1970 Roster - By Name

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T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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* 22 John Burt             F       6-2   183  Jr   *    Fort Wayne, IN (Central Christian)
*  3 Randy Cable           G       6-0   168  Sr   **   Massillon, OH (Jackson)
* 13 Dave Cowens           C       6-9   220  Sr   **   Newport, KY (Newport Catholic)
* 44 Vernell Ellzy         F       6-4   213  Jr        Sanford (Crooms Academy/Seminole CC)
* 23 Rowland Garrett       F       6-6   195  So        Canton, MS (Rogers)
* 35 Jan Gies              F       6-7   204  Sr   **   Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 20 Roy Glover            G       6-0   171  So        Pompano Beach (Blanch Ely)
  25 Jim Gosink            C       6-10  210  So        Reading, OH (Moeller)
* 10 Ron Harris            F       6-4   191  So        Key West (Key West)
     Lance Kimrey          F       6-6   220  Jr   *    Norman, OK (Norman)
* 12 Ken Macklin           G       6-2   186  Sr   *    East Orange, NJ (East Orange/Morristown JC)
* 30 Dave Macomber         C       6-9   210  Jr-R *    Port Saint Joe (Port Saint Joe)
  21 Carl Reynolds         G       6-2   181  Sr   **   Fairborn, OH (Fairborn)
* 32 Willie Williams       F       6-7   198  Sr   *    Miami (Booker T. Washington/Miami Dade CC)
* 14 Skip Young            G       6-3   169  Jr   *    Columbus, OH (Linden-McKinley)

1970 Roster - By Number

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T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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     Lance Kimrey          F       6-6   220  Jr   *    Norman, OK (Norman)
*  3 Randy Cable           G       6-0   168  Sr   **   Massillon, OH (Jackson)
* 10 Ron Harris            F       6-4   191  So        Key West (Key West)
* 12 Ken Macklin           G       6-2   186  Sr   *    East Orange, NJ (East Orange/Morristown JC)
* 13 Dave Cowens           C       6-9   220  Sr   **   Newport, KY (Newport Catholic)
* 14 Skip Young            G       6-3   169  Jr   *    Columbus, OH (Linden-McKinley)
* 20 Roy Glover            G       6-0   171  So        Pompano Beach (Blanch Ely)
  21 Carl Reynolds         G       6-2   181  Sr   **   Fairborn, OH (Fairborn)
* 22 John Burt             F       6-2   183  Jr   *    Fort Wayne, IN (Central Christian)
* 23 Rowland Garrett       F       6-6   195  So        Canton, MS (Rogers)
  25 Jim Gosink            C       6-10  210  So        Reading, OH (Moeller)
* 30 Dave Macomber         C       6-9   210  Jr-R *    Port Saint Joe (Port Saint Joe)
* 32 Willie Williams       F       6-7   198  Sr   *    Miami (Booker T. Washington/Miami Dade CC)
* 35 Jan Gies              F       6-7   204  Sr   **   Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 44 Vernell Ellzy         F       6-4   213  Jr        Sanford (Crooms Academy/Seminole CC)

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
1969-70 Freshman Statistics - Record 12-2                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Name             GP FGM  FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS   AVG   REB  AVG  PF                                                                                                                               
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Ron King         14 221  432 .522   57  90 .633  499  35.7   211 15.0  31                                                                                                                               
Reggie Royals    14 125  234 .534   76 117 .649  326  23.3   319 22.8  51                                                                                                                               
Larry Gay        14 127  237 .535   52  98 .530  306  21.9   230 16.4  43                                                                                                                               
Otto Petty       14  58  147 .394   47  71 .661  163  11.6    34  2.4  46                                                                                                                               
Mike Rhaney      14  42  104 .403   16  27 .592  100   7.1    63  4.5  45                                                                                                                               
Others (3)       14  45  119 .378   17  37 .459  109   7.6    68  4.6  61                                                                                                                               
Team                                                          69                                                                                                                                        
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FSU              14 618 1268 .487  265 435 .609 1501 107.2   979 69.9 278                                                                                                                               
Opponents        14 461 1141 .404  240 368 .652 1162  83.0   623 44.5 302                                                                                                                               

Coach Hugh Durham was himself placed on probation by FSU President Stanley Marshall Thursday.

"I have acted to eliminate from Coach Durham's responsiblity all recruiting activities and to restrict him to on-the-court coaching activities," Dr. Marshall said in a statement.

Marshall will appear before the 18-member NCAA Council this weekend to respond to charges concerning FSU's recruiting practices last year.

