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ACC ChampionshipsThe Tar Heels went 14-2 in ACC play in

2005 and won their 24th regular-seasonAtlanticCoast Conference championship. UNC has won15 outright, shared nine others and won 15ACCTournament titles. Duke is second with 17 reg-ular-season titles and has also won 16 tourna-ment championships. The Tar Heels last wonthe ACC Tournament in 1998.

ACC 50The Tar Heels placed 12 on the ACC 50th

Anniversary Team, more than any other school.Carolina’s honorees included LennieRosenbluth, Billy Cunningham, Larry Miller,Charles Scott, Bobby Jones, Walter Davis, PhilFord, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, MichaelJordan, Brad Daugherty and Antawn Jamison.

ACC Players of the YearTen different Tar Heels have been named

ACC Player of the Year, including Larry Miller,who won the award in 1967 and 1968. Other TarHeel recipients include Lennie Rosenbluth(1957), Pete Brennan (1958), Lee Shaffer(1960), Billy Cunningham (1965), MitchKupchak (1976), Phil Ford (1978), MichaelJordan (1984), Antawn Jamison (1998) andJoseph Forte (2001).

All-AmericasForty-seven Tar Heels have earned All-

America honors, including 33 first-team hon-orees. The most recent first-team selection wasTyler Hansbrough in 2005-06.

Phil Ford (1976-78), Mike O’Koren (1978-80) and Sam Perkins (1982-84) earned first-team All-America honors on three occasions.Ford, O’Koren and Perkins and NC State’sDavid Thompson and Virginia’s RalphSampson are the only three-time, first-teamAll-Americas in ACC history.

Carolina is third in NCAA history with 13consensus first-team All-Americas. Theyinclude George Glamack (1940 and 1941),Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1968),Robert McAdoo (1972), Phil Ford (1977 and1978), James Worthy (1982), Michael Jordan(1983 and 1984), Sam Perkins (1983 and 1984),Kenny Smith (1987), J.R. Reid (1988), JerryStackhouse (1995), Antawn Jamison (1998) andJoseph Forte (2001).

All-ACCCarolina has placed 65 players on the All-

ACC first team, the most in league history.Duke is second with 54. Tyler Hansbrough wasa unanimous selection as a freshman in 2005-06.

Seven Tar Heels have earned first-team hon-ors three times – Lennie Rosenbluth (1956-58),York Larese (1959-61), Billy Cunningham

(1963-65), Charles Scott (1968-70), Phil Ford(1976-78), Sam Perkins (1982-84) and AntawnJamison (1996-98).

Draft DayCarolina has had 90 players selected in the

NBA Draft, including 35 players taken in thefirst round. The Tar Heels have had 16 playersdrafted in the first round in the last 18 years. In2005, Marvin Williams (2nd), Raymond Felton(5th), Sean May (13th) and Rashad McCants(14th) became the first school to have four play-ers taken in the NBA Draft Lottery.

James Worthy and Brad Daugherty wereselected No. 1 in the overall draft. Worthy wasselected in 1982 by the Lakers; Daugherty wastaken No. 1 by Cleveland in 1986.

Michael Jordan was the third player selectedin the 1984 Draft behind Hakeem Olajuwon(Houston) and Sam Bowie (Portland).

Final FourCarolina has played in 16 Final Fours, most

in the nation. The Tar Heels played in the FinalFour in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972,1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997,1998, 2000 and 2005. The Tar Heels won theNCAA title in 1957, 1982, 1993 and 2005.

Rusty Clark (1967-69), Bill Bunting (1967-69) and Ed Cota (1997-98, 2000) are the onlyTar Heels to start in three different Final Fours.Carolina holds the NCAA record for most play-ers who have played in a Final Four with 135.

Final Four MVPsSean May had 26 points and 10 rebounds in

Carolina’s 75-70 win over Illinois in the 2005NCAA championship game and was named theMost Outstanding Player of the Final Four. Mayis the third Tar Heel to win that award, alongwith James Worthy in 1982 and DonaldWilliams in 1993.

500 ACC WinsThe Tar Heels have won 537 regular-season

ACC games, more than any other school inleague history. Duke is second with 488 wins.No other ACC school has 400 ACC wins.

FreshmenCarolina has had 11 players named to the

ACC All-Freshman Team since its inception in1992-93. Tyler Hansbrough made the team in2005-06, joining Marvin Williams, RaymondFelton, Rashad McCants, Jerry Stackhouse,Rasheed Wallace, Antawn Jamison, Ed Cota,Kris Lang, Joseph Forte and Jawad Williams asAll-ACC Freshman selections.

Seven Carolina players have been namedACC Rookie of the Year, including Sam Perkins(1981), Michael Jordan (1982), J.R. Reid(1987), Cota (1997), Forte (2000), MarvinWilliams (2005) and Hansbrough (2006).

Twenty-three Tar Heels have started theirfirst game, the latest being Bobby Frasor,Marcus Ginyard and Hansbrough in 2005-06.

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Seven former Tar Heel coaches and playersare in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame,including Larry Brown, coach Ben Carnevale,Billy Cunningham, Robert McAdoo, coachFrank McGuire, coach Dean Smith and JamesWorthy.

National Players of the YearNine different Tar Heels have won National

Player of the Year honors, including consensuswinners Phil Ford (1978), Michael Jordan(1984) and Antawn Jamison (1998). Other win-ners are Jack Cobb (1926), George Glamack(1940 and 1941), Lennie Rosenbluth (1957),James Worthy (1982), Kenny Smith (1987) andJerry Stackhouse (1995). Jordan, named byeight organizations as a junior, also was TheSporting News’ pick as a sophomore in 1983.

Associated Press (since 1961) – Jordan(1984), Jamison (1998)

Wooden Award (since 1977) – Ford (1978),Jordan (1984), Jamison (1998)

Naismith Award (since 1969) – Jordan(1984), Jamison (1998)

NABC (since 1975) – Ford (1978), Jordan(1984), Jamison (1998)

USBWA (since 1959) – Ford (1978), Jordan(1984), Jamison (1998)

NBA ChampionsMichael Jordan won six

NBA championship rings. Heis one of 13 former Tar Heelswho have gone on to winNBA championship rings asplayers. Those 13 playershave accounted for 29 rings.The rest of the ACC has acombined 21 players winning33 rings.

NBA 50In the late 1990s, the NBA

selected its All-Time 50Greatest Players. Former TarHeels Billy Cunningham,Michael Jordan and JamesWorthy were named to theteam. Carolina, Houston andLSU were the only schools to have three play-ers on the team.

NCAA TournamentCarolina is second in NCAA history with 38

appearances, 126 games played and 89 wins inthe NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels estab-lished an all-time record with 27 consecutivetrips to the Tournament from 1975-2001. UNChas the third-best win percentage (.706) inTournament history.

No. 1Carolina has been ranked No.

