perry	G	Sr.	29	.365	.729	9.1	2.0
Carl Boldt	F	Jr.	28	.326	.783	8.6	5.0
Mike Farmer	F	Soph.	28	.371	.548	8.4	7.8
Gene Brown	G	Soph.	29	.377	.641	7.1	4.4
Mike Preaseau	F	Soph.	29	.366	.609	4.1	3.1
Warren Baxter	G	Sr.	26	.301	.667	2.2	0.7
Bill Bush	G	Sr.	22	.208	.625	0.9	0.8
Jack King	F	Jr.	22	.162	.462	0.8	1.0
TEAM TOTALS			29	.388	.604	72.2	54.2

*Ineligible for NCAA Tournament as a fifth-year player.

North Carolina (32-0 in 1956-57)
Coach: Frank McGuire (fifth of nine seasons with Tar Heels)

1956-57 UNC Opponents	Score	Carolina's High Scorer
Furman	94-66	Lennie Rosenbluth 47
Clemson*	94-75	Pete Brennan 28
George Washington	82-55	Lennie Rosenbluth 27
at South Carolina	90-86	Tommy Kearns 29
Maryland	70-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at New York University	64-59	Bob Cunningham 16
Dartmouth*	89-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
Holy Cross*	83-70	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Utah*	97-76	Lennie Rosenbluth 36
Duke*	87-71	Lennie Rosenbluth 32
Wake Forest*	63-55	Lennie Rosenbluth 18
at William & Mary	71-61	Pete Brennan 20
Clemson	86-54	Lennie Rosenbluth 34
Virginia	102-90	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at North Carolina State	83-57	Lennie Rosenbluth 29
at Western Carolina	77-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 26
at Maryland	65-61 (2OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 25
Duke	75-73	Lennie Rosenbluth 35
at Virginia	68-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Wake Forest	72-69	Lennie Rosenbluth 24
North Carolina State	86-57	Lennie Rosenbluth 28
South Carolina	75-62	Pete Brennan 26
at Wake Forest	69-64	Lennie Rosenbluth 30
at Duke	86-72	Lennie Rosenbluth 40
Clemson* (ACC Tournament)	81-61	Lennie Rosenbluth 45
Wake Forest* (ACC Tournament)	61-59	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
South Carolina* (ACC Tournament)	95-75	Lennie Rosenbluth 38
Yale* (NCAA Tournament)	90-74	Lennie Rosenbluth 29
Canisius* (NCAA Tournament)	87-75	Lennie Rosenbluth 39
Syracuse* (NCAA Tournament)	67-58	Lennie Rosenbluth 23
Michigan State* (NCAA Tournament)	74-70 (3OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 31
Kansas* (NCAA Tournament)	54-53 (3OT)	Lennie Rosenbluth 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR NORTH CAROLINA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Lennie Rosenbluth	F	Sr.	32	.483	.758	28.0	8.8
Pete Brennan	F	Jr.	32	.394	.706	14.7	10.4
Tommy Kearns	G	Jr.	32	.434	.711	12.8	3.1
Joe Quigg	C	Jr.	31	.434	.719	10.3	8.6
Bob Cunningham	G	Jr.	32	.393	.598	7.2	6.7
Tony Radovich	G	Sr.	16	.525	.769	3.9	1.8
Bill Hathaway	C	Soph.	15	.333	.417	2.8	5.0
Stan Groll	G	Soph.	12	.370	.556	2.1	1.5
Bob Young	C	Sr.	15	.256	.538	1.9	2.1
Ken Rosemond	G	Jr.	15	.400	.556	1.1	0.6
Danny Lotz	F	Soph.	24	.350	.391	1.0	1.6
TEAM TOTALS			32	.431	.701	79.3	46.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1963-64)
Coach: John Wooden (16th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1963-64 UCLA Opponents	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Brigham Young	113-71	Walt Hazzard 20
Butler	80-65	Walt Hazzard 21
Kansas State*	78-75	Gail Goodrich 21
Kansas*	74-54	Gail Goodrich 23
Baylor*	112-61	Walt Hazzard 23
Creighton*	95-79	Walt Hazzard 26
Yale	95-65	Gail Goodrich 25
Michigan	98-80	Gail Goodrich 30
Illinois	83-79	Gail Goodrich 21
at Washington State	88-83	Gail Goodrich 28
at Washington State	121-77	Gail Goodrich 21
Southern California	79-59	Walt Hazzard 21
Southern California	78-71	Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford	84-71	Gail Goodrich 23
Stanford*	80-61	Walt Hazzard 31
UC Santa Barbara	107-76	Gail Goodrich/Walt Hazzard 21
UC Santa Barbara*	87-59	Gail Goodrich 31
at California	87-67	Gail Goodrich 26
at California	58-56	Walt Hazzard 17
Washington	73-58	Walt Hazzard 17
Washington	88-60	Gail Goodrich 22
at Stanford	100-88	Walt Hazzard 27
at Washington	78-64	Keith Erickson/Walt Hazzard 21
Washington State	93-56	Walt Hazzard 19
California	87-57	Gail Goodrich 23
Southern California	91-81	Gail Goodrich 23
Seattle* (NCAA Tournament)	95-90	Walt Hazzard 26
San Francisco* (NCAA Tournament)	76-72	Walt Hazzard 23
Kansas State* (NCAA Tournament)	90-84	Keith Erickson 28
Duke* (NCAA Tournament)	98-83	Gail Goodrich 27

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Gail Goodrich	G	Jr.	30	.458	.711	21.5	5.2
Walt Hazzard	G	Sr.	30	.445	.718	18.6	4.7
Jack Hirsch	F	Sr.	30	.528	.664	14.0	7.6
Keith Erickson	F	Jr.	30	.403	.623	10.7	9.1
Fred Slaughter	C	Sr.	30	.466	.484	7.9	8.1
Kenny Washington	F-G	Soph.	30	.458	.627	6.1	4.2
Doug McIntosh	C	Soph.	30	.519	.500	3.6	4.4
Kim Stewart	F	Sr.	23	.393	.467	2.2	2.0
Rich Levin	F	Jr.	19	.372	.500	2.0	0.6
Mike Huggins	G	Sr.	23	.382	.478	1.6	1.0
Chuck Darrow	G	Soph.	23	.379	.583	1.6	1.2
Vaughn Hoffman	C	Soph.	21	.476	.500	1.2	1.3
TEAM TOTALS			30	.455	.644	88.9	55.7

UCLA (30-0 in 1966-67)
Coach: John Wooden (19th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1966-67 UCLA Opponents	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Southern California	105-90	Lew Alcindor 56
Duke	88-54	Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 19
Duke	107-87	Lew Alcindor 38
Colorado State	84-74	Lew Alcindor 34
Notre Dame	96-67	Lew Alcindor 25
Wisconsin	100-56	Lew Alcindor 24
Georgia Tech	91-72	Lew Alcindor 18
Southern California	107-83	Lew Alcindor 25
at Washington State	76-67	Lew Alcindor 28
at Washington	83-68	Lew Alcindor 28
California	96-78	Lew Alcindor 26
Stanford	116-78	Lew Alcindor 37
Portland	122-57	Lew Alcindor 27
UC Santa Barbara	119-75	Lew Alcindor 37
at Loyola of Chicago	82-67	Lew Alcindor 35
Illinois*	120-82	Lew Alcindor 45
at Southern California	40-35 (OT)	Lew Alcindor 13
Oregon State	76-44	Lew Alcindor/Lucius Allen 22
Oregon	100-66	Lucius Allen 20
at Oregon	34-25	Lew Alcindor 12
at Oregon State	72-50	Lew Alcindor 28
Washington	71-43	Lew Alcindor 37
Washington State	100-78	Lew Alcindor 61
at Stanford	75-47	Lew Alcindor 20
at California	103-66	Lew Alcindor 30
Southern California	83-55	Lew Alcindor 26
Wyoming* (NCAA Tournament)	109-60	Lew Alcindor 29
Pacific* (NCAA Tournament)	80-64	Lew Alcindor 38
Houston* (NCAA Tournament)	73-58	Lynn Shackelford 22
Dayton* (NCAA Tournament)	79-64	Lew Alcindor 20

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Lew Alcindor	C	Soph.	30	.667	.650	29.0	15.5
Lucius Allen	G	Soph.	30	.479	.713	15.5	5.8
Mike Warren	G	Jr.	30	.465	.758	12.7	4.5
Lynn Shackelford	F	Soph.	30	.480	.821	11.4	5.9
Ken Heitz	F-G	Soph.	30	.506	.600	6.1	3.2
Bill Sweek	G	Soph.	30	.479	.565	4.7	2.8
Jim Nielsen	F-C	Soph.	27	.519	.455	4.6	3.4
Don Saffer	G	Jr.	27	.451	.542	2.9	0.8
Gene Sutherland	G	Jr.	20	.455	.583	1.9	0.8
Neville Saner	F-C	Jr.	24	.308	.667	1.4	1.9
Joe Chrisman	F	Jr.	19	.320	.364	1.1	1.5
TEAM TOTALS			30	.520	.653	89.6	49.8