Marshall also alluded to further punishment if the NCAA rules against Florida State. In his statement, the president said, "The University will make a further review following the final (NCAA) Council action to determine if additional disciplanary action may be indicated."

The SEC school complained to the NCAA after a highly-regarded player in its state - not Florida - could not meet the NCAA 1.6 rule nor the school's admission requirements, regarded as among the lowest in the conference. The player later enrolled at Florida State and was accepted on scholarship. (Editors note: this was not the reason FSU was put on further probation.)

Dr. Marshall's action Thursday is regarded as an attempt to show the NCAA the school's good faith. However, if the charges are valid it is a certainty that the school will be in trouble, as FSU was placed on probation in 1968 for recruiting violations, allegedly for excesses in entertaining prospective players.

Marshall's statement added, "The facts developed in the University inquiry into the allegations leave no doubt that the action we have taken is justified. Coach Durham acknowledges an error in judgement on his part and understands the reasons for disciplinary action by the University.

"We share the NCAA objective of maintaining the highest standards in the conduct of intercollegiate athletic programs."

The NCAA requires a projected grade-point average of 1.6 on a four-point scale for a scholarship. Florida State is an independent school, but generally accepts Southeastern Conference Standards.

One source said the 32-year-old Durham was not entirely to blame. "It's other people in the basketball program who have gotten the school in trouble," said the source. "Of course, Hugh is the boss, and he must take the blame."

Durham could not be reached for comment. However, in a statement, he said, "President Marshall has acted in the best interests of the University and the basketball program. I'm grateful for his continued confidence in my coaching ability and usefulness to Florida State."

If FSU is penalized by the NCAA, it would certainly include a ban on post-season tournament participation. The Seminoles are currently 10-2 and Gator Bowl champions and were regarded as near-cinches for a bid to the NCAA or National Invitation Tournament in New York City.

Durham took over as head coach when long-time FSU mentor Bud Kennedy died and has a 48-31 record in three seasons going into Friday night's home game with Miami.

He is from Kentucky and played his college basketball at Florida State. He is married to the former Malinda Dixon of Jacksonville.

The new action means the team cannot participate in postseason touraments this year or next. The latest probation runs through Oct. 29, 1971.

Florida State has an 11-2 record this season and had been considered a candidate for either the NCAA of National Invitational tournaments. It has lost only to North Carolina and Southern California.

Durham's job apparently will be saved as FSU President J. Stanley Marshall, who appeared before the NCAA with Dean Harold Goldstein of the Faculty Athletic Committee and Athletic Director Vaughn Mancha, commented, "On the basis of the NCAA Council's hearing...and our handling of the case, there is no cause for further disciplinary action against Coach Durham."

Durham was not available for comment.

Arthur J. Bergstrom, assistant executive director of the NCAA, said Sunday he could only recall two other instances of member institutions - Auburn and Indiana - violating the rules while already on probation.

Florida State's new violation occurred last May, according to the NCAA Council, which handed out the new probation.

The council said a business organization in which "a representative of the university's athletic interests has considerable holdings" provided round-trip air transportation to three prospective athletes from their homes to the organization's headquarters "and lavishly entertained them" at various times in the presence of Durham and one of his assistants.

The council, in reprimanding and censuring Florida State and Durham, warned the school that any future violation by Durham could result in Florida State's being suspended or expelled by the NCAA.

However, it noted also that one of the reasons the current penalty was limited to two years was Florida State's curtailment of Durham's activities last Thursday.

The University placed Durham on probation for an indefinite period, ordered him not to recruit personally either on or off campus and prohibited him from engaging in other activities related to his position, such as speeches, clinics, workshops, basketball camps or radio-television appearances. He must stick to coaching the team.

FSU President Marshall added, "I am satisfied that the NCAA Council...gave full and fair consideration to the university's disciplinary action and to the welfare of our intercollegiate athletic program."

Marshall said he would elaborate further later in the week.

"I am not going to resign, have had no intentions to resign and I want to put the rumor to rest once and for all," Durham said in answer to a reporter's question.

The young basketball mentor was precise and to the point when asked if he knew his actions of recruitment would bring about the university's and NCAA censure.

"I read the NCAA manual carefully, and my decision to allow our basketball signees to talk with Atlanta businessmen about summer jobs was a rational one. I could see no conflict, but the NCAA had a different interpretation."