1 in the nation in the AssociatedPress poll in 15 different seasonssince theAP began its rankings in1948-49. Those seasons include1957, 1958, 1959, 1978, 1982,1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988,1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 and2001.

The Tar Heels have been No. 1on 84 occasions. Carolina is sec-ond in weeks ranked No. 1 in thecountry behind UCLA (128).

Carolina has been ranked inthe Top 10 in 534 polls. That isthe second-highest figure inNCAA basketball history.Carolina has appeared in the APpoll 703 times, more than anyother school in history. Duke issecond in ACC history ranked564 times.

Carolina is the only school inthe country with 12 wins over theNo. 1 ranked team in the AP poll,including a victory at Duke in2006.

No. 1 vs. No. 2Carolina has played in seven games involv-

ing the top two ranked teams in the country bythe Associated Press poll and the Tar Heels are7-0 in those games (4-0 as No. 1 and 3-0 as No.2).

A list of those games:March 23, 1957 – No. 1 UNC 54, No. 2 Kansas53Dec. 26, 1981 – No. 1 UNC 82, No. 2 Kentucky69Jan. 9, 1982 – No. 1 UNC 65, No. 2 Virginia 60Feb. 4, 1986 – No. 1 UNC 78, No. 2 Ga. Tech77Feb. 3, 1994 – No. 2 UNC 89, No. 1 Duke 78Feb. 5, 1998 – No. 2 UNC 97, No. 1 Duke 73Apr. 4, 2005 – No. 2 UNC 75, No. 1 Illinois 70

1,000-Point ScorersThe Tar Heels have had 58 players reach

1,000 points. That figure is the most in thenation. Louisville is second with 57, Duke has54, Kentucky is fourth with 52 and Kansas isfifth with 48.

Phil Ford (2,290), Sam Perkins (2,145),Lennie Rosenbluth (2,045), Al Wood (2,015)and Charles Scott (2,007) – netted at least 2,000points.

WinsThe Tar Heels have won 1,883 basketball

games, the second-most in NCAA history.Carolina, Kentucky (1,926) and Kansas (1,873)are the only programs in the country with atleast 1,800 wins.

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Jan. 27, 1910: Carolina defeats VirginiaChristian, 42-21, in first game.

Feb. 20, 1915: Lynchburg YMCA wins 63-20, the most lopsided loss in UNC history (43points).

Feb. 28, 1922: Cartwright Carmichael,Monk McDonald lead UNC to 40-26 win overMercer for Southern Conference (SoCon)Tournament title.

March 4, 1924: 26-16 win over Alabamawins SoCon title and caps 26-0 season. HelmsFoundation later selects Carolina as nationalchampions.

Feb. 18, 1926: A 17-8 loss to NC Statemarks the fewest points in UNC history, but twoweeks later, Carolina beats Mississippi State towin the SoCon Tournament.

Feb. 10, 1941: Two-time All-AmericaGeorge Glamack scores a record 45 points in76-53 win over Clemson. Later that year, UNCloses to Pittsburgh and Dartmouth in first-everNCAA Tournament appearance.

March 21, 1946: 57-49 win over NYU inMadison Square Garden is Carolina’s first in theNCAA Tournament. Five days later, OklahomaA&M beats UNC, 43-40, in NCAA champi-onship game. Hook Dillon scores 16 for TarHeels in title game, but Bob Kurland leadsA&M with 23.

Dec. 3, 1951: 100-57 win over Furmanmarks the first of 169 games in which Carolinascores 100 or more points. The Tar Heels are151-18 in those games.

Feb. 29, 1952:Duke’s Dick Groat scores48, Bernie Jernicki grabs31 rebounds in 94-64 BlueDevil win.

Dec. 1, 1952: FrankMcGuire Era begins with70-50 win over TheCitadel. McGuire wouldpost a 164-58 record innine seasons.

Dec. 12, 1953: 82-56win over South Carolinais UNC’s first ACC gameand win.

Feb. 8, 1954:Virginia’s Buzz Wilkinsonscores 48 in 83-69 Wahoowin, most points ever vs.UNC in an ACC game.

March 4, 1954: UNC loses first-ever ACCTournament game, 52-51, to eventual championNC State.

Dec. 14, 1955: Lennie Rosenbluth scores29 as 16th-ranked Carolina beats fifth-rankedAlabama, 99-77, in UNC’s first game as rankedteam in AP poll.

Jan. 14, 1956: Rosenbluth ties UNC recordwith 45 points in a 103-99 win at Clemson. TheBronx native goes 15 for 23 from the floor and

15 for 24 from the line.

Feb. 24, 1956: Rosenbluth has 31 pointsand 14 boards in 73-65 win over Duke thatclinches UNC’s first-ever ACC regular-seasontitle. Tar Heels, 11-3 in ACC, get first ACCTournament win (over Virginia in quarterfinal),but are upset by #20 Wake Forest in semifinals.

Dec. 4, 1956: Rosenbluth sets UNC scoringrecord with 47 in season-opening win overFurman. Rosenbluth makes 20 of 37 shots fromthe floor and adds 17 rebounds.

Dec. 29, 1956: Carolina beats Wake Forest,63-55, to win Dixie Classic for first time, one offour UNC wins that year over the Deacons (bya combined 18 points).

Jan. 30, 1957: Tar Heels beat WesternCarolina, 77-59, in UNC’s first-ever game asNo. 1 ranked team in the nation (poll releasedJan. 22).

Feb. 5-9, 1957: Rosenbluth scores eight ofUNC’s extra-session points in double-overtimewin at Maryland followed by a 75-73 win overDuke as Tommy Kearns hits two free throws inthe final minute to keep their unbeaten streakalive.

March 1, 1957: Rosenbluth scores 40 atDuke to cap perfect 14-0 ACC record.Rosenbluth, the National Player of the Year, setsUNC record averaging 28.0 points for the sea-son.

NCAA DIVISION I LEADERS IN ALL-TIME WINS(entering the 2006-07 season)

No. School First Year Yrs. Wins Losses Ties Pct.1. Kentucky 1903 103 1,926 596 1 .7642. North Carolina 1911 96 1,883 689 0 .7323. Kansas 1899 108 1,873 777 0 .7074. Duke 1906 101 1,796 791 0 .6945. St. John's (N.Y.) 1908 99 1,689 817 0 .6746. Syracuse 1901 105 1,680 771 0 .6857. Temple 1895 110 1,656 917 0 .6448. Penn 1897 106 1,612 904 2 .6419. Indiana 1901 106 1,589 865 0 .64810. Utah 1909 98 1,584 814 0 .661

NCAA DIVISION I LEADERS IN ALL-TIME WINNING PERCENTAGE(entering the 2006-07 season)

No. School Season Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct.1. Kentucky 1903 103 1,926 596 1 .7642. North Carolina 1911 96 1,883 689 0 .7323. UNLV 1959 48 980 403 0 .7094. Kansas 1899 108 1,873 777 0 .7075. Duke 1906 101 1,796 791 0 .6946. UCLA 1920 87 1,581 707 0 .6917. Syracuse 1901 105 1,680 771 0 .6858. St. John's (N.Y.) 1908 99 1,689 817 0 .6749. Western Ky. 1915 87 1,526 753 0 .67010. Utah 1909 98 1,584 814 0 .661(source: NCAA)

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CAROLINA BASKETBALL HISTORYMarch 7-9, 1957: Carolina wins first ACCTournament title with wins over Clemson,Wake Forest and South Carolina. Rosenbluthhas 45 in first round over Tigers and hits three-point play to beat Deacs in semifinals. The 45points stand today as the ACC Tournament sin-gle-game record.