UCLA (30-0 in 1971-72)
Coach: John Wooden (24th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1971-72 UCLA Opponents	Score	Bruins High Scorer
The Citadel	105-49	Henry Bibby 26
Iowa	106-72	Henry Bibby 32
Iowa State	110-81	Bill Walton 24
Texas A&M	117-53	Bill Walton 23
Notre Dame	114-56	Henry Bibby 28
Texas Christian	119-81	Bill Walton 31
Texas	115-65	Bill Walton 28
Ohio State	79-53	Bill Walton 14
at Oregon State	78-72	Henry Bibby 17
at Oregon	93-68	Bill Walton 30
Stanford	118-79	Bill Walton 32
California	82-43	Bill Walton 20
Santa Clara	92-57	Keith Wilkes 16
Denver	108-61	Henry Bibby/Larry Farmer 19
at Loyola of Chicago	92-64	Henry Bibby/Bill Walton 18
at Notre Dame	57-32	Henry Bibby 15
Southern California	81-56	Bill Walton 22
Washington State	89-58	Bill Walton 25
Washington	109-70	Bill Walton 27
at Washington	100-83	Bill Walton 31
at Washington State	85-55	Larry Hollyfield/Keith Wilkes 16
Oregon	92-70	Bill Walton 37
Oregon State	92-72	Bill Walton 26
at California	91-71	Bill Walton 24
at Stanford	102-73	Greg Lee 16
at Southern California	79-66	Bill Walton 20
Weber State* (NCAA Tournament)	90-58	Henry Bibby 16
Long Beach State* (NCAA Tournament)	73-57	Henry Bibby 23
Louisville* (NCAA Tournaqment)	96-77	Bill Walton 23
Florida State* (NCAA Tournament)	81-76	Bill Walton 24

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Walton	C	Soph.	30	.640	.704	21.1	15.5
Henry Bibby	G	Sr.	30	.450	.806	15.7	3.5
Keith Wilkes	F	Soph.	30	.531	.696	13.5	8.2
Larry Farmer	F	Jr.	30	.456	.549	10.7	5.5
Greg Lee	G	Soph.	29	.492	.824	8.7	2.0
Larry Hollyfield	F	Jr.	30	.514	.651	7.3	3.3
Swen Nater	C	Jr.	29	.535	.609	6.7	4.8
Tommy Curtis	G	Soph.	30	.437	.636	4.1	2.1
Andy Hill	G	Sr.	26	.356	.709	2.7	0.8
Vince Carson	F	Soph.	28	.400	.667	2.4	2.6
Jon Chapman	F	Sr.	28	.465	.500	1.6	1.6
Gary Franklin	F	Soph.	26	.412	.438	1.3	1.0
TEAM TOTALS			30	.504	.695	94.6	54.9

UCLA (30-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: John Wooden (25th of 27 seasons with Bruins)

1972-73 UCLA Opponents	Score	Bruins High Scorer
Wisconsin	94-53	Bill Walton 26
Bradley	73-38	Bill Walton 16
Pacific	81-48	Keith Wilkes 18
UC Santa Barbara	98-67	Bill Walton 30
Pittsburgh	89-73	Keith Wilkes 20
Notre Dame	82-56	Keith Wilkes 18
Drake*	85-72	Bill Walton 29
Illinois*	71-64	Bill Walton 22
Oregon	64-38	Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 14
Oregon State	87-61	Keith Wilkes 19
at Stanford	82-67	Larry Farmer/Larry Hollyfield/Bill Walton 18
at California	69-50	Larry Farmer/Keith Wilkes 18
San Francisco	92-64	Bill Walton 22
Providence	101-77	Larry Farmer 21
at Loyola of Chicago	87-73	Bill Walton 32
at Notre Dame	82-63	Keith Wilkes 20
at Southern California	79-56	Bill Walton 20
at Washington State	88-50	Bill Walton 17
at Washington	76-67	Bill Walton 29
Washington	93-62	Bill Walton 26
Washington State	96-64	Bill Walton 29
at Oregon	72-61	Keith Wilkes 18
at Oregon State	73-67	Bill Walton 21
California	90-65	Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 15
Stanford	51-45	Bill Walton 23
Southern California	76-56	Bill Walton/Keith Wilkes 17
Arizona State (NCAA Tournament)	98-81	Bill Walton 28
San Francisco (NCAA Tournament)	54-39	Larry Farmer 13
Indiana* (NCAA Tournament)	70-59	Tommy Curtis 22
Memphis State* (NCAA Tournament)	87-66	Bill Walton 44

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR UCLA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Bill Walton	C	Jr.	30	.650	.569	20.4	16.9
Keith Wilkes	F	Jr.	30	.525	.652	14.8	7.3
Larry Farmer	F	Sr.	30	.511	.701	12.2	5.0
Larry Hollyfield	G	Sr.	30	.466	.492	10.7	2.9
Tommy Curtis	G	Jr.	24	.512	.667	6.4	1.7
Dave Meyers	F	Soph.	28	.477	.756	4.9	2.9
Greg Lee	G	Jr.	30	.473	.790	4.6	1.3
Swen Nater	C	Sr.	29	.459	.652	3.2	3.3
Pete Trgovich	G-F	Soph.	25	.382	.400	3.1	1.7
Vince Carson	F	Jr.	26	.514	.471	1.7	2.2
Gary Franklin	F	Jr.	24	.485	.500	1.6	1.3
Bob Webb	G	Jr.	21	.148	.833	0.6	0.2
TEAM TOTALS			30	.519	.632	81.3	49.0

Assists leader: Walton 168.

North Carolina State (27-0 in 1972-73)
Coach: Norman Sloan (seventh of 14 seasons with Wolfpack)

1972-73 N.C. State Opponents	Score	Wolfpack High Scorer
Appalachian State	130-53	David Thompson 33
Atlantic Christian	110-40	David Thompson 32
Georgia Southern	144-100	David Thompson 40
South Florida	125-88	David Thompson 30
Wake Forest*	88-83	David Thompson 29
North Carolina*	68-61	David Thompson 19
Davidson*	103-90	Joe Cafferky 25
at Georgia	97-83	David Thompson 26
at Virginia	68-61	Monte Towe 17
Duke	94-87	Monte Towe/Tom Burleson 20
Lehigh	115-53	Tom Burleson 30
at Maryland	87-85	David Thompson 37
at Clemson	86-76	David Thompson 24
at Furman	98-73	David Thompson 27
Maryland	89-78	David Thompson 24
Virginia	64-59	David Thompson 18
North Carolina	76-73	David Thompson 22
Clemson*	68-61	David Thompson 30
Georgia Tech*	118-94	David Thompson 36
East Carolina	105-70	David Thompson 33
at Wake Forest	81-59	David Thompson 21
at Duke	74-50	David Thompson 31
UNC Charlotte	100-64	Tom Burleson 26
at North Carolina	82-78	David Thompson 18
Wake Forest	100-77	Tom Burleson 27
Virginia* (ACC Tournament)	63-51	Tom Burleson/David Thompson 14
Maryland* (ACC Tournament)	76-74	Tom Burleson 14

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR N.C. STATE REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
David Thompson	F	Soph.	27	.569	.825	24.7	8.1
Tom Burleson	C	Jr.	27	.512	.730	17.9	12.0
Monte Towe	G	Soph.	27	.468	.729	10.0	1.7
Rick Holdt	F	Sr.	27	.531	.660	8.3	3.7
Tim Stoddard	F	Soph.	27	.482	.569	7.9	5.3
Joe Cafferky	G	Sr.	25	.569	.767	7.2	2.1
Greg Hawkins	F	Jr.	25	.448	.706	5.6	3.3
Mark Moeller	G	Soph.	27	.579	.516	4.7	1.6
Steve Nuce	F	Jr.	26	.474	.571	4.4	2.1
Craig Kuszmaul	G	Soph.	19	.667	.400	2.4	0.9
TEAM TOTALS			27	.520	.715	92.9	46.5

INDIANA (32-0 in 1975-76)
Coach: Bob Knight (fifth of 29 seasons with Hoosiers)

