1914–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1914–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1914–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	6–10
Head coach	Charles Doak (1st season);
Captain	Meb Long
Home arena	Bynum Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1913–14 1915–16 →

The 1914–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team (variously "North Carolina", "Carolina" or "Tar Heels") was the fifth varsity college basketball team to represent the University of North Carolina.^{[N 1]}

Roster and schedule

1914–15 North Carolina Tar Heels roster
Name	Position
Ezra Andrews	G
Rusty Davis	G
William Fuller
Clem Holding	C
Roy Homewood	G
John Johnson	F
Ed Keesler	F
Meb Long	F
George Loughran
Raby Tennent	G
George Tandy	C
Reference:^[2]^[3]

Schedule^[2]^[4]
Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 12, 1914*	Durham Y.M.C.A.	L 14–22	0–1	Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
December 16, 1914*	at Durham Y.M.C.A.	L 25–44	0–2	Durham, North Carolina
December 19, 1914*	Durham Y.M.C.A.	W 25–24	1–2	Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 11, 1915*	Elon College	W 15–9	2–2	Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 16, 1915*	vs. Wake Forest	L 23–26	2–3	Raleigh, North Carolina
February 2, 1915*	Wake Forest	W 32–20	3–3	Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 8, 1915*	vs. Virginia	L 29–30 ^OT	3–4	Raleigh, North Carolina
February 11, 1915*	at Wake Forest	L 25–30	3–5	Wake Forest, North Carolina
February 13, 1915*	vs. Guilford College	W 45–27	4–5	Raleigh, North Carolina
February 15, 1915*	at Roanoke College	W 18–17	5–5
February 16, 1915*	vs. Washington and Lee	L 22–29	5–6	Raleigh, North Carolina
February 17, 1915*	Virginia Military Institute	L 24–28	5–7	Bynum Gymnasium Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 18, 1915*	vs. Virginia	L 26–43	5–8	Fayerweather Gymnasium Charlottesville, Virginia
February 19, 1915*	at Staunton Military Academy	W 28–16	6–8	Staunton, Virginia
February 20, 1915*	at Lynchburg Y.M.C.A.	L 20–63	6–9
February 27, 1915*	at Elon College	L 15–19	6–10
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Footnotes

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

Citations

^ Vance Barron (February 6, 1963). "Pearsall Group Recommends 5-Part Plan For University". The Daily Tar Heel. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Mebane 1915, p. 218.
^ Kirschner 2018, p. 151.
^ Kirschner 2018, p. 219.

Bibliography

Kirschner, Steve, ed. (2018). Carolina Basketball 2018-19 Facts & Records Book (PDF). Chapel Hill, North Carolina: UNC Athletic Communications Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 27, 2019.
Mebane, G. A. Jr., ed. (1915). Yackety Yack. Vol. XV. Raleigh, North Carolina: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company. pp. 215–9 – via North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

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

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

[FOOTNOTEMebane1915218-3] Mebane 1915, p. 218.

[FOOTNOTEKirschner2018151-4] Kirschner 2018, p. 151.

[FOOTNOTEKirschner2018219-5] Kirschner 2018, p. 219.

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