March 22, 1957: Pete Brennan sendsnational semifinal vs. Michigan State into sec-ond overtime with four seconds left and UNCwins, 74-70 in triple overtime. Rosenbluth (31)and Bob Cunningham (19) lead the Tar Heels.

March 23, 1957: No. 1 Carolina beats No.2 Kansas, 54-53, in another triple overtime clas-sic. Kearns jumps center against 7-0 All-America center Wilt Chamberlain. Rosenbluthscores 20, but fouls out in regulation. UNC cen-ter Joe Quigg hits the winning free throws withsix seconds left in the third OT and Carolinacaps perfect 32-0 season as national champions.

Dec. 21, 1957: Jerry West leads 8th-rankedWest Virginia to 75-64 win over No. 1 Carolinain the finals of the Kentucky Invitational, end-ing UNC’s 37-game win streak.

Jan. 14, 1958: Third-ranked UNC beatsNo. 1 NC State, 72-68, the first of an NCAArecord 11 wins over No. 1 ranked teams.

Dec. 29, 1959: York Larese sets ACCrecord in 75-53 win over Duke by making 21free throw attempts.

Dec. 2, 1961: Bryan McSweeney and JimHudock each score 20 and Larry Brown has 12points and eight rebounds as Carolina beatsVirginia, 80-46, in Dean Smith’s first game ashead coach.

Dec. 17, 1962: YogiPoteet scores 17 and BillyCunningham grabs 17rebounds in Dean Smith’sfirst of 13 wins againstKentucky (against onlythree losses), a 68-66 vic-tory in Lexington.

Jan. 13, 1964: BillyCunningham scores 40and has 28 rebounds in97-88 win over Maryland,one of the Kangaroo Kid’s40 consecutive double-doubles.

Dec. 7, 1964: BobLewis and Billy Cunning-ham score 23 and 22

points, respectively, and Carolina beats 11th-ranked Kentucky, 82-67, in Charlotte, DeanSmith’s first win over a ranked opponent.

Dec. 4, 1965: UNC beats William andMary, 82-68, in the first game played atCarmichael Auditorium.

Dec. 16, 1965: Bob Lewis scores a UNC-record 49 points in 115-80 win over FloridaState, a mark that stands today. Lewis goes 18of 25 from the floor and 13 of 16 from the lineand adds seven boards and five assists. He aver-ages 27.4 points that year, second-best ever by aTar Heel.

March 4, 1966: Mike Lewis hits a freethrow to break a 20-all tie and give 2nd-rankedDuke a 21-20 win in the ACC semifinals. JohnYokley and Duke’s Steve Vacendak share game-scoring honors with six points. Only a com-bined 36 field goal attempts are taken in a clas-sic delay game. The Blue Devils led 7-5 at half-time.

March 11, 1967: Carolina had won theACC regular-season title for the first time underDean Smith, then beat Duke for the third time,82-73, to win Smith’s first ACC Tournamentcrown. MVP Larry Miller had 32 points andLewis added 26.

March 17, 1967: Fourth-ranked Carolinabeats No. 5 Princeton for Dean Smith’s firstNCAA Tournament win. Lewis earns regionalMVP honors as UNC beats Boston College the

CAROLINA’S FINALNATIONAL POLL RANKINGS

Media Poll Coaches PollYear (Started 1949) (Started 1951)1955-56 13th 11th1956-57 1st 1st1957-58 13th 12th1958-59 9th 6th1959-60 Not Ranked 14th1960-61 5th 6th1966-67 4th 3rd1967-68 4th 4th1968-69 4th 2nd1970-71 13th 13th1971-72 2nd 2nd1972-73 11th 12th1973-74 12th 8th1974-75 9th 10th1975-76 8th 6th1976-77 5th 3rd1977-78 16th 10th1978-79 9th 3rd1979-80 15th 15th1980-81 6th 6th1981-82 1st 1st1982-83 8th 8th1983-84 1st 1st1984-85 7th 7th1985-86 8th 8th1986-87 2nd 3rd1987-88 7th 8th1988-89 5th 4th1990-91 4th 4th1991-92 18th 12th1992-93 4th 1st1993-94 1st 9th1994-95 4th 3rd1995-96 25th 24th1996-97 4th 4th1997-98 1st 3rd1998-99 13th 18th1999-00 Not Ranked 11th2000-01 6th 10th2003-04 18th 22nd2004-05 2nd 1st2005-06 10th 14th

March 23, 1957: Carolina wins its first NCAA title.

Jan. 13, 1964: Billy Cunningham has 40 points and28 rebounds against Maryland, one of his 40 dou-ble-doubles in a row.

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next day to advance to theFinal Four, where they loseto Dayton in the nationalsemifinal.

Feb. 21, 1968: RustyClark sets UNC record with30 rebounds in 83-60 winover Maryland.

March 2, 1968: Third-ranked UNC had alreadyclinched its second straightACC regular-season title,but lose in triple overtimeat 10th-ranked Duke, 87-86. Miller plays all 55 min-utes and has 15 points and15 rebounds.

March 9, 1968: Miller(21 points) earns his sec-ond ACC TournamentMVP in a row as Carolinabeats NC State, 87-50, stillthe largest margin in ACCchampionship game.

March 15-16, 1968:Fourth-ranked Tar Heelsbeat No. 3 St. Bonaventureand No. 8 Davidson behindregional MVP Rusty Clarkto advance to Final Four.Clark has 22 points and 17rebounds in regional final.Tar Heels beat Ohio Statein Final Four, but fall toLew Alcindor and UCLA, 78-55, for nationaltitle in Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Feb. 26, 1969: Bill Bunting leads balancedeffort with 14 points as Tar Heels beat SouthCarolina in Columbia to wrap up third straightACC regular-season title.

March 8, 1969: Charles Scott scores 40points, 29 in the second half, as Carolina beatsDuke, 85-74 in ACC title game. Duke leads bynine at the half, but Scott sets ACC champi-onship game scoring record and wins MVPhonors.

March 15, 1969: Scott hits the game-win-ning jumper at the buzzer to beat LeftyDriesell’s Davidson Wildcats, 87-85, to winNCAA East Regional and advance to third con-secutive Final Four. Carolina loses to Purduebehind Rick Mount’s 36 points.