1975-76 IU Opponents	Score	IU's High Scorer
UCLA*	84-64	Scott May 33
Florida State*	83-59	Scott May 24
Notre Dame	63-60	Scott May 25
Kentucky*	77-68 (OT)	Kent Benson/Scott May 27
Georgia	93-56	Scott May 18
Virginia Tech	101-74	Scott May 27
Columbia*	106-63	Kent Benson 15
Manhattan*	97-61	Scott May 32
at St. John's	76-69	Scott May 29
at Ohio State	66-64	Scott May 24
Northwestern	78-61	Kent Benson 22
at Michigan	80-74	Kent Benson 33
at Michigan State	69-57	Kent Benson 23
at Illinois	83-55	Scott May 27
Purdue	71-67	Scott May 32
at Minnesota	85-76	Tom Abernethy 22
at Iowa	88-73	Scott May 32
Wisconsin	114-61	Scott May 30
Michigan	72-67 (OT)	Scott May 27
Michigan State	85-70	Kent Benson 38
Illinois	58-48	Kent Benson 17
at Purdue	74-71	Scott May 26
Minnesota	76-64	Tom Abernethy 22
Iowa	101-81	Quinn Buckner 24
at Wisconsin	96-67	Scott May 41
at Northwestern	76-63	Scott May 24
Ohio State	96-67	Kent Benson/Scott May 21
St. John's* (NCAA Tournament)	90-70	Scott May 33
Alabama* (NCAA Tournament)	74-69	Scott May 25
Marquette* (NCAA Tournament)	65-56	Kent Benson 18
UCLA* (NCAA Tournament)	65-51	Kent Benson 16
Michigan* (NCAA Tournament)	86-68	Scott May 26

*Neutral court games.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FOR INDIANA REGULARS

Player	Pos.	Class	G.	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG
Scott May	F	Sr.	32	.527	.782	23.5	7.7
Kent Benson	C	Jr.	32	.578	.684	17.3	8.8
Tom Abernethy	F	Sr.	32	.561	.743	10.0	5.3
Quinn Buckner	G	Sr.	32	.441	.488	8.9	2.8
Bobby Wilkerson	G-F	Sr.	32	.493	.630	7.8	4.9
Wayne Radford	G	Soph.	30	.563	.712	4.7	2.1
Jim Crews	G	Sr.	31	.468	.857	3.3	0.7
Jim Wisman	G	Soph.	26	.367	.724	2.5	0.8
Rich Valavicius	F	Fr.	28	.483	.625	2.4	1.8
TEAM TOTALS			32	.517	.698	82.1	41.4

Assists leader: Wilkerson 171.
Blocked shots leader: Benson 39.
Steals leader: Buckner 65.

The spotlight on Division I leaves the vast majority of Division II and III players toiling in virtual obscurity. That's unless, of course, a 5-10 guard from Grinnell (Iowa) named Jack Taylor tallies a "No! He didn't!" 138 points in a game against Faith Baptist Bible College last season and 109 against Crossroads (Minn.) this year.

On the flip side, Rutgers-Camden considered dropping its program in the midst of establishing an NCAA record for most consecutive defeats with 117 from January 18, 1992 to January 7, 1997. It was only three years ago when Grinnell and Faith Baptist were involved in another noteworthy outing. Grinnell set an NCAA single-game record as 19 different players contributed a three-pointer in a 137-103 victory over Faith Baptist. Although barely mentioned or remembered, incredible achievements have been commonplace in the small-college ranks. Consider:

• In a game tied 59-59 at the end of regulation, the two teams were just getting started as Skidmore (N.Y.) outlasted Southern Vermont, 128-123, in seven overtimes in 2010-11. Southern Vermont's Lance Spratling played all 75 minutes.

• Northern Kentucky's Paul Cluxton set an NCAA record for consecutive successful free throws with 94 in 1996-97.

• Rollins' Daniel Parke (1994-97) established the NCAA standard for consecutive games with a three-point basket at 93.

• In 1999-2000, Saint John's (Minn.) coach Jim Smith coached his grandson Brandon Smith, which is the first grandfather-grandson connection on the court in NCAA history.

• Wisconsin-Platteville, the winningest school in the country in the 1990s (266-27, .908), had a 92-game homecourt regular-season winning streak entering 1999-2000 and had not lost a regular-season, non-conference home game since 1984.

The list goes on and on and Taylor is simply the latest to get his 15 or so minutes of fame. He incurred a season-ending broken right wrist (shooting arm) in mid-season last year, averaging 27.9 ppg in nine contests following his outburst. But he is back to challenge the greatest folk hero in college basketball history. A small-college player named Clarence "Bevo" Francis set the previous all-time collegiate scoring record with 113 points for Rio Grande (Ohio) College in a 134-95 victory over Hillsdale on February 2, 1954. Francis' revolutionary jump shot helped him average 46.5 points per game that season, when he earned spots on AP, UPI and NABC All-American teams as a small-college player.

Francis, distinguishing himself from Taylor's achievement, proved he could score against major-college opponents by pouring in 39 points vs. Villanova, 41 vs. Providence, 48 vs. Miami (Fla.), 34 vs. North Carolina State, 32 vs. Wake Forest, 48 vs. Butler and 49 and 41 vs. Creighton. Rio Grande won the Providence, Miami, Wake Forest and Butler games plus the first Creighton contest.

"I really don't remember much about the 113-point game," said Francis, who was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1956 draft but couldn't reach a contract agreement with them and never played in the NBA. "It was just another time when I was double- and triple-teamed. Their coach told me after the game that if he could have dressed out, he would have guarded me, too."

No stat sheet exists to detail how many shots the 6-9 Francis attempted en route to his 37 field goals against Hillsdale. "Most of them were outside," he said. "With the three-pointer, I know I would have come close to 150 points."

The scoring outburst might not have had much of an impact on him because he scored even more points - 116 - as a freshman the previous season against Ashland (Ky.) Junior College when he erupted for 55 in the 10-minute fourth quarter. Francis averaged 50.1 points that year for a 39-0 team that reportedly generated sufficient gate receipts to save the school from bankruptcy. However, his single-game total against Ashland and his season average were later expunged from the NCAA record book because 27 of the opponents for Rio Grande (pronounced RYE-o Grand) were junior colleges, military teams and vocational schools.

Francis was outscored by a teammate only once (23-21 by Roy Moses at Bluefield). Among the coaches who tried to contain him was George Steinbrenner III, the eventual New York Yankees owner who piloted the airmen at Lockbourne Air Force base in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Bevo's nickname stemmed from his father's fondness for Beve Beer, a root beer-type soft drink. Francis rejected offers from larger universities to follow his Wellsville, Ohio, high school coach, Newt Oliver, to a college with an enrollment of 92 full-time students. Francis, who had a wife and an infant when he arrived at Rio Grande, left school after his sophomore season and signed a three-year contract worth $13,000 annually to play on a national barnstorming tour for a team opposing the Harlem Globetrotters.

Francis singlehandedly outscored the opposition eight times to spark Rio Grande (Ohio) to a 59-8 record in his two-year scoring orgy. Bevo supplied four of the following 19 scoring explosions of more than 75 points in games between two four-year colleges:

Points	Player	College	Result	Opponent	Date
138	Jack Taylor	Grinnell	W/179-104	Faith Baptist Bible	11/20/12
113	Bevo Francis	Rio Grande	W/150-85	Hillsdale	2/2/54
109	Jack Taylor	Grinnell	W/173-123	Crossroads	11/17/13
100	Frank Selvy	Furman	W/149-95	Newberry	2/13/54
96	Ron Porter	Bliss	W/207-88	Oberlin	3/5/66
89	Griffin Lentsch	Grinnell	W/145-97	vs. Principia	11/19/11
87	Jack Duncan	Rio Grande	W/116-40	Capital City	2/14/41
85	Paul Arizin	Villanova	W/117-25	Philadelphia NAMC	2/12/49
85	Robert Sklarz	Franklin Pierce	L/117-118	Windham State	2/5/68
84	Bevo Francis	Rio Grande	W/133-68	Alliance	1/16/54
83	Ulyss Brock	Freed-Hardeman	W/101-21	Bethel	2/??/40
83	Brownell Bryant	Lincoln Memorial	W/127-33	Tennessee Wesleyan	12/16/44
82	Bevo Francis	Rio Grande	W/116-71	at Bluffton	12/11/53
81	Freeman Williams	Portland State	W/133-110	Rocky Mountain	2/3/78
80	Michael Anderson	Bucknell	W/159-5	College of Pharmacy	1/16/1903
80	Paul Chrissman	Southern Cal College	unavailable	Pacific Christian	2/18/66
77	William English	Winston-Salem State	W/147-74	Fayetteville State	2/9/68
77	Jeff Clement	Grinnell	W/149-144	Illinois College	2/18/98
76	Bevo Francis	Rio Grande	W/102-64	Lees	1953

In a caste-like era separating the haves from the have-nots, imperial universities are seeking mega-conferences and, perhaps in the near future, an even more restrictive upper division. But the elitist institutions won't be able to exclude humble small schools from making a big impact on college basketball. Jack Taylor of Grinnell (Iowa) is lighting up scoreboards again, pouring in 71 points in his season opener against Finlandia (Mich.) before exploding for 109 points against Crossroads (Minn.). Even when Taylor was out of the lineup in mid-season, Grinnell generated national headlines after Pat Maher set an NCAA single-game mark with 37 assists in a 164-144 win over College of Faith. In the afterglow of a focus on small colleges when Taylor erupted for 138 points in a single game last year, following is a chronological notebook with items detailing what will always be appealing about the little guy:

Basketball was a new demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, which also was part of the World's Fair the same year. Hiram College (Ohio), Wheaton College (Ill.) and the University of Latter Day Saints (known today as Brigham Young) were the three college teams invited to compete in what was officially called the "Olympic Collegiate Basketball Championship." Hiram finished the round-robin tournament 2-0 and was declared the champion and awarded the first Olympic gold medal in basketball.

