UNC's McAdoo Survives Upset Scare from Wilkens and Providence

The last all-time top 100 men's team to play a Value Add Basketball Game was #38 UNC, led by all time great center Bob McAdoo with point guard and future great coach George Karl Because their team rating is +4, and Lenny Wilkens 1960 Providence is a -9, UNC was a +13 point favorite, and so far teams favored by 10 to 15 points in Value Add Basketball Games have won 78% of the time.

So far 20 of our 287 games were "even" ratings so there was no favored team.  In the other games:

Favored by	Won	Upset	Win%
18 points or more	15	0	100%
10 to 17 points	50	12	81%
7 to 9 points	33	9	79%
1 to 6 points	94	54	64%
Total Favorites Record	192	75	72%

However, for most of the game Wilkens looked like he was going to lead only the 11th double digit upset winner.  With 19 possessions left he stole the ball from the other all-time great on the court, McAdoo, and hit a 3-pointer on the other end to give the 1960 Friars a 49-44 lead. a few possessions later, he had a traditional 3-point play to make it 57-50.

However, McAdoo took over down the stretch as both greats topped 30 points, and UNC pulled away late for an 84-73 win. UNC 1972 came into the game without having played, but ranked 38th of all time in our game. There was no one else ranked higher than 143rd who had not played a game.

Here is the box score.

 

Pos	Providence 1960 Starters	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Actual Season
1-PG	John Egan	11	1	3	2	3	2	3	0	3	6'0, 14.2 ppg
2-SG	Lenny Wilkens	31	1	11	6	7	4	4	0	2	#75 best, 6'1
3-SF	Tom Moynahan	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'1, 7 ppg
4-PF	Dick Whelan	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	6'3, 8.3 ppg
5-C	James Hadnot	7	0	2	3	4	5	0	1	4	6'10, 14.8 ppg
Pos	Bench Visitors	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Actual Season
1-PG	Denny Guimares	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0, 2.6 ppg
2-SG	Richard Holtzheimer	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3, 4.8 ppg
3-SF	John Woods	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	6'4, 6 ppg
4-PF	Robert Siembida	5	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	6'4, 3.6 ppg
5-C	Richard Leonard	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'4, 1.8 ppg
	16 Turnovers	73	3	26	12	16	23	8	2	16
Pos	UNC 1972 Starters	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl
1-PG	George Karl	7	0	2	3	5	3	2	3	4	6'3, 11.7 ppg
2-SG	Dennis Wuycik	16	1	5	3	3	2	1	0	5	6'6, 18 ppg
3-SF	Bill Chamberlain	6	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	6'6, 10.9 ppg
4-PF	Bobby Jones	9	1	2	2	2	6	0	0	1	6'9, 10.2 ppg
5-C	Bob McAdoo	32	0	14	4	5	6	1	4	3	#54 best, 6'9
Pos	Bench Home	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Actual Season
1-PG	Kim Huband	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5, 5.6 ppg
2-SG	Steve Previs	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6'3, 5.3 ppg
3-SF	Bill Chambers	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'4, 2.4 ppg
4-PF	Donn Johnston	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6'8, 2.5 ppg
5-C	Craig Corson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'9, 1.5 ppg
	13 Turnovers	84	2	33	12	15	30	5	7	20