Jan. 17, 1970: Scottscores 43 in 91-90 loss toWake Forest. Later that year,the ACC’s leading scorer andco-Male Athlete of the Yearscores 41 points in ACCTournament loss to Virginia.Scott averages 27.1 points,the third-highest mark by aTar Heel.

March 13, 1971: SouthCarolina beats UNC, 52-51,on a Tom Owens lay-up atthe buzzer in the ACCchampionship game.Owens’ basket followed ajump ball with just threeseconds to play. LeeDedmon shared MVP hon-ors as a member of the sec-ond-place team.

March 27, 1971: BillChamberlain scores 34points and had 10 reboundsas UNC beats GeorgiaTech, 84-66, to win theNIT. The Tar Heels alsobeat Julius Erving andMassachusetts in the firstround, Providence andDuke (in the semifinal), allin Madison Square Garden.

Jan. 29, 1972:A 92-72win over Maryland isCarolina’s 1,000th victory.

The Terps won the rematch in overtime, butCarolina won the rubber match, 73-59, to winthe ACC Tournament. MVP Robert McAdooaveraged 15 points in the Tournament andDennis Wuycik scored 24 in the championshipgame.

March 18, 1972: Second-ranked Carolinabeats No. 3 Penn, 73-59, to advance to the FinalFour. Wuyick (18), McAdoo (17) and GeorgeKarl (16) lead Carolina past the Quakers.McAdoo has 24 points and 15 rebounds in FinalFour loss to Florida State, but fouled out with13 minutes to play. McAdoo declares for theNBA after his junior year, his only year as a TarHeel, and was selected No. 1 in the NBA Draft.

Jan. 19, 1974: All-America Bobby Jonessteals the ball and drives the length of the floorfor a game-winning lay-up as time expires in73-71 win at Duke.

March 2, 1974: Freshman Walter Davisbanks in a 35-footer at the buzzer to send the

FOUR-YEAR STARTERS(since 1972-73)

Player SeasonsWalter Davis 1974-77Phil Ford 1975-78Mike O’Koren 1977-80Sam Perkins 1981-84Brad Daugherty 1983-86Kenny Smith 1984-87Jeff Lebo 1986-89Ademola Okulaja 1996-99Jason Capel 1999-2002Kris Lang 1999-2002

FIRST-GAME STARTERS(since 1972-73)

The following Carolina players startedtheir first game as freshmen:

Name SeasonPhil Ford ..............................1974-75Mike O’Koren ........................1976-77James Worthy ......................1979-80Michael Jordan ....................1981-82Kenny Smith ........................1983-84J.R. Reid ..............................1986-87Pete Chilcutt ........................1987-88Rick Fox................................1987-88Vince Carter ..........................1995-96Antawn Jamison ..................1995-96Ed Cota ................................1996-97Brendan Haywood ................1997-98Jason Capel..........................1998-99Kris Lang ..............................1998-99Joseph Forte ........................1999-00Adam Boone ........................2000-01Jawad Williams ....................2001-02Raymond Felton ..................2002-03Sean May..............................2002-03Rashad McCants ..................2002-03Quentin Thomas ................2004-05Bobby Frasor ......................2005-06Marcus Ginyard ..................2005-06Tyler Hansbrough ..............2005-06

March 15, 1969: Charles Scott hits a game-winningjump shot to beat Davidson and send Carolina to asecond of three straight Final Fours.

Feb. 14, 1976: Walter Davis (left) has 26 points, 11rebounds and six steals and Mitch Kupchak (right)has 35 points and 21 rebounds in a four-overtimewin over Tulane.




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game to overtime, where the Tar Heels beatDuke, 96-92. Carolina trails the Blue Devils byeight points with 17 seconds to play in regula-tion, but UNC rallies behind Jones, who hadfour points and a steal.

March 6-8, 1975: Phil Ford becomes firstfreshman to win ACC Tournament MVP honorsafter leading Carolina to the title with 70-66victory over defending NCAA champion NCState and David Thompson. Tar Heels beatWake Forest, 101-100, in overtime in the quar-terfinal after trailing by eight points with 50seconds to play. Brad Hoffman sends the gameinto overtime with a 12-foot jumper with twoseconds to play. Ford scores 29 and UNC needsovertime again to knock out Clemson in semifi-nals, then scores 24 in championship game winover Norm Sloan’s Wolfpack.

Feb. 14, 1976: Mitch Kupchak has 35points and 21 rebounds and Walter Davis has 26points, 11 boards and six steals as Carolinaworks four overtimes to beat Tulane, 113-106,in the Louisiana Superdome. It is the longestgame in Carolina history.

March 8, 1976: Wally Walker scores 21

points to lead sixth-seeded Virginia to 67-62win over regular-season champion UNC inACC championship game. It is the Cavaliers’first and only ACC Tournament title.

March 5, 1977: Ford scores 26 and fresh-man Mike O’Koren adds 21 as Carolina returnsthe favor from a year before, beating Virginia,75-69, in the ACC final. Tournament MVP JohnKuester handles the ball after Ford fouls outwith 5:45 to play and goes 6 for 6 from the line.Ford scores 19 of his 26 in the first half. BruceBuckley gives UNC the lead for good, breakinga 67-all tie.

March 17, 1977: Ford hyper-extends hisright elbow, but scores 29 points, including thewinning free throw with two seconds left in 79-77 win over Notre Dame (on St. Patrick’s Day)in the NCAA East Regional semifinal.

March 19, 1977: Walter Davis, playingwith a broken finger on his shooting hand,scores 21 points as fifth-ranked UNC beats No.13 Kentucky, 79-72, to reach the Final Four.

March 26, 1977: O’Koren scores 31 as TarHeels edge No. 4 UNLV, 84-83, in national

semifinal. Carolina loses a second-half lead andthe championship two days later to AlMcGuire’s Marquette Warriors, 67-59.

Jan. 7, 1978: The Tar Heels set an NCAAfield goal percentage record by making 16 of 17shots from the floor in the second half. Carolinashoots 94.1 percent in second half of 76-61 vic-tory.

Feb. 25, 1978: Ford scores a career-high 34points on 13 of 19 shooting from the floor in hisfinal game at Carmichael Auditorium, an 87-83win over Duke. Ford clinches third straightACC regular-season title with two free throwswith six seconds left.

Dec. 16, 1978: O’Koren’s 18 points and sixassists out-duels Magic Johnson’s 18 points, sixassists and eight turnovers in UNC’s 70-69 winover No. 3 Michigan State. The Spartans wenton to win the 1979 NCAA title.

Jan. 17, 1979: Dudley Bradley steals theball from Clyde Austin and dunks home thegame-winner with seconds to play in a 70-69win over NC State in a game that stuns theReynolds Coliseum crowd. Carolina led 40-19,but the Pack came back to take the lead beforeBradley’s heroics.