College of Charleston (S.C.) went winless 10 seasons from 1913-14 through 1923-24 (0-56 record; did not compete in 1918-19). . . . Paul Davis, after leaving Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State), guided North Dakota State (18-0 in 1916) and North Dakota (16-0 in 1920) to undefeated seasons in a five-year span. He was also the football coach for these schools. . . . Indiana State's coach for five seasons from 1918-19 through 1922-23 after playing for the institution (known as Indiana State Normal School at the time) was Birch E. Bayh Sr. His son with the same name is a former U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981 and candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election. His grandson, Birch E. "Evan" Bayh III, is a former Indiana Governor and U.S. Senator (from 1999 to 2011). . . . Peru (Neb.) State Teachers won 55 consecutive games over a five-year span from 1921-26. . . . Earl Kinzie, a member of McPherson's 1928 Kansas Conference championship team that placed third in the national AAU Tournament in Kansas City, became a doctor and practiced family medicine in Texas for 50 years. He delivered more than 2,000 babies, including standout running back Earl Campbell.

Stanford All-American Hank Luisetti is usually credited with introducing the jump shot but fans of Glenn Roberts from Emory & Henry (Va.) beg to differ. Roberts led the nation in scoring in 1933 and 1935 en route to tallying 2,013 career points. . . . Westminster (Pa.), playing in the first-ever collegiate basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden on December 29, 1934, upset St. John's, 37-33. . . . Tarleton (Tex.), coached by W.J. Wisdom, posted 86 straight victories from 1934 to 1937 en route to winning 112 of 113 games in a seven-year span. . . . Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr., the son of a legend who had the longest coaching career in the history of football (71 years), guided the basketball squad at Susquehanna (Pa.) for 16 seasons from 1935-36 through 1950-51. . . . Carleton (Minn.) forward Wayne Sparks, a "Little All-American" in 1936-37, died in a bomber crash in World War II. . . . Drury's Eugene "Peaches" Westover (class of '38), a four-time All-MCAU forward, was killed January 1, 1945, during WWII at the Battle of the Bulge. . . . Western Kentucky was the only school to defeat Murray State in a 79-game span from January 3, 1936 through March 10, 1938. . . . The leading scorer for champion Central Missouri State in the first NAIA tourney in 1937 (when it was known as the National Intercollegiate Tournament) was eventual major leaguer Chuck Workman, an outfielder-third baseman who finished second in the National League in home runs in 1945 with 25 for the Boston Braves. . . . Louisville lost a school-record 19 consecutive contests in the midst of a six-year stretch from 1936-37 through 1941-42 when the Cardinals were 57 games below the .500 mark. Louisville was a long way from becoming a major-college power in 1944 when Peck Hickman was hired as coach for $200 per month. The Cardinals won a total of 29 games over the previous seven seasons. In that span, they lost at least three times to Alfred Holbrook (three defeats), Berea (four), Centre (seven), Georgetown College (nine), Hanover (nine), Oakland City (three) and Transylvania (six). . . . Ulyss "Useless" Brock, a 6-0, 135-pound forward, scored 83 points (22 field goals and 39 free throws) for Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) in a 101-21 verdict over Bethel in February, 1940. . . . UC Santa Barbara reached the 1941 NAIA Tournament semifinals although All-CCAA first-team center Lowell Steward, the league's first black player, couldn't compete because Missouri was a Jim Crow state at the time. Steward would later fly 143 combat missions in Europe as a P-51 pilot for the famed Tuskegee Airmen. . . . George Barr, regarded as probably the finest player in Northland (Wis.) history when he competed in the early 1940s, entered the Army Air Corps as a senior during World War II, earning his diploma in absentia. Barr volunteered for the Jimmy Doolittle raids over Tokyo in 1942. His plane was forced down on mainland China after the raid and the crew imprisoned. Barr was a prisoner of the Japanese for 3 1/2 years with most of the time spent in solitary confinement. Teammate Duane Borst served as a First Lieutenant with the Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder Group in France, flying 43 missions over Germany.

Football legend Eddie Robinson won more than 70 percent of his games as Grambling's basketball coach from 1942-56. . . . York (Neb.) College, boasting an enrollment of 50, upset Akron, 52-49, in the first round of the 1943 NAIA Tournament before losing to North Texas, 51-49, in the second round. Brothers Jim and Wayne Kaeding scored 78 of York's 101 points in the two contests. . . . North Carolina College's Rocky Roberson scored 58 points in a game against Shaw (N.C.) during the 1942-43 season for what was believed to be a college record at the time. . . . More than 100 current NCAA Division I schools previously competed in the NAIA Tournament. Thirteen of the 17 different colleges to win NAIA titles from 1941 through 1963 are currently classified as NCAA Division I institutions. One of the 13 universities is Southeast Missouri State, which captured the 1943 crown after losing its first four games of the season. . . . Mississippi College defeated Mississippi State three times by double-digit margins in 1944-45. . . . Howie Schultz, a star for Hamline (Minn.) in the early 1940s, replaced Jackie Robinson at first base in Robinson's first regular-season game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. . . . CIAA champion West Virginia State was the nation's only undefeated college team in 1947-48, finishing with a 23-0 record. The squad, coached by Mark Cardwell, included future NBA players Bob Wilson and Earl Lloyd. . . . UCLA legend John Wooden was in his final season as coach of Indiana State when the Sycamores lost to Louisville in the 1948 NAIA final. Curtis Walker, Indiana State's 12th man, was the first African-American player in the NAIA Tournament. The all-tourney first five included Beloit's Johnny Orr, who went on to become a longtime major-college coach. Two years later, Indiana State won the NAIA title. . . . Tennessee A&I, coached by Henry A. Kean, was the nation's only undefeated team in 1948-49 with a 24-0 record. The Tigers' leading scorers, Clarence Wilson and Joshua Grider, were both eventually longtime standouts with the Harlem Globetrotters. . . . Hamline (Minn.), the 1949 NAIA champion, had two players - center Vern Mikkelsen and forward Hal Haskins - on Converse's first three five-man All-American teams. In 1950, scribes named Haskins winner of the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association's Gold Star Award as the outstanding visitng player in New York. In what might be the most impressive honor ever received by a small-college player, he virtually doubled the vote total of runner-up Chuck Cooper of Duquesne. North Carolina State's Sam Ranzino finished third, UCLA's George Stanich placed fourth and Holy Cross' Bob Cousy was fifth. The first five winners of the award were Penn's Howie Dallmar, DePaul's George Mikan, Kentucky's Ralph Beard, St. Louis' Ed Macauley and Denver's Vince Boryla. Haskins was among seven Hamline players who started their professional careers in an eight-year span from 1946 through 1953 under coach Joe Hutton Sr.

Morris Harvey's George King became the first college player to average 30 or more points per game in a seson when he led the nation's small-college players with a 31.2-point average in 1949-50. King went on to become a prominent major-college coach. . . . Sewanee (Tenn.) played 58 games in 10 weeks during the summer of 1951 while touring Africa and Europe with Goose Tatum, Marques Haynes and the Harlem Globetrotters. This reportedly was the first international trip for any college basketball team. . . . Florida A&M won the 1952 SIAC Tournament final against host Alabama State, 71-67, despite having just four players on the court the final 13-plus minutes (including two overtimes) because of players fouling out. . . . The first predominantly black college to take the floor in an integrated national collegiate tournament was Tennessee State (then Tennessee A&I) in 1953. Hall of Famer John McLendon coached Tennessee State to three consecutive national titles (1957-59). Oddly, the '53 Tennessee State team defeated McLendon-coached North Carolina College for the opportunity to go to Kansas City. . . . Seven years earlier, McLendon led North Carolina College to a 64-56 triple-overtime victory over Virginia Union in the final of the first Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. The CIAA Tournament blossomed into one of the premier postseason events in the country, including major-college tourneys. . . . Alderson-Broaddus College's Joe Miller (3,666) and Carl Hartman (3,373) became the only pair of 3,000-point scorers in college history to be teammates (1954 and 1955). . . . Southwest Missouri, winning the 1953 NAIA crown to become the first school to capture back-to-back titles with a 32-team format, played the last 3 1/2 minutes of its semifinal game with only four players on the court after encountering foul problems. The principal reason Southwest Missouri was shorthanded stemmed from two squad members being in spring training on their way to playing 12 seasons of major league baseball - infielder Jerry Lumpe and first baseman/outfielder Norm Siebern.

