Chances are good Lennie Rosenbluth will be on hand at the Smith Center this coming Saturday when North Carolina plays its ninth game of the season. Watch closely and you’ll eventually see Rosenbluth pass along the sidelines, a tall, slightly stooped older man with dark hair – an unassuming icon of another era, leader of a group of Yankees (gasp!) whose surpassing success aligned a fledgling Southern conference with its signature sport.
The Dec. 4 meeting with Radford quietly coincides with the date 60 years ago that the 1956-57 UNC basketball season began with a decisive Tar Heel victory over Furman.