Feb. 24, 1979: Carolina holds the ball inthe first half and fails to score as Duke leads, 7-0, at intermission. The Tar Heels wait 12:25 intothe game before attempting a shot. Both teamsscore 40 in the second half and Duke wins, 47-40, in one of the most famous delay games everplayed.

March 3, 1979: One week after the 47-40game in Durham, 7th-ranked Carolina beats No.5 Duke, 71-63, in ACC Tournament finals.Bradley, the MVP, had 16 points, seven stealsand four assists and O’Koren led with 18 points.

March 11, 1979: ACC champion TarHeels, ranked No. 3 in the nation, are upset byPenn, 72-71, in Raleigh in the NCAATournament. Quaker forward Tony Price scores25. Duke loses to St. John’s the same day inwhat was dubbed “Black Sunday.”

Jan. 12, 1980: Al Wood scores 20 andDave Colescott adds 18 as 15th-ranked TarHeels knock off No. 1 Duke at Cameron.

Feb. 28, 1981:Gene Banks hit a turnaroundbaseline jumper to beat Carolina, 66-65, inovertime. Banks scored 25 points. FreshmanSam Perkins led UNC with 24.

MILESTONE WINS IN CAROLINA BASKETBALL HISTORYVictory No. Score Opponent1 42-21 Virginia Christian, Jan. 27, 1911100 29-23 at Duke, March 7, 1922200 45-14 Salisbury YMCA, Dec. 10, 1927300 24-23 at Virginia, Jan. 29, 1934400 42-38 at Asheboro McCrary Eagles, Dec. 30, 1939500 55-28 NC State in Southern Conf. Tournament, Feb. 22,1945600 64-42 South Carolina, Jan. 18, 1950700 63-55 Wake Forest in Dixie Classic, Dec. 29, 1956800 100-71 Virginia at Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 13, 1962900 82-54 Georgia Tech at Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 27, 19681,000 92-72 Maryland, Jan. 29, 19721,100 79-74 Georgia Tech at Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 6, 19761,200 73-70 (OT) Rutgers at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 14,19801,300 64-51 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, Dec. 29, 19831,400 96-80 Clemson, Feb. 21, 19871,500 92-70 N.C. State, Feb. 7, 19911,600 90-67 Pittsburgh, Nov. 29, 19941,700 60-45 Virginia, Feb. 11, 19981,800 68-65 Connecticut, Jan. 18, 20031st ACC Win 82-56 South Carolina, Dec. 12, 19531st ACC Tournament Win 81-77 Virginia at Raleigh, N.C., March 1, 19561st Win in ACC Final 95-75 South Carolina at Raleigh, N.C., March 9, 19571st NCAA Tournament Win 57-49 NYU at Madison Square Garden, March 21, 19461st NCAA championship 54-53 (3 OT) Kansas at Kansas City, Mo., March 23, 19571st win under Dean Smith 80-46 Virginia, Dec. 2, 19611st NCAA championship 54-53 (3 OT) Kansas at Kansas City, Mo., March 23, 19571st Final Four under Dean Smith 96-80 Boston College at College Park, Md., March 18, 19671st NCAA championship 63-62 Georgetown at New Orleans, March 29, 1982under Dean SmithLast win in Carmichael Auditorium 90-79 NC State, Jan. 4, 19861st win in Smith Center 95-92 Duke, Jan. 18, 19862nd NCAA championship 77-71 Michigan, April 5, 1993under Dean Smith877th win under Dean Smith 73-56 Colorado, March 15, 19971st win under Bill Guthridge 84-56 Middle Tennessee State, Nov. 14, 1997500th ACC win 61-60 Florida State, Feb. 8, 20031st win under Roy Williams 90-64 Old Dominion, Nov. 22, 20031st Final Four under Roy Williams 88-82 Wisconsin, March 27, 20051st NCAA championship 75-70 Illinois, April 4, 2005under Roy Williams

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March 7, 1981: Carolina overcomes a 36-32 halftime deficit by shooting 63 percent in thesecond half and beats Maryland, 61-60, in theACC championship game. James Worthy leadswith 19. Jimmy Black’s steal and lay-up givesCarolina the lead for good. Perkins scores 22 inquarterfinal vs. NC State and 18 in semifinal vs.Wake Forest and becomes the second freshmanto earn ACC Tournament MVP honors.

March 28, 1981: Senior forward Al Wood,who was the West Regional MVP after a 21-point, 17-rebound effort in Final 8 win overKansas State, torches Virginia for 39 points inthe Final Four. Wood sets a national semifinalscoring record by making 14 of 19 from thefloor and 11 of 13 from the line. Perkins holdsNational Player of the Year Ralph Sampson tothree field goals and 11 points.

March 30, 1981: Isiah Thomas has 23points, five assists and four steals to leadIndiana past UNC, 63-50, in the NCAA cham-pionship game in Philadelphia. Wood leadsCarolina with 18 points. The game tips off lessthan eight hours after an assassination attempton President Ronald Reagan. The game isalmost postponed due to the events inWashington, D.C.

Nov. 28, 1981: Michael Jordan scores 12points in his debut with the top-ranked TarHeels, a 74-67 win over Kansas.

Dec. 26, 1981: Worthy (26), Perkins (21)and Jordan (19) combine for 66 points as No. 1Carolina beats No. 2 Kentucky, 82-69, in theN.J. Meadowlands. It’s the first and only timethe two schools that rank 1-2 in all-time victo-ries will play as the top two ranked teams in theAP poll.

Jan. 9, 1982: In another 1 vs. 2 match-up,top-rated Carolina edges Virginia, 65-60,despite Sampson’s 30 points and 19 rebounds.Worthy and Jordan combine for 33 points.

March 7, 1982: Leading 44-43 with 7:34 toplay, Carolina spreads the floor and beats theCavaliers, 47-45, for the ACC championship.Matt Doherty makes three of four free throws inthe final 28 seconds to secure the win and theACC title. Virginia shoots 67 percent from thefloor, but only gets 33 field goal attempts.Worthy leads UNC with 16 points.

March 27, 1982: Perkins scores 25 pointsand grabs 10 rebounds and Jordan drops in 18as UNC beats Houston, 68-63, in the Final Foursemifinal in New Orleans. The Tar Heels shoot59 percent from the floor.

March 29, 1982: Final Four MVP JamesWorthy scores a game-high 28 points andMichael Jordan hits the game-winning shotfrom the left wing with 17 seconds to play asCarolina beats Georgetown, 63-62, in one of theFinal Four’s greatest championship games everplayed. Worthy makes 13 of 17 shots from thefloor and has three steals, including one at theend of the game that seals the victory. Jordanscores 16, and Georgetown’s freshman centerPatrick Ewing has 23 points and 11 rebounds.The win gives Dean Smith his first of twoNCAA championships. The Tar Heels trail, 32-31, at halftime, but shoot 61 percent in the sec-ond half (11 of 18).