Tom Hart of Middlebury (Vt.) became the greatest rebounder in collegiate history. He still holds the record for most rebounds per game in a single season (29.5 rpg as a junior in 1954-55) and in a career (27.6 rpg). His coach was former baseball major leaguer Tony Lupien. The 6-4 Hart had two 46-rebound games in 1955 and grabbed 45 in a contest the next year as a senior. In track meets, Hart routinely entered six events and often scored over half his team's points, specializing in the high jump and pole vault. . . . West Virginia Tech averaged more than 100 points per game four consecutive seasons from 1954-55 through 1957-58. . . . Bill Reigel, playing for his third college in six seasons, led the nation's small-college players with a 33.9-point average when he paced McNeese State to the 1956 NAIA Tournament title. Reigel had averaged 18 points per game for the Duquesne freshman team in 1950-51 and 16.3 points per game for the Duke varsity in 1952-53 before entering military service. He later coached McNeese for three seasons from 1971-72 through 1973-74. . . . One of McNeese's three defeats in its championship season was at Lamar, 61-60, after the Cowboys had clobbered the Cardinals (12-12) by a total of 84 points in two early-season contests. . . . Long-time Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy directed the basketball squad from Coe (Iowa) in the 1956 NAIA Tournament. . . . Lee Pfund, the coach for 1957 NCAA Division II champion Wheaton (Ill.), compiled a 3-2 pitching record for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. The all-time winningest coach for Wheaton had three sons (John, Kerry and Randy) each score more than 1,150 points for the school. Randy went on to become coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers before becoming vice-president of the Miami Heat. NBA coach Donn Nelson, who gained a reputation as an authority on foreign basketball talent, collected 1,460 points and 538 rebounds for Wheaton in the mid-1980s. . . . Western Illinois missed an opportunity to become the nation's only undefeated college team in 1957-58 when it lost to Tennessee State, 85-73, in the NAIA Tournament championship game. Western had defeated Tennessee State, 79-76, earlier in the season. It was one of three consecutive NAIA titles won by Tennessee State, which boasted future pros Dick Barnett, John Barnhill and Ben Warley. . . . Davis & Elkins' Paul Wilcox, 6-6, is the only player to lead the NAIA in scoring (22.6 ppg) and rebounding (22.3 rpg) in the same season (1958-59). . . . In 1959, North Carolina A&T became the first predominantly black institution to participate in NCAA Division II national playoff competition. The Aggies finished third in the tourney. . . . Jack Madden, the dean of NBA referees for an extended period, graduated from Rider (N.J.) in 1959 as the school's career leader in scoring and rebounding.

The NAIA All-Stars upset NCAA champion Ohio State, 76-69, in a first-round game in the 1960 Olympic Trials. The NAIA zone defense limited Buckeye All-American Jerry Lucas to 14 points. . . . The first final NCAA College Division poll in 1960-61 included three coaches - Stan Albeck (Northern Michigan), Harry Gallatin (Southern Illinois) and Butch van Breda Kolff (Hofstra) - who went on to coach in the NBA for at least four seasons. In the next 10 campaigns, three other coaches - Bill Fitch (North Dakota), Bill Musselman (Ashland) and Scotty Robertson (Louisiana Tech) - guided College Division schools to a final Top 10 spot before moving up to the NBA for at least five years. Fitch and his successor, Jimmy Rodgers, coached multiple NBA teams. . . . The 1961-62 All-SWAC first-team selections included three frontcourters who later played at least 10 seasons in the pros - Prairie View's Zelmo Beaty, Southern's Bob Love and Grambling's Willis Reed. . . . Grambling finished in the top 10 of the first 76 weeks of College Division/Division II polls from January 5, 1961 through the end of the 1966-67 campaign. The Tigers, coached by Fred Hobdy, placed in the top five 40 consecutive weeks from March 2, 1961, through January 28, 1965. Grambling supplied seven top 20 NBA draft choices in a 20-year span from 1957 through 1976 before moving up to the NCAA Division I level - Bob McCoy (10th in 1957), Hershell West (16th in 1963), Reed (10th in 1964), Wilbert Frazier (12th in 1965), Jimmy Jones (13th in 1967), Fred Hilton (19th in 1971) and Larry Wright (14th in 1976).

Ronnie Maravich, a letterman for Georgia Southern in 1961-62, is a half-brother of Hall of Famer Pete Maravich (NCAA DI all-time leading scorer from LSU). . . . North Carolina A&T's Hugh Evans, a 12th-round draft choice by the St. Louis Hawks in 1963, went on to become a long-time NBA referee. Evans, a high school teammate in New York with Connie Hawkins and a college teammate of Al Attles, spent three years in the San Francisco Giants' minor league system. . . . Longtime Harlem Globetrotter Fred "Curly" Neal was an All-CIAA selection for Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) in 1962-63. . . . South Dakota State's decisive basket in a 44-42 decision over Wittenberg (Ohio) in the 1963 College Division Tournament final was a 40-foot baseball pass by Sid Bostic that went in after the buzzer sounded while the ball was in flight. . . . Winthrop "Wink" Davenport, who holds career average (19.6 ppg) and single-game (44 points as a junior vs. Bowdoin on February 2, 1963) scoring records for Wesleyan (Conn.), is the father of former women's tennis sensation Lindsay Davenport. He played for the U.S. volleyball team in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. . . . Sam Alford, father of former Indiana All-American guard Steve Alford, led the NAIA in free-throw shooting in 1963-64. The elder Alford hit 91.2% of his foul shots for Franklin (Ind.) that season. . . . Midwestern (Tex.) defeated Austin College, 14-11, in overtime in 1964. Midwestern held a 4-1 halftime lead and the teams were tied at 8-8 at the end of regulation. Midwestern had won an earlier game that season with Austin by 40 points, 92-52. . . . Bob Jones, the all-time leading rebounder for Georgetown College (Ky.), is the father of former Virginia All-American guard and coach Jeff Jones. . . . Evansville was ranked No. 1 for 19 consecutive weeks from January 30, 1964, through the end of the 1964-65 season. . . . Jerry Sloan outscored Walt Frazier, 25-16, in Evansville's 85-82 victory over Southern Illinois in the 1965 NCAA College Division Tournament final. They went on to become NBA All-Defensive Team first-team selections the same year four times in seven seasons from 1968-69 through 1974-75. . . . Shippensburg's team in the mid-1960s had four different players eventually coach high school state championship teams in the mid-1980s during their careers following graduation. Art Taneyhill and Reggie Weiss coached basketball champions in Pennsylvania while Harry Chapman and Jim Deibler coached football titlists. . . . Wilberforce (Ohio) forward Lonnie Lynn Sr., a 1966 NBA draft choice of the St. Louis Hawks who played in the ABA in 1969-70, is the father of entertainer "Common" (previously Common Sense), a hip hop artist, actor and rap poet who was invited to the White House by the Obama Administration. . . . In 1966-67, Cleveland State's John McLendon became the first African-American to coach at an integrated college in the United States. He had previously been the first black coach at the professional level with the ABL's Cleveland Pipers. . . . In 1966-67, Kentucky Wesleyan had its first of 13 full seasons ranked in the top 10 of College Division/Division II polls (1967-68-69-82-84-87-90-98-99-00-01-02-03). . . . Rockhurst's Ed McKee, a 10th-round choice of the ABA's Indiana Pacers in its initial draft in 1967, went on to become P.R. director of the franchise after it merged with the NBA. McKee was also SID for Indiana State when Larry Bird gained national notoriety. . . . Ashland (Ohio) was coached by Bill Musselman in 1967-68 when the school allowed only 33.9 points per game, an NCAA record. . . . Scranton (Pa.), boasting a 20-5 record in 1968-69 under coach Nat Volpe, defeated five different major colleges that season - Lehigh, Rider, Lafayette, Colgate and Seton Hall. . . . Youngstown State's John McElroy became the shortest player (6-0) ever to score 70 or more points in a game involving NCAA colleges when he scored 72 against Wayne State (Mich.) on February 26, 1969. . . . Mickey Gibson, a transfer from Kentucky who was dismissed from the Wildcats' squad by coach Adolph Rupp because he got married, set the UNC-Asheville single-game scoring record with 44 points against Washington & Lee on February 8, 1969.

