In the 1954–1955 season, the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team competed in a total of twenty-one games and finished with a record of 10–11. The team finished the season in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
1954–55 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 10–11 (8–6 ACC) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coach | Buck Freeman |
Home arena | Woollen Gymnasium |
Schedule and results
editConf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 NC State † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 2 | – | 21 | .087 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1955 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
December 4 Clemson H W 99–66
December 9 South Carolina H W 88–69
December 11 William & Mary A L 76–79
December 18 Maryland H L 60–70
Dixie Classic
December 27 USC (-/13) RAL W 67–58
December 28 NC State (-/2) RAL L 44–47
December 29 Duke (-/18) RAL W 65–52
January 3 LSU A L 77–84
January 4 Alabama (-/13) A L 55–77
January 8 Wake Forest H W 95–78
January 11 Virginia H W 96–87
January 14 South Carolina A W 73–64
January 15 Clemson A W 95–87
January 18 NC State (-/2) A W 84–80
February 4 Duke H L 68–91
February 11 Virginia GR L 73–98
February 12 Maryland (-/11) A L 61–63
February 16 Wake Forest A W 83–79
February 22 NC State (-/6) H L 75–79
February 25 Duke A L 74–96
ACC Tournament
March 3 Wake Forest RAL L 82–95
Roster
editName | # | Height | Year | Home Town |
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Buddy Clark | 23 | 6–3 | Sophomore | Louisville, KY |
Frank Goodwin | 34 | 6–1 | Sophomore | Belleville, NJ |
Hilliard Greene | 42 | 6–5 | Junior | Zebulon, NC |
Willis Henderson | 15 | 6–3 | Sophomore | Charlotte, NC |
Al Lifson | 21 | 6–2 | Junior | Elizabeth, NJ |
Paul Likins | 41 | 6–9 | Junior | Elkhart, IN |
Gerry McCabe | 31 | 6–3 | Sophomore | New York, NY |
Tony Radovich | 44 | 6–2 | Senior | Hoboken, NJ |
Lennie Rosenbluth | 10 | 6–5 | Sophomore | New York, NY |
Ed Sutton | 22 | 6–1 | Sophomore | Cullowhee, NC |
Jerry Vayda | 43 | 6–4 | Sophomore | Bayonne, NJ |
Dick Ward | 11 | 6–1 | Sophomore | Wilson, NC |
Bob Young | 20 | 6–6 | Sophomore | New York, NY |