Lawrence James Miller (born April 4, 1946) is a retired American basketball player who was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team in 2002, as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
An All-American star of his Catasauqua High School team during the 1960s, he went on to play for the University of North Carolina, where he was awarded ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year honors in 1966 and 1967.
[5] In 2018, he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) District XI Hall of Fame.
[6] A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) guard/forward, Miller's final choice of where to attend college was between Michigan State, and two Atlantic Coast Conference teams: a rebuilding University of North Carolina Tar Heel program under coach Dean Smith, and Duke University under coach Vic Bubas.
The team was ranked in the top 10 nationally throughout the year, won the ACC tournament, and finished with a record of 26–6.
[15] In 1968, Miller was selected as a consensus first-team All-American, along with future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Maravich, Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes; one of the greatest college All-American teams.
[17] In 2002, Miller was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
[3] His Hall of Fame class included fellow Pennsylvania high school standout Richard "Rip" Hamilton.
Jones on the Conquistadors, and the following season he was coached by Wilt Chamberlain in San Diego, until being traded to the Virginia Squires after seven games.