The first family of small-college basketball, if not all of hoopdom, was the six brothers Jones from McGehee, Ark., all 6-8 or taller, who became the top six rebounders in Albany (Ga.) State history during the 1960s and 1970s. Oliver and Melvin were borderline pro prospects before Wil (nine), Caldwell (17), Major (six) and Charles (15) each played a minimum of six ABA/NBA seasons. Major Jones, 6-9, led NCAA Division II rebounders in 1974-75 with an average of 22.5 per game. He is the last Division I or Division II player to average at least 20 per game.

Doug Williams, a 32-year-old Air Force veteran, earned NAIA first-team All-American honors for St. Mary's (Tex.) in 1969-70 when he averaged 18.9 points per game. He scored 24 in a 76-66 upset of Houston. . . . Elmore Smith, a 7-0 center for 1970 NAIA champion Kentucky State, was called for goal tending 12 times in a 116-98 defeat against Eastern Michigan. . . . New Orleans won 38 consecutive home games in a small arena nicknamed the "Chamber of Horrors" after losing its opener against Louisiana College in the Privateers' varsity debut in 1969-70. LC, coached by Billy Allgood, also defeated Mississippi State that season. LC beat the following six eventual DI in-state schools at least five times apiece from 1964-65 through 1974-75: Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northeast Louisiana, Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana. The Wildcats also upended Tulane three times from 1962-63 through 1967-68. . . . Stephen F. Austin, the top-ranked team at the NCAA College Division level in 1969-70, had four players selected in the NBA draft after the season - Narvis Anderson, George E. Johnson, Surry Oliver and Erwin Polnick. . . . Curlee Conners, Southeastern Louisiana's leading scorer and rebounder in 1969-70 and 1970-71, is an uncle of Marcus Dupree from Philadelphia, Miss., and a central figure in the recruiting of the nation's premier prep running back by Oklahoma in the early 1980s. . . . In 1970, with an enrollment under 650 students, three Maryland State College players from a 29-2 team were selected in the NBA draft - Jake Ford (2nd round), Levi Fontaine (5th) and James "Bones" Morgan (7th). Four years later, the school (now known as Maryland-Eastern Shore) had three more players chosen from a 27-2 squad - Rubin Collins (2nd), Talvin Skinner (3rd) and William "Billy" Gordon (4th). . . . Tennessee State edged Oglethorpe (Ga.), 7-4, on February 16, 1971, in what is believed to be the lowest-scoring college game since the center jump was eliminated prior to the 1937-38 season. Tennessee State had overwhelmed Oglethorpe, 82-43, earlier in the season. . . . Louisiana Tech had two players selected fourth overall in an NBA draft - Jackie Moreland (Detroit Pistons in 1960) and Mike Green (Seattle SuperSonics in 1973). . . . Birmingham-Southern's Russell Thompson scored 25 points without making a field-goal attempt in a 55-46 victory over Florence State in the 1970-71 season. He converted 25 of 28 free throws. . . . Kentucky State's Travis "Machine Gun" Grant set the single-game NAIA Tournament scoring record with 60 points against Minot State in 1972. Grant finished his four-year college career with 4,045 points and a 33.4-point average. . . . Roanoke guard Hal Johnston, whose athletic career was almost ended when he fractured his skull in a fall from a truck as a senior in high school, was a runaway choice for most outstanding player honors at the 1972 NCAA College Division Tournament. . . . Robert "Firechief" Smith came to USC-Spartanburg in 1972 as a 34-year-old center, powering USCS to its first two winning seasons. He averaged 9.9 rpg in 1973-74, when he was named MVP of the Palmetto Conference Tournament - the first title of any kind in the history of the program. . . . Guilford won the 1973 NAIA Tournament with a lineup that included included three future NBA players - Lloyd Free, M.L. Carr and Greg Jackson. Guilford's top reserve was Steve Hankins, a 6-6, 220-pound, 28-year-old Marine Corps veteran who had served 44 months in Vietnam and was one of the military pallbearers at President Kennedy's funeral. . . . Guilford (N.C.) and Tennessee State are the only two small colleges to have two alums score more than 20 points per game in an NBA season - Free and Bob Kaufmann attended Guilford, while Dick Barnett and Truck Robinson attended Tennessee State.

Guard Greg Procell averaged 11.5 ppg in two seasons for Northwestern State in 1972-73 and 1973-74. Procell, a native of Noble, La. (Ebarb H.S.), held the national high school scoring record (6,702 points) until 2002 when it was broken by Jeremy Monceaux at Parkway Christian Academy of Birmingham, Ala., after Monceaux played varsity as a seventh- and eighth-grader at Spencer, La. Procell's NSU-career high was 27 points as a junior in a 76-70 overtime loss at Northeast Louisiana. He originally signed with Southwestern Louisiana, but when the Rajun Cajuns' program was shut down for NCAA infractions Procell attended Panola (Tex.) Community College, where he averaged 33.7 ppg as a freshman and 28.5 ppg as a sophomore. Procell, who had a J.C. single-game high of 57 points, became a fishing guide on Toledo Bend and an assistant principal at Huntington High in Shreveport. . . . Leon Gobczynski, a 6-10 center, averaged 36.1 points per game for Millikin (Ill.) in the 1973-74 season despite being blanked by Augustana (Ill.) in an 88-61 defeat. Gobczynski, who had scored 43 points in an earlier game that year between the two teams, missed all nine of his field-goal attempts in 36 minutes of playing time. . . . Salem (W. Va.) College's Archie Talley set an NAIA record for most points in a season (1,347) in 1975-76 when he averaged 40.8 per game. . . . Philadelphia Textile defeated a different Big Five school in three consecutive seasons from 1975-76 through 1977-78 - Villanova twice, Temple and St. Joseph's. . . . Amherst's Jim Rehnquist, son of Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, finished fifth in NCAA Division III scoring in 1976-77 with an average of 27.8 points per game. . . . Dave Robbins, who is white, became coach at Virginia Union in 1978-79 in the predominantly black CIAA. Robbins went on to win more CIAA Tournaments than any coach in league history. VUU finished in the Top 10 of final national rankings nine consecutive seasons from 1987-88 through 1995-96 and 12 of 13 beginning in 1983-84. . . . Former Briar Cliff (Iowa) players comprised Panama's entire starting lineup in the 1987 Pan American Games. Four members of Briar Cliff's "Panamanian Pipeline" were selected in NBA drafts from 1978 through 1981 (Mario Butler, Rolando Frazer, Tito Malcolm and Ed Warren). In the late 1980s, the first five spots on the school's career scoring list were Panamanians.

When Tampa resurrected its men's program in 1983-84 after a 13-year hiatus, coach Richard Schmidt took his first-year squad, starting one junior transfer and four freshmen, and won the Sunshine State Conference postseason tournament and automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs en route to a 20-11 record. It was the first time in NCAA history that a first-year team in any division qualified for the national tourney. Schmidt is a professional aviculturist who breeds exotic birds and raises other prize-winning animals on his ranch. Entertainer Wayne Newton has purchased birds from him. . . . Former Phoenix Suns/Seattle SuperSonics coach Paul Westphal guided Grand Canyon (Ariz.) to the 1988 NAIA title. . . . Four of the eight NAIA finals from 1981 through 1988 required extra sessions. Nine of 11 championship games in one stretch were decided in overtime or by fewer than six points in regulation. . . . Chuck Randall, Western Washington's longtime coach, invented the Slam-Dunk basketball rim. . . . Gary Lydic, a guard for the junior varsity as a freshman at McPherson (Kan.) and student assistant coach as a senior, served as director of ministry services for Focus on the Family when the organization was headquartered in Pasadena, Calif. On the morning Hall of Famer Pete Maravich died of a heart attack stemming from a heart defect, Lydic was among the men playing with him in a pickup game before the 40-year-old legend was slated to be interviewed on a Christian radio program. . . . Michael Jordan wasn't the best former college basketball standout performing as an outfielder with Birmingham (AA Southern League) in the Chicago White Sox's farm system in 1994. The superior baseball player was teammate Scott Tedder, a 6-4 lefthander who graduated as Ohio Wesleyan's all-time leading scorer in 1988. Tedder, playing about 1/4 of the '94 season in the league with Orlando, hit .281 while Jordan managed a lowly .202 and amassed more than 2 1/2 times as many strikeouts (114). Tedder posted a .261 average over five years with the Barons. . . . The pep song for Chadron (Neb.) State should have been "Here's to Mrs. Robinson" during eight seasons from 1988-89 through 1995-96 when three brothers (Josh, Jason and Jeremy Robinson) played for the Eagles. Each of Gerry and Triss Robinson's sons was a four-year starter and they collaborated for 5,081 points and 2,138 rebounds in a total of 330 games. No one can determine for sure, but they might have combined for more points and rebounds than any other trio of brothers at any single college. Josh, the eldest brother, finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer (2,041 points). . . . Marquette's Al McGuire wasn't the only former Belmont Abbey (N.C.) coach to make a name for himself at the major-college level. All four Belmont Abbey coaches in the 1980s went on to coach Division I schools - Bobby Hussey (Davidson/Virginia Tech), Eddie Payne (East Carolina/Oregon State), Kevin Eastman (UNC Wilmington/Washington State) and Rick Scruggs (Gardner-Webb).