Nov. 30, 1982: Defending NCAA champsdrop their first two games against St. John’s andMissouri and avoid an 0-3 start when Jordan

comes up with a steal and a spinning, 24-footjumper at the buzzer to send Tulane game intoovertime. Tar Heels prevail, 70-68 in triple OT.

Jan. 15, 1983: Perkins scores 36 inCharlottesville and Tar Heels knock off second-ranked Virginia, 101-95.

Feb. 10, 1983: Top-ranked Carolina trailsNo. 3 Virginia by 16 points in the second halfand by 10 with 4:12 to play, but pulls out animprobable 64-63 win, one of the most memo-rable ever in Carmichael Auditorium. Jordan’soffensive rebound basket pulls the Tar Heels towithin a point, then Jordan strips Rick Carlisleof the ball and slams home the go-ahead basket.

Dec. 3, 1983: Second-ranked Carolina winsat Stanford, 88-75, to give Dean Smith his

TAR HEELS IN THE OLYMPIC GAMESPlayer/Coach TeamLarry Brown 1964Charles Scott 1968Bobby Jones 1972Walter Davis 1976Phil Ford 1976Bill Guthridge (Assistant Coach) 1976Mitch Kupchak 1976Tommy LaGarde 1976Dean Smith (Head Coach) 1976Al Wood 1980Michael Jordan 1984, 1992Sam Perkins 1984J.R. Reid 1988Henrik Rodl (Germany) 1992Vince Carter 2000Larry Brown (Assistant Coach) 2000Larry Brown (Head Coach) 2004Roy Williams (Assistant Coach) 2004Note: With the exception of Rodl, all other UNCplayers and coaches have represented the UnitedStates.

March 29, 1982: Freshman Michael Jordan hits this game-winning jump shot to lift the Tar Heels to a 63-62 win over Georgetown in the 1982 NCAA championship game in New Orleans.

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CAROLINA BASKETBALL HISTORY500th victory.

Feb. 12, 1984: Joe Klein scores 20 as EddieSutton’s Arkansas Razorbacks upset No. 1Carolina, 66-65, in Pine Bluff, Ark. Jordanscores 21 in defeat.

March 3, 1984: Playing his final homegame, Matt Doherty hits a runner in the lanethat ties the game at the end of regulation andthe Tar Heels beat Duke in two overtimes, 96-83, to preserve a perfect 14-0 mark in the ACC.Jordan and Perkins, also playing in theirCarmichael finales, score 25 apiece and SteveHale has 13 assists.

March 22, 1984: Freshman guard SteveAlford scores 27 points to lead unrankedIndiana to a 72-68 win over No. 1 Carolina inthe NCAA second round in Atlanta. Perkinsscores 26 in his final game as a Tar Heel andfinishes his career first at UNC in reboundingand second in scoring. Jordan battles foul trou-ble and an injured finger, scoring 13 points injust 26 minutes before fouling out. TheHoosiers shoot 69 percent (11 for 16) in the sec-ond half and 65 percent for the game.

Dec. 27, 1985: Ranzino Smith and KevinMadden both score 17 points to lead nine play-ers in double figures as Carolina scores aschool-record 129 points in 129-45 win overManahattan in Miami.

Jan. 4, 1986: Brad Daugherty scores 28points in 90-79 win over NC State in the finalregular-season game played in CarmichaelAuditorium. The Tar Heels conclude play therewith a 169-20 record.

Jan. 18, 1986: Hale scores 28 andDaugherty adds 23 and 11 rebounds as No. 1Carolina beats No. 3 Duke, 95-92, in first gameplayed in the Smith Center.

Feb. 4, 1986: Daugherty’s 22 points and JoeWolf’s 14 points, 13 rebounds lead No. 1 UNCpast No. 2 Georgia Tech, 78-77, in overtime inAtlanta.

Feb. 20, 1986: Len Bias scores 35 points tolead Maryland to 77-72, overtime win, UNC’sfirst defeat in the Smith Center.

March 7, 1987: Joe Wolf scores 27 and JeffLebo nets 22 in 84-82, double-overtime winover Virginia in the ACC semifinals. The nextday, sixth-seeded NC State goes 14 for 14 fromthe line and beats the top-seeded Tar Heels, 67-66, for the ACC title.

March 21, 1987: No. 2 ranked Carolina is

upset by No. 10 Syracuse, 79-75, in the NCAAEast Regional final. Rony Seikaly leads theOrange with 26 points. Kenny Smith has 25points and seven assists in his final game as aTar Heel.

Nov. 21, 1987: In a rematch of the previousyear’s regional final, Carolina beats No. 1ranked Syracuse, 96-93, in overtime in the Hallof Fame Classic. Playing without a suspendedJ.R. Reid, the Tar Heels rally from an 11-pointhalftime deficit. Ranzino Smith (21), Lebo (20)and freshmen Rick Fox (15) and Pete Chilcutt(14) lead UNC.

March 19, 1988: Carolina shoots a school-record 79.0 percent from the floor (49 of 62) in123-97 rout over Loyola Marymount in NCAATournament second round. Ranzino Smithmakes 11 of 14 shots en route to 27 points.UNC has 36 assists on 49 baskets. Carolina has26 turnovers, 20 more than Loyola, and wins by26.

Nov. 18, 1988: Lebo sets school record with17 assists in 111-84 win over Chattanooga inPreseason NIT.

Jan. 18, 1989: Playing without Lebo, whowas injured in 106-83 loss at Virginia the previ-ous game, UNC beats No. 1 and unbeaten Duke,91-71, in Cameron. Scott Williams scores 22 tolead the Tar Heels.

March 12, 1989: Steve Bucknall’s three-point play with 1:46 left breaks a 66-all tie andTournament MVP J.R. Reid leads with 14points as UNC beats Duke, 77-74, in Atlanta towin Carolina’s first ACC championship inseven years. The game is one of the mostintense in ACC history. Carolina commits 26turnovers, but holds Duke to 39 percent shoot-ing, including 3 of 23 from three-point range.

Nov. 24, 1989: King Rice’s bank shot at thebuzzer beats James Madison, 80-79, in the firstround of the Maui Classic. Carolina rallies froma 79-70 deficit with less than a minute to play.

Dec. 27, 1989: Rice (22) and Fox (20) leadseven Tar Heels in double figures as UNC beatsKentucky, 121-110, in Louisville. It is the high-est scoring, non-overtime game in UNC history.

March 17, 1990: Fox banks in the game-winner as time expires and eighth-seededCarolina beats No. 1 ranked and top-seedOklahoma, 79-77, in the NCAA second round.

Jan. 9, 1991: Hubert Davis scores 25 in a105-73 win over Maryland, Dean Smith’s 700thwin. He is the first ACC coach to win 700games.

Feb. 7, 1991: Carolina beats NC State, 92-70, in Chapel Hill. The night before, the sameteams play in Raleigh, a 97-91 Wolfpack win.The Feb. 7 game, which is also Carolina’s1500th victory, is re-scheduled from Jan. 15,1991, because of the outbreak of the Gulf War.

