Carolina Alumni Review - November/December 2010

Found Another

University records and even the books of Chapel Hill clothing stores.

The investigation lasted a year. When the decision came down in January 1961, it included “excessive entertainment” and improper paying of lodging and some food for players’ families.

The letter also said, “It has proved
impossible to verify with any degree
of accuracy the expenditure of large
sums of money on behalf of the bas-
ketball program at the University of
North Carolina over an extended
period of time.”
In practical terms, the year’s proba-
tion cost UNC nothing more than a
ban from the NCAA tournament and
any other invitational tournaments asso-
ciated with the NCAA. Aycock took
the team out of the 1961 ACC Tourna-
ment to prevent it from beating a team
that had a chance to go to the NCAA.

Aycock repeatedly had told the NCAA that the school had nothing to hide, and his forthrightness was considered important in the relative lightness of the penalty.

McGuire left after the difficult 1960- 61 season to coach professional ball. His successor, Dean Smith, wrote a letter to Harry Gotkin saying he hated to lose him but, in light of the situation, it was best he not work for the program.

— David E. Brown ’ 75

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Baddour, Thorp and Davis were grim as they walked into the Aug. 26 news conference to announce that, in the course of interviews about players’ dealings with agents and other outsiders, possible academic cheating had come to light. Thorp, who has heard plenty from football fans who want the probe wrapped up quickly, has insisted the University’s part of it must be thorough and the NCAA’s part must move at the NCAA’s pace.