Oregon Tech's Danny Miles, the winningest active coach in NAIA Division II, earned his 400th career victory on January 15, 1990, in a game that took over 4 1/2 hours to complete. Oregon Tech was meeting Simpson College in Redding, Calif. Early in the game, Owl forward Tyrone Holmes shattered the backboard on a slam dunk. The contest was moved 20 miles away to another gymnasium before Tech could pull out the win. . . . Todd Rowe, a 1992 graduate who is the all-time leading scorer for Malone (Ohio), became the first player in a professional Chinese league to score 3,000 points before he moved on to a league in Japan. . . . Bob Hoffman was deprived of becoming the first coach in NAIA history to guide men's and women's champions when No. 1 seed Oklahoma Baptist bowed to Hawaii Pacific (88-83) in the 1993 championship game. Hoffman had directed Southern Nazarene (Okla.) to the 1989 NAIA women's title. . . . John Pierce of David Lipscomb (Tenn.) became college basketball's all-time leading scorer after totaling 33 points in his 1993-94 regular-season finale, a 119-102 triumph over Cumberland. Pierce's 4,110 total career points broke former roommate Phil Hutcheson's mark of 4,106 set in the 1990 NAIA Tournament. . . . NAIA powerhouse Life (Ga.) had a 99-game homecourt winning streak, the third longest in college history, snapped by Talladega (Ala.), 75-72, in January 1999. Talladega was an unlikely spoiler, having won just two of its first 16 games that season. Life went on to become the first unseeded team to win the NAIA Tournament by overcoming a 26-point deficit to frustrate Mobile, 63-60. . . . Central Arkansas ranks among the schools for most NAIA Tournament appearances but none of those were when 1992 U.S. basketball Olympian and Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen played for the Bears. . . . David Lipscomb's Don Meyer reached the 700-win plateau quicker than any coach in college history. He compiled 702 victories through 1998-99 in 24 seasons before leaving for Northern State (S.D.) when he disagreed with Lipscomb's decision to move up to NCAA Division I. His 1989-90 squad won a college basketball-record 41 games. . . . Six different members of the MIAA (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) from the state of Missouri - Central Missouri State, Missouri-Rolla, Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri State and Southwest Baptist - finished with a final Top 10 ranking in a 12-year span from 1990-91 through 2001-02. . . . Prior to the inaugural season for Westminster (Pa.) in the NCAA in 1998-99, the Titans were acknowledged as the all-time winningest program in NAIA history with 1,299 victories. . . . Danny Miles, en route to reaching the 1,000-win plateau in 2013-14, earned triumph No. 400 in 4 1/2 hours because a broken rim at Simpson College in Redding, Calif., forced the game to be moved 20 miles to another facility. In college at Southern Oregon, Miles set the all-time pass completion percentage record for both NCAA and NAIA for a single season based on 225 attempts (1965, 190-247, .769) and career percentage based on 500 completions (1964-67, 577-871, .662).

Three different North Dakota State coaches the first three years of the 21st Century - Ray Giacoletti, Greg McDermott and Tim Miles - went on to guide other schools at the NCAA Division I level to national postseason competition. . . . Kenyan Charles Maina, who led Lynn (Fla.) in blocked shots two seasons in the late 1990s, starred in the nationally-acclaimed movie "The Air Up There." . . . Haitian Robert Joseph of Union (Tenn.) surpassed David Robinson's record by becoming the single-season blocked shots leader for all levels of college basketball with 242 rejections in 2001-02. . . . The College of Staten Island (N.Y.) started hosting an in-season tournament, called CSI Tournament of Heroes, to pay homage to three former CSI players (Terrance Aiken, Scott Davidson and Tom Hannafin) who perished during the terorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Aiken had just started a computer consulting job on the 97th floor of World Trade Center Tower I while Davidson and Hannafin were New York City firefighters. . . . Jaeson Maravich, a son of NCAA all-time leading scorer Pete Maravich, was an NAIA All-American for William Carey (Miss.) in 2002-03 and 2003-04. Jaeson previously had stints with Alabama and McNeese State sidetracked by a back ailment. . . . Hope International (Calif.) ended a 60-game losing streak with a 94-84 win over Redlands (Calif.) in 2003-04. . . . Jack Bennett, the coach of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's 2004 NCAA Division III champion, is a brother of Dick Bennett, who guided Wisconsin to the 2000 NCAA Division I Tournament Final Four. Just like Dick had a son (Tony) play for him at Wisconsin-Green Bay, Jack had a son (Nick) who supplied 83 three-pointers for the Pointers in 2003-04. . . . Grinnell (Iowa) set an NCAA single-season scoring record for all levels by averaging 126.2 points per game in 2003-04. The Pioneers (18-6) had more three-pointers (530) than either two-point baskets (472) or free throws (495). Boasting eight players with more than 25 treys, they scored fewer than 100 points only three times. Grinnell coach David Arseneault had his teams press from the start and they would surrender a layup for a chance to come back down and take a three-point shot. The Pioneers hit 530 of 1,582 attempts from beyond the arc (33.5%).

The Moir family has accounted for more than 1,500 college victories. Page Moir became the all-time winningest coach for a school, Roanoke (Va.), where his father, Charles, won the 1972 NCAA College Division crown before coaching at the Division I level with Virginia Tech and Tulane. Charles' brother, Sam, coached at Catawba (N.C.) for 31 seasons. . . . In 2006, Texas Wesleyan became the fourth unseeded team in eight years to capture the NAIA Division I title. Three years later, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) defeated Columbia (Mo.) in the first championship game between two unseeded teams since seeding was introduced in 1957. . . . Northern State's Don Meyer, atop the NCAA win list among active coaches with 891 at the time in 2008, had his left leg amputated below the knee after an auto accident. Meyer either fell asleep or was distracted when his car crossed the center line and collided with a semi. Meyer, 63, was diagnosed with a slow-growing cancer in his liver and bowels that doctors said might not have been found had he not been injured. . . . Brian Rice, a 43-year-old Navy retiree, was a backup for Geneva (Pa.) in 2012-13.

Did you know that John Calipari was the victorious coach the first three times a #1 team was defeated in the month of November? Calipari achieved the feat with Massachusetts three straight seasons including against Kentucky in 1995-96. On 11-12-13, he received a taste of his own early-season medicine when UK bowed against Michigan State. If history repeats itself, the good news for Big Blue Nation is that the Wildcats went on to win the 1996 NCAA championship. Bill Clinton was president at the time and name-dropper Calipari said Clinton recently called him to discuss UK hoops. An "unimpeachable source" indicated Sick Willie didn't offer Coach Cal tips on parsing words during any future investigation, vegan diet menus or ways to motivate young people with cigars; especially if they spend too much time working on their hair than offensive moves.

Of course, seasons didn't start earlier in November until a couple of decades ago. The only #1 school to lose earlier than UK is Connecticut (70-68 against Iowa in 1999). Following is a chronological look at the 12 times when nationally top-ranked teams were knocked off their lofty perch in November since AP national rankings were introduced in the late 1940s:

Season	Date	Ranked No. 1	Score	Upsetting Team	Opponent's Coach
1993-94	11-24-93	North Carolina	91-86 in OT	Massachusetts at New York	John Calipari
1994-95	11-25-94	Arkansas	104-80	Massachusetts at Springfield, MA, in Tip-Off Classic	John Calipari
1995-96	11-28-95	Kentucky	92-82	Massachusetts at Auburn Hills, MI	John Calipari
1996-97	11-26-96	Cincinnati	71-69	Xavier	Skip Prosser
1997-98	11-26-97	Arizona	95-87	Duke at Hawaii in Maui Invitational	Mike Krzyzewski
1998-99	11-28-98	Duke	77-75	Cincinnati at Anchorage in Great Alaska Shootout final	Bob Huggins
1999-00	11-11-99	Connecticut	70-68	Iowa at New York	Steve Alford
2000-01	11-25-00	Arizona	72-69	Purdue at Indianapolis	Gene Keady
2003-04	11-26-03	Connecticut	77-61	Georgia Tech at New York	Paul Hewitt
2006-07	11-26-06	Florida	82-80 in OT	Kansas at Las Vegas	Bill Self
2011-12	11-26-11	North Carolina	90-80	at UNLV	Dave Rice
2013-14	11-12-13	Kentucky	78-74	Michigan State on neutral court in Chicago	Tom Izzo

Oregon State's Craig Robinson, already on the hot seat, should be issuing an apology a mite more sincere than his POTUS brother-in-law's lame Mr.-Fix-It comments stemming from the ObamaCare fiasco and website security that could only be considered competent in Kenya after debuting with more cancelled health-care plans than enrollments. The Beavers' season opener, a defeat at home against Coppin State, would be injurious to any coach's health.