March 10, 1991: Tournament MVP RickFox scores 25, Hubert Davis adds 17 and Ricehas seven assists and no turnovers as Carolinarouts Duke, 96-74, inACC championship game.Duke had won both regular-season games.

March 24, 1991: NCAA East RegionalMVP Rick Fox and Hubert Davis each score 19points as Carolina holds off Mark Macon andTemple, 75-72, to advance to the Final Four forthe first time since 1982. Macon scores 31 andnarrowly misses a long three-pointer at thebuzzer that would sent the game to overtime.

March 30, 1991: Hubert Davis leads allscorers with 25 points, but Carolina shoots 38percent for the game (3 of 18 from three-pointrange) and falls to Kansas, 79-73, inIndianapolis in the Final Four. The Jayhawksare coached by former UNC assistant RoyWilliams.

Feb. 2, 1992: Derrick Phelps sets UNCrecord for steals with nine in 86-76 win atGeorgia Tech.

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Feb. 5, 1992: In a game most rememberedfor blood streaming down the back of EricMontross’ head, UNC beats defending NCAAchampion and No. 1 Duke, 75-73, causing thestudents to rush the floor for the first time everat the Smith Center.

Feb. 8, 1992: Carolina trails Wake Forest by22 points, but rallies for an 80-78 win on BrianReese’s buzzer-beating jumper. The Deaconsled by 11 with 6:17 to play, before a 10-0 run byUNC. Hubert Davis leads the Tar Heels with 30.

Dec. 29, 1992: Jalen Rose’s offensiverebound basket at the buzzer gives No. 6Michigan a 79-78 win over No. 5 Carolina inthe semifinals of the Rainbow Classic inHonolulu. The teams would meet again laterthat season.

Jan. 27, 1993: Florida State leads by 17 athalftime and 73-54 with less than nine minutesto play. Carolina reels off 15 straight points,however, and takes the lead for good on aGeorge Lynch steal and dunk with just undertwo minutes to play. Donald Williams seals thewin at the free throw line as UNC outscores theSeminoles, 28-4, over the last nine minutes.

March 28, 1993: Cincinnati’s Nick VanExel scores 21 first-half points and the Bearcatslead Carolina by as many as 15 in the first half.Then Derrick Phelps clamps down on Van Exeland East Regional MVP George Lynch scores21 and grabs 14 rebounds in 75-68 overtimewin to send Carolina to the Final Four. Lynch

had 22 against Arkansas in the regional semifi-nal. Donald Williams had 22 and 20 in the tworegional games.

April 5, 1993: Final Four MVP DonaldWilliams score 25 points for the second FinalFour game in a row, Montross scores 16 andLynch posts his fourth straight double-double asCarolina avenges earlier loss to Michigan with77-71 victory. The win gives Dean Smith hissecond NCAAchampionship. Williams hits 5 of7 three-pointers in both Final Four games,including a 78-68 win over Roy Williams-ledKansas in the semifinal.

Feb. 3, 1994: Carolina prevails, 89-78, inthe first-ever meeting against Duke in which theschools are ranked 1-2 in the country. Second-ranked Tar Heels get 18 points, six assists andno turnovers from Phelps.

March 12, 1994: ACC Tournament classicas UNC erases five-point deficit late in regula-tion and beats Wake Forest, 86-84 in overtime.Dante Calabria send the game to overtime andJerry Stackhouse wins it. It is Dean Smith’s800th win.

March 20, 1994: No. 1 Carolina isknocked out of the NCAA Tournament in thesecond round, 75-72, by Boston College.

Feb. 2, 1995: Stackhouse (25), RasheedWallace (25) and Donald Williams (24) com-bined for 74 points and Carolina beats Duke,102-100, in double overtime. Blue Devil guardJeff Capel sends the game into second overtimewith long three-pointer, but a Jeff McInnis stealand basket provides the winning margin forUNC.

March 11-12, 1995:Wallace scores 33 inovertime win over Maryland in ACC semifi-nals, then sprains an ankle late in the champi-onship game against Wake Forest. TheDeacons, led by 37 points from RandolphChildress, beat Carolina, 82-80, in overtime.

March 25, 1995: No. 4 Carolina beats No.2 Kentucky, 74-61, in Birmingham to advanceto Final Four. Regional MVP Jerry Stackhousehas 18 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, twosteals and two blocks. UNC falls to Arkansas inthe Final Four, in part due to a leg injuryStackhouse suffers 12 seconds into the nationalsemifinal.

Jan. 8, 1997: Carolina leads Maryland inChapel Hill by 22, but the Terps outscore UNC,41-9, to win 85-75. UNC would begin ACCplay 0-3 and avoids an 0-4 start by outscoringNC State 12-0 in the final two minutes of a 59-

56 win on Jan. 15.

Feb. 12, 1997: Ed Cota’s baseline floaterwith 4.5 seconds to play gives Carolina a 45-44win at NC State. It is the fewest points ever byCarolina in a Dean Smith victory.

March 8-9, 1997: ACC Tournament MVPShammond Williams scores 24 in semifinals vs.Wake Forest and 23 in championship vs. NCState as Carolina wins ACC Tournament for13th and final time under Dean Smith.

March 15, 1997: Carolina beats Colorado,73-56, in NCAA Tournament second round inWinston-Salem. The news of the day is the winis Dean Smith’s 877th, breaking Adolph Rupp’sall-time record for coaches.

March 23, 1997: Shammond Williamsscores 22 and Vince Carter adds 18 as Carolinabeats Louisville, 97-74, to send Dean Smith tohis 11th Final Four. Smith would coach his finalgame, a 66-58 loss to Arizona, in Indianapolison March 29, 1997.

Oct. 9, 1997: Dean Smith retires after 36years as head coach. Bill Guthridge, Smith’sassistant for 30 years, is named head coach.Guthridge leads UNC to a 34-4 record, ACCtitle and Final Four berth, and is namedNational Coach of the Year.

Feb. 5, 1998: Antawn Jamison, the 1998National Player of the Year, scores 35 points asNo. 2 Carolina beats No. 1 Duke, 97-73.

April 5, 1993: Eric Montross scores 16 points asCarolina downs Michigan 77-71 for Dean Smith’ssecond national championship.

March 25, 1995: Dean Smith, Rasheed Wallace andNo. 4 Carolina beat No. 2 Kentucky to advance tothe Final Four.

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CAROLINA BASKETBALL HISTORYFeb. 8, 1998: Shammond Williams scores42 in 107-100 double overtime win at GeorgiaTech.

Feb. 11, 1998: Carolina wins its 1700thgame, a 60-45 victory at Virginia.

March 8, 1998: Jamison shakes off a leginjury and earns ACC Tournament MVP honorswith 22 points and 18 rebounds. The Tar Heelsscore last 15 points in 83-68 win over top-ranked Duke in ACC Tournament champi-onship. Carolina later advances to Final Four asthe top-ranked team with a 75-64 win overConnecticut, but is upset by 7th-ranked Utah,65-59.

