1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 1916-17 Tar Heels Basketball Team Photo.png 280px Independent 5–4 0–0 Howell Peacock 1st Charles Gaillard "Buzz" Tennent Bynum Gymnasium The 1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team (variously "North Carolina", "Carolina" or "Tar Heels") was the seventh varsity college basketball team to represent the University of North Carolina.UNC N The school was known as the University of North Carolina until February 1963.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37987195/the_daily_tar_heel/ The Daily Tar Heel 1 February 6, 1963 Pearsall Group Recommends 5-Part Plan For University Vance Barron October 27, 2019 Newspapers.com Roster and schedule + 1916–17 North Carolina Tar Heels rosterNamePositionYearHometown Claude William Reynolds "Rennie" Cuthbertson Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina Elliot Culver Grandin C Freshman Tidioute, Pennsylvania John Gwynn Junior Leaksville, North CarolinaGwynn N Gwynn's hometown is listed as Eden, North Carolina in the Carolina Basketball 2018-19 Facts & Records Book,Kirschner 2018 211 while the Yackety Yack lists it as Leaksville, North Carolina.Patton 1917 119 Beemer Harrell Senior Marshville, North Carolina Luther Hodges Sophomore Leaksville, North Carolina Roy Isley Senior Burlington, North Carolina Frank Kendrick Senior Dillon, South CarolinaKendrick N Kendrick's hometown is listed as Charlotte, North Carolina in the Carolina Basketball 2018-19 Facts & Records Book,Kirschner 2018 212 while the Yackety Yack lists it as Dillon, South Carolina.Patton 1917 77 Bryce Little Freshman Raleigh, North CarolinaLittle N Little's hometown is listed as Marshville, North Carolina in the Carolina Basketball 2018-19 Facts & Records Book,Kirschner 2018 212 while the Yackety Yack lists it as Raleigh, North Carolina.Patton 1917 149 Peter Lynch Junior Raleigh, North Carolina Lewis "Mac" McDuffie F Columbus, Georgia Curtis Sidney "Sis" Perry C Freshman Durham, North Carolina Ramsey Carlyle Shepard F Sophomore Wilmington, North Carolina Charles Gaillard "Buzz" Tennent F, G Junior Asheville, North Carolina George "Raby" Tennent G Senior Asheville, North Carolina Reference:Patton 1917 246Kirschner 2018 152 no no no |+ ScheduleKirschner 2018 219 |- !colspan=6 style="background:#4B9CD3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season January 30, 1917 yes no Durham Y.M.C.A. Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina 49–30 1–0 February 2, 1917 yes no Davidson Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina 31–36 1–1 February 13, 1913 yes no Virginia Tech Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina 31–23 2–1 February 22, 1917 yes no VMI Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina 33–22 3–1 February 24, 1917 yes yes no Virginia Lynchburg, Virginia 35–24 4–1 February 26, 1917 yes yes no Washington and Lee 23–40 4–2 February 27, 1917 yes yes no VMI Lexington, Virginia 34–47 4–3 February 28, 1917 yes no Virginia Tech 22–30 4–4 March 3, 1917 yes no Guilford Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina 55–28 5–4 Eastern Time Aftermath The team was the first North Carolina squad to beat Virginia, which George Tennent later commented "when you beat Virginia in those days, you more or less had it made."Rappoport 2002 6 The team was brought to Woollen Gymnasium in 1958 for a reunion.Rappoport 2002 6 After the game, the team went to the North Carolina State Capitol where former teammate and then Governor of North Carolina Luther Hodges received them.Rappoport 2002 6 The team reminisced and passed around a basketball and wound up breaking a chandelier in the building.Rappoport 2002 6–7 References Footnotes N Citations 30em Bibliography https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/5/2018_19_UNC_M_BKB_Record_Book.pdf Carolina Basketball 2018-19 Facts & Records Book 2018 Kirschner Steve UNC Athletic Communications Office Chapel Hill, North Carolina PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20191027235426/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/5/2018_19_UNC_M_BKB_Record_Book.pdf October 27, 2019 live Yackety Yack Patton James Ralph Jr. The Observer Printing House Charlotte, North Carolina 1917 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/27656?ln=en#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=262&r=90&xywh=0%2C-151%2C1882%2C3098 166–7 North Carolina Digital Heritage Center XVII Rappoport Ken Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room Sports Pub United States 2002 978-1582614892 North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball Category:Long stubs with short prose