The embarrassing setback, leaving a historically black mark, was the second at home for OSU under Robinson against a HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in the last four years. OSU's glory days include being unbeaten until the regular-season finale in 1980-81 under legendary coach Ralph Miller, who must be rolling over in his grave. The Beavers promptly won at Maryland, a comparative result showing that Coppin State must be the top team in the state. Following are HBCU road victories on a power league member's homecourt or neutral court during regular-season play the last 10 campaigns:

Season	HBCU Winner on Road	Power League Member Loser	Competence of Power League School
2004-05	South Carolina State 60	Miami (Fla.) 50	Hurricanes won at NCAA playoff-bound Florida.
2004-05*	South Carolina State 63	Penn State 43	Nittany Lions lost by three points against 20-game winner Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament.
2005-06	Bethune-Cookman 75	South Florida 68	Bulls beat NCAA playoff-bound Georgetown in regular-season finale.
2006-07	Jackson State 71	Rutgers 70	Scarlet Knights twice defeated Cincinnati.
2007-08	Tennessee State 60	Illinois 58	Illini beat Oklahoma State and Missouri in nonconference competition before bowing to TSU.
2008-09	Morgan State 79	DePaul 75	Blue Demons defeated Cincinnati (18-14) in Big East Tournament.
2008-09	Morgan State 66	Maryland 65	Terrapins participated in NCAA Tournament.
2009-10	Morgan State 97	Arkansas 94	Razorbacks prevailed at Ole Miss, a 24-game winner.
2010-11	Texas Southern 66	Oregon State 60	Beavers beat 30-game winner Arizona.
2011-12	Tennessee State 64	South Carolina 63	Gamecocks upended Clemson, Alabama and Georgia.
2012-13	Alabama A&M 59	Mississippi State 57	Bulldogs beat Marshall Henderson-led Ole Miss and twice defeated Frank Martin-coached South Carolina.
2012-13	Southern (La.) 53	Texas A&M 51	Aggies won at Kentucky in inaugural SEC season and also beat NCAA playoff-bound Mizzou.
2013-14	Coppin State 78	Oregon State 73	Beavers bow to second HBCU school under coach Craig Robinson in last four seasons before winning at Maryland.
2013-14	North Carolina Central 82	North Carolina State 72	Wolfpack suffered first-ever defeat against a MEAC member.
2013-14	Texas Southern 90	Temple 89	Owls defeated UAB on neutral court by 21 points before the Blazers beat North Carolina, which whipped three PS Top 5 teams (Louisville, Michigan State and Kentucky).

*Neutral court (Milwaukee).

Did You Know?: Gene Bartow (UAB), Mike Montgomery (Stanford) and Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) incurred defeats in their debuts before eventually becoming the all-time winningest coaches for these schools. Check out the following November calendar for memorable games in NCAA major-college history:

NOVEMBER
8 - Utah set an NCAA record for largest margin of victory against a Division I opponent (94 points) with a 143-49 mauling of Mississippi Valley State in 2019. . . . Christian Lutete (51 points at LIU in 2019) set UMass Lowell's single-game scoring record.
9 - Buffalo's C.J. Massinburg (43 points at West Virginia in overtime in 2018) and Chicago State's David Holston (43 vs. St. Bonaventure at Austin, Tex., in 2006) set school DI single-game scoring records. . . . Junior Hairston (21 rebounds vs. Loyola Maryland in 2007) set Towson's Division I single-game rebounding record. . . . Brad Stevens made his Butler debut in 2007 with a 61-45 victory at Ball State before guiding the Bulldogs to NCAA Tournament championship contest in back-to-back years (2010 and 2011).
10 - Geno Crandall (41 points vs. Troy at Honolulu in 2017) set North Dakota's single-game scoring record against an NCAA DI opponent.
13 - Rotnei Clarke (51 points vs. Alcorn State in 2009) set Arkansas' single-game scoring record before transferring to Butler. . . . Siena's school-record 38-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Vermont (80-76 in 2010).
15 - Reggie Williams (45 points vs. Virginia Intermont in 2006) set Virginia Military's single-game scoring record.
17 - Bo Ryan made his Wisconsin debut in 2001 with a 74-69 defeat at UNLV before going on to become the Badgers' all-time winningest coach.
19 - Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky (43 points vs. North Dakota in 2013/modern-era mark) and Stony Brook's D.J. Munir (36 at Sacred Heart in 2001) set school Division I single-game scoring records.
20 - Okechi Egbe (44 points vs. Bethel in 2000) set Tennessee-Martin's Division I single-game scoring record. . . . Tom Izzo made his Michigan State debut in 1995 with a 69-66 triumph at Chaminade en route to becoming the Spartans' all-time winningest coach.
21 - Nick Davis (23 rebounds vs. Jackson State in 1997) set Arkansas' single-game rebounding record.
22 - Kevin Martin (46 points vs. Coastal Carolina in 2002) set Western Carolina's Division I single-game scoring record.
23 - Kevin Stallings made his Vanderbilt debut in 1999 with a 72-55 triumph over Belmont en route to becoming the Commodores' all-time winningest coach.
24 - Gene Bartow made his UAB debut in 1978 with a 64-55 defeat against Nebraska before becoming the Blazers' all-time winningest coach. . . . Nolan Richardson made his Arkansas debut in 1985 with an 86-72 triumph over Southern Illinois en route to becoming the Razorbacks' all-time winningest coach.
25 - Bethune-Cookman's Reggie Cunningham (46 points at Stetson in 1995) and Nevada's Kevin Franklin (48 at Loyola Marymount in 1989) set school Division I single-game scoring records. . . . Louisiana Tech's school-record 39-game homecourt winning streak was snapped by Stephen F. Austin (67-58) in 1985. . . . Lute Olson made his Arizona debut in 1983 with a 72-65 triumph over Northern Arizona en route to becoming the Wildcats' all-time winningest coach. . . . Bob Huggins made his Cincinnati debut in 1989 with a 66-64 triumph over Minnesota en route to becoming the Bearcats' all-time winningest coach. . . . Gale Catlett made his West Virginia debut in 1978 with an 86-66 triumph over Rider en route to becoming the Mountaineers' all-time winningest coach.
26 - Jim Boeheim made his Syracuse debut in 1976 with a 75-48 triumph over Harvard en route to setting the NCAA career record for most victories by a coach at a single school. . . . Rudy Macklin (32 rebounds vs. Tulane in 1976) set Louisiana State's single-game rebounding record.
27 - Brandon Wood (39 points at Georgia Southern in 2009) set Valparaiso's single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent. . . . John Thompson Jr. made his Georgetown debut in 1972 with a 61-60 triumph over St. Francis (Pa.) en route to a school-record 596 victories with the Hoyas. . . . Alvan Adams (28 rebounds vs. Indiana State in 1972) set Oklahoma's single-game rebounding record.
28 - Lou Henson made his Illinois debut in 1975 with a 60-58 triumph at Nebraska en route to becoming the Illini's all-time winningest coach. . . . Mike Krzyzewski made his Army head coaching debut in 1975 with a 56-29 victory over Lehigh before becoming the all-time winningest coach in NCAA history with Duke. . . . Mike Montgomery made his Stanford debut in 1986 with a 67-65 defeat against Georgia Tech at Richmond before becoming the Cardinal's all-time winningest coach.
29 - The three-point goal was an experimental rule in the Southern Conference in 1980 when Western Carolina's Ronnie Carr made the first three-pointer in history at Reid Gymnasium vs. Middle Tennessee State. . . . Alan Williams (39 vs. South Dakota State in 2013) tied UC Santa Barbara's single-game scoring record. . . . Mike Krzyzewski made his Duke debut in 1980 with a 67-49 triumph over Stetson en route to becoming the Blue Devils' all-time winningest coach. . . . Jim Calhoun made his Connecticut debut in 1986 with a 58-54 triumph over Massachusetts en route to becoming the Huskies' all-time winningest coach. . . . Billy Tubbs made his Lamar head coaching debut in 1976 with an 80-73 triumph over Houston Baptist en route to more than 600 victories with three schools. . . . Gene Keady made his Purdue debut in 1980 with a 72-59 triumph over Colorado State en route to becoming the Boilermakers' all-time winningest coach.
30 - Dartmouth set an NCAA single-game record by having nine different players contribute at least one three-point basket vs. Boston College in 1993. . . . John Chaney made his Temple debut in 1982 with a 68-67 triumph at George Washington en route to becoming the Owls' all-time winningest coach. . . . Bobby Cremins made his Georgia Tech debut in 1981 with an 82-66 triumph against Presbyterian (S.C.) en route to becoming the Yellow Jackets' all-time winningest coach.