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University of North Carolina Athletics
Larry Miller Selected For NABC College Basketball Hall Of Fame
June 29, 2022 | Men's Basketball
Former University of North Carolina star Larry Miller is a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced on Wednesday. The nine-member Class of 2022 will be enshrined on November 20 in Kansas City as part of NABC Hall of Fame Weekend, which also features the annual Hall of Fame Classic tournament.
Miller, the only two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in Carolina history and one of Dean Smith's first superstars at Carolina, will be the 13th Tar Heel in the NABC Hall of Fame. He played at UNC from 1965-68, helping lead Smith's first two Final Four teams in '67 and '68. Miller is one of three players in ACC history to win ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP honors in back-to-back years.
Carolina's members of the college hall of fame include coaches Ben Carnevale, Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Larry Brown and Roy Williams and players Billy Cunningham, Bob McAdoo, James Worthy, Phil Ford, Charlie Scott. Sam Perkins, Antawn Jamison and Miller.
Making up the Class of 2022 are players Miller, Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Frank Selvy of Furman and the late Jimmy Walker of Providence, along with coaches John Beilein, Jerry Krause and Lon Kruger.Â
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They are joined by championship-winning coaches Jim Calhoun and UNC's Williams, who will be formally honored in the Class of 2022 after initially being recognized as part of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's Founding Class in 2006.  Â
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#44Â LARRY MILLERÂ (1965-68)
Catasauqua, Pa.
Earned first-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP honors in 1967 and 1968 • Consensus first-team All-America in 1968 among one of the greatest five-man teams ever selected (with Lew Alcindor, Elvin Hayes, Pete Maravich and Wes Unseld) • A second-team consensus All-America in 1967 • One of three players in ACC history to win Player of the Year and Tournament MVP honors in consecutive seasons • One of four players to win ACC Tournament MVP honors twice • The only Tar Heel selected ACC Player of the Year twice • Standout on Dean Smith's first ACC championship and Final Four teams in 1967 and 1968 • Played in the 1968 NCAA title game against Alcindor's UCLA Bruins • ACC Male Athlete of the Year in 1968 • Scored in double figures a UNC-record 64 consecutive games • Still seventh at UNC in scoring with 1,982 points and fifth in scoring average at 21.8 per game • One of only three Tar Heels to average 20 points a game in three seasons • Averaged 20.9 points and 10.3 rebounds in 1965-66, 21.9 points and 9.3 rebounds in 1966-67 and 22.4 points and 8.1 rebounds in 1967-68 • Scored 30 or more points 11 times and 20 or more 60 times with a high of 38 at Virginia in 1967 • Grabbed 834 rebounds as one of the top rebounding small forwards to play for the Tar Heels • Scored 32 points on 13 of 14 shooting from the floor in an 82-73 victory over Duke in the 1967 ACC Tournament championship game • Led Carolina to an overall record of 70-21, including 32-10 in ACC regular-season play (54-10 overall, 24-4 in ACC play his last two seasons) • UNC finished his junior season ranked No. 4 in the nation by the AP and No. 3 by the coaches and his senior year No. 4 in both polls • Those were Carolina's first-ever consecutive seasons in the Top 10 • Played seven seasons in the ABA and set the league's all-time single-game record with 67 points.
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Miller, the only two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in Carolina history and one of Dean Smith's first superstars at Carolina, will be the 13th Tar Heel in the NABC Hall of Fame. He played at UNC from 1965-68, helping lead Smith's first two Final Four teams in '67 and '68. Miller is one of three players in ACC history to win ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP honors in back-to-back years.
Carolina's members of the college hall of fame include coaches Ben Carnevale, Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Larry Brown and Roy Williams and players Billy Cunningham, Bob McAdoo, James Worthy, Phil Ford, Charlie Scott. Sam Perkins, Antawn Jamison and Miller.
Making up the Class of 2022 are players Miller, Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Frank Selvy of Furman and the late Jimmy Walker of Providence, along with coaches John Beilein, Jerry Krause and Lon Kruger.Â
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They are joined by championship-winning coaches Jim Calhoun and UNC's Williams, who will be formally honored in the Class of 2022 after initially being recognized as part of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's Founding Class in 2006.  Â
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#44Â LARRY MILLERÂ (1965-68)
Catasauqua, Pa.
Earned first-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP honors in 1967 and 1968 • Consensus first-team All-America in 1968 among one of the greatest five-man teams ever selected (with Lew Alcindor, Elvin Hayes, Pete Maravich and Wes Unseld) • A second-team consensus All-America in 1967 • One of three players in ACC history to win Player of the Year and Tournament MVP honors in consecutive seasons • One of four players to win ACC Tournament MVP honors twice • The only Tar Heel selected ACC Player of the Year twice • Standout on Dean Smith's first ACC championship and Final Four teams in 1967 and 1968 • Played in the 1968 NCAA title game against Alcindor's UCLA Bruins • ACC Male Athlete of the Year in 1968 • Scored in double figures a UNC-record 64 consecutive games • Still seventh at UNC in scoring with 1,982 points and fifth in scoring average at 21.8 per game • One of only three Tar Heels to average 20 points a game in three seasons • Averaged 20.9 points and 10.3 rebounds in 1965-66, 21.9 points and 9.3 rebounds in 1966-67 and 22.4 points and 8.1 rebounds in 1967-68 • Scored 30 or more points 11 times and 20 or more 60 times with a high of 38 at Virginia in 1967 • Grabbed 834 rebounds as one of the top rebounding small forwards to play for the Tar Heels • Scored 32 points on 13 of 14 shooting from the floor in an 82-73 victory over Duke in the 1967 ACC Tournament championship game • Led Carolina to an overall record of 70-21, including 32-10 in ACC regular-season play (54-10 overall, 24-4 in ACC play his last two seasons) • UNC finished his junior season ranked No. 4 in the nation by the AP and No. 3 by the coaches and his senior year No. 4 in both polls • Those were Carolina's first-ever consecutive seasons in the Top 10 • Played seven seasons in the ABA and set the league's all-time single-game record with 67 points.
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