In essence, then, Durham still felt that his decision was right in his own mind and was proper interpretation of NCAA rules, but that he will abide by the two-year probation on him and the FSU team and by the strict limitations imposed upon him by officials of the university.

Those limitations will keep him from recruiting in any manner, eliminate his radio and television shows and restrict his appearances at clinics and basketball camps.

The exact nature of the incident that brought about the censure on Durham was revealed by Marshall:

"A business acquaintance of a friend of the basketball program at Florida State used funds to entertain three prospective athletes on a trip to Atlanta last year. The youths were brought to Atlanta to be interviewed by Atlanta businessmen for summer jobs, and while there were taken to Atlanta Braves ball games and stayed in one of the better hotels in the city."

Marshall said such activity was appropriate for summer recruitment for jobs, but that Durham was in Atlanta at the same time and suggested to the businessmen that these athletes be hired. This is counter to NCAA rules.

"We ackowledge that while Coach Durham's intentions were good, his judgement was not, particularly in being present during the proceedings, and this was the basis for the university's actions."

Two of the players involved in the incident are now members of the Florida State basketball team while the third decided to go elsewhere.

Marshall said the university's actionwas for an indefinite period of time, but the situation will be reviewed in January of 1971.

Just who will do the recruiting for FSU's basketball program this coming year has not been determined. Assistant Coach Bill Clendinen is the likely one to do the job, even though he was in Atlanta with Durham when the other incident came about.

"Coach Clendinen was there under orderd from Coach Durham," Marshall revealed, "and therfore is not subject to similar restrictions."

MIAMI - Florida State has completed its basketball season with a 23-3 record, and this may be a reasonable time to examine some of the ramifications of the NCAA probation that denied the Seminoles a crack at a tournament and the national championship.

Did the team finish better than it otherwise would have, because its pride stung and challenged by that mid-January probation?

When the announcement of the probation came the team had already lost two of its three. The 85-81 setback at Jacksonville U. was the lone other.

I think the probation may have, in fact, spurred the team to a better finish than it otherwise would have had, though certainly it is talented enough to have done that well regardless.

Another interesting question is whether Florida State would have rounded up this talent had it not done the sort of things that brought probation. In other words, did the Seminoles get that talent by cheating?

The mark of Florida State basketball recruiting in recent years has been aggressive thoroughness. None of this talent was assembled by accident. Most top players were widely sought ones.

Florida State, when it drew a 1-year probation and then a 2-year one on top of it, was "convicted" by he NCAA of illegal entertainment of prospects. Nothing else.

In basketball recruiting, the Seminoles are and have been in an inferior competitive position, unable really to challenge the leading basketball-name schools for the cream of the prep crop.

The manner of Florida State's getting talent comparable to the best is rather obvious, really, having little or naught to do with excessive entertainment and-or violations of other NCAA rules. Florida State simply went after black players much more vigorously than any other school in the South, and maybe the East and Midwest.

It was, in all honesty, just about the only way for Florida State to get talent comparable to the best.

Coach Hugh Durham is one of the better recruiters in collegiate ranks. One thing, he tries to tell prospects pretty much how it is. More than one athlete has been impressed with his sincerity, his straight talk.

Though there was a natural resentment from some other schools because Florida State suddenly was a force of contention - for prospects, and on the court itself - the probation was not precipitated by any other school "blowing the whistle." It started about three years ago when a disgruntled player, no longer on the team, sat down and wrote a letter to the NCAA.

While Florida State certainly has not been guilty of greater sins than many another school, the NCAA was better able to document an initial case against the Seminoles because of that letter.

Had it not been for the letter, I'm convinced Florida State would have played in post-season tournaments three successive seasons - a mark of high distinction.

If all goes well, the Seminoles come off probation in October of 1971. Freshman recruited this year will not, for all practical purposes, be affected by the probation.

But Florida State does figure to have a difficult time recruiting as well this year as it has in the recent past, primarily because Durham cannot participate.

Nevertheless, Florida State seems to have already established a quite solid foundation for winning basketball in the future. The varsity of the next two years should be about as talented as this season's.

Over the long haul, the probation does not figure to adversely affect the program.

There's plenty of precedent for schools doing well athletically both during and following probation.

Kentucky, you may remember, did not play basketball at all for a full year following the great points-fixing scandal in which its players were involved.

Both Houston and Auburn, among others, survived long-term probations of their entire athletic programs, and came out of it continuing to field strong teams.

It's difficult to view Florida State's probation of the moment as one of those disguised blessings. But, in fact, it may be that.

1969-70 All-Americans

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