No. 28: Pete Brennan

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Name: Pete Brennan

Position: Forward

Jersey #: 35

Years: 1955-58

Honors: Consensus All-America 1958; 2-time All-ACC, 1st-team in 1958; 1958 ACC Player of the Year; 1957 NCAA All-Tournament team; 1st-team All-ACC Tournament team in 1957 and 1958; Jersey honored in Dean Dome.

Notable Stats: 40th all-time at UNC with 1,334 career points; 14th all-time with 854 rebounds; 3rd highest per-game rebounder in UNC history with 10.5 per contest; 17th highest per-game scoring average for a UNC career with 16.5 points; 16th and 25th highest single-season rebounding totals at UNC with 332 in 1957 and 303 in 1958, respectively; 5th highest single-season average with 11.7 rebounds per game in 1958; 218 made free throws in 1958 is the 6th most in a season in UNC history.

In Closing: Key starter on the 1957 team that went 32-0, which along with the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers remains the best record in college basketball history. Made a shot with 4 seconds left to send UNC’s Final Four win over Michigan State into a second overtime. Brennan later told the Charlotte Observer about the shot, “I got to the foul line, and there were two Michigan State guys there. I always had great confidence in shooting a jumper from around the foul line, and I thought to myself, ‘I’ll take it, and I’ll follow my own shot if I miss.’” Scored 25 points and grabbed 28 rebounds in the 1957 Final Four and national title game earning all-tournament team honors. Twice averaged double-doubles with 14.7 points and 10.4 rebounds in 1957 and 21.3 points and 11.7 rebounds in 1958. Is one of seven Tar Heels to average a career double-double.

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