March 19, 2000: Joseph Forte scores 17points and Ed Cota has 10 assists to lead No. 8seed Carolina to a 60-53 win over top seedStanford in the NCAA second round.

March 24-26, 2000:Wins over Tennesseeand Tulsa send Bill Guthridge to his secondFinal Four in three years as head coach.Freshman Joseph Forte scores 28 in 59-55regional final win over Tulsa. Guthridge retiresin June 2000 with a three-year record of 80-28.

Nov. 10-11, 2000: Carolina beatsWinthrop, 66-61, in Matt Doherty’s first gameas head coach. The next night, Forte drops 38 onTulsa to set the Smith Center scoring record.

Dec. 4-17, 2000: Brendan Haywood andJason Capel post triple-doubles in wins overMiami and Buffalo, respectively.

Feb. 1, 2001: Haywood hits two free throwswith one second to play to give UNC an 85-83win at Duke. Forte is sensational with 24 points,16 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Jan. 9, 2002: Juan Dixon scores 29 asMaryland beats UNC, 112-79, the most pointsever allowed by Carolina in a regulation game.The Tar Heels would finish the year 8-20, miss-ing the NCAA Tournament for the first timesince 1974.

Nov. 18, 2002: Rashad McCants scores 28points in his freshman debut and starts withRaymond Felton and Sean May – the first timein history the Tar Heels start three freshmen – in85-55 win over Penn State.

Nov. 27, 2002: McCants scores 25 as TarHeels upset Roy Williams and No. 2 Kansas,67-56, in Preseason NIT semifinals. UNCknocks off Stanford two nights later to win thetitle.

Jan. 18, 2003: McCants scores 27 as UNCupsets No. 6 Connecticut, 68-65. The win isCarolina’s 1,800th, making UNC only the sec-ond school to have 1,800 wins.

Feb. 8, 2003: Jawad Williams scores 20 in61-60 win over Florida State, making UNC thefirst school with 500 ACC victories.

March 14, 2003: Three weeks after losingby 40 points at Maryland, Carolina upsets theTerps, 84-72, in ACC quarterfinals behind 25points from Jawad Williams and 20 points, 10assists from Felton.

Nov. 22, 2003: Carolina beats OldDominion, 90-64, in Roy Williams’ first gameas head coach. Williams took over the programon April 14, 2003, two weeks after Dohertyresigned. Doherty went 53-43 in three seasons.

Dec. 7, 2003: Felton sets a UNC recordwith 18 assists against George Mason.

Dec. 20, 2003:Wake Forest tops Carolina,119-114 in triple overtime, in one of the ACC’smost memorable regular-season games everplayed.

Jan. 17, 2004: No. 9 Carolina beats No. 1Connecticut, 86-83, as McCants scores 27,including UNC’s final 10 points. His three-pointer with six seconds to play beats theHuskies, who later that year win the NCAAtitle.

March 6, 2005: Marvin Williams’ three-point play with 17 seconds left gives Carolina a75-73 win over Duke as the Tar Heels clinchfirst in the ACC regular-season standings out-right for the first time since 1993. Sean May hasa game-high 26 points and 24 rebounds, themost ever by a player in the Smith Center.

March 27, 2005: May earns SyracuseRegional MVP honors with 29 points and 12rebounds in an 88-82 win over Wisconsin thatsends Roy Williams to the Final Four for thefirst time as UNC’s head coach. McCants hits ago-ahead three-pointer late and blocks a Badgerthree attempt to preserve the win.

April 2, 2005: Senior captain JawadWilliams scores 20 points and the Tar Heelshold Michigan State to 29 percent shootingfrom the floor in the second half in an 87-71UNC win in the national semifinals.

April 4, 2005: Marvin Williams tips in thegame-winner with 1:17 to play, Final FourMVP Sean May has a game-high 26 points andRaymond Felton makes key plays down thestretch as No. 2 Carolina beats No. 1 Illinois,75-70, to win UNC’s fourth NCAA title and thefirst for Coach Roy Williams. Felton hits a threeto break a 65-all tie, then adds a steal and threeclutch free throws in the final minute. The Illini,who had been ranked No. 1 since earlyDecember and had just one loss all year, went12 for 40 from three-point range.

June 28, 2005: Carolina becomes firstschool to have four lottery selections in oneNBA Draft as Marvin Williams (2), Felton (5),May (13) and McCants (14) go in the first 14picks.

Feb. 15, 2006: Tyler Hansbrough scores anACC-freshman-record 40 points in an 82-75win over Georgia Tech in the Smith Center.

March 4, 2006: Carolina beats No. 1 Duke83-76 on Senior Night in Durham. The TarHeels’ four freshmen (Bobby Frasor, MarcusGinyard, Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough)out-scored Duke’s four seniors (including first-team All-Americas J.J. Redick and SheldenWilliams), 55-51.

Apr. 4, 2005: Sean May and Carolina top Illinois75-70 for Roy Williams’ first national champi-onship.

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�� Smith has more wins(879) than any other coachin NCAA Division I history.

� In 36 years, Smithcoached Carolina to 11 FinalFours, two national titles and13 ACC TournamentChampionships.

� More than 96 percent ofSmith’s lettermen graduated.

� From 1981 to 1989,Carolina was ranked in thefinal Top 10 of both theAssociated Press andcoaches’ poll each year.

� The Tar Heels shot 50percent or better in 23 ofSmith’s 36 seasons.

� Smith was named thesecond-best coach in col-lege basketball history(behind John Wooden) bythe NABC in 2000.

� Smith was inducted intothe Naismith MemorialBasketball Hall of Fame inSpringfield, Mass., in 1983.He was also inducted intothe North Carolina Hall ofFame in 1981. In 2006, hewas named to the inauguralclass of the NationalCollegiate Basketball Hall ofFame (along with JamesNaismith, John Wooden,Oscar Robertson and BillRussell).

� Smith was voted ACCCoach of the Year eighttimes - in 1967, 1968, 1971,1976, 1977, 1979, 1988 and1993.

When ESPN’s award-winning Sports Century programselected the greatest coaches of the 20th Century, it cameto no surprise that Carolina basketball coach Dean Smithwas among the top seven of all-time. Smith joined otherlegends Red Auerbach, Bear Bryant, George Halas, VinceLombardi, John McGraw and John Wooden as the preem-inent coaches in sports history.

Smith’s tenure as Carolina’s basketball coach from1960-97 is a record of remarkable achievement and consis-tency. In 36 seasons at UNC, Smith’s teams had a recordof 879-254. His teams won more games than those of anyother Division I men’s basketball college coach in history.

• Under Smith, the Tar Heels won at least 20 games for27 straight years and 30 of his final 31. No coach in histo-ry has ever produced that many consecutive 20-win sea-sons.

• Carolina was ranked in the final Top 10 of both theAssociated Press and coaches’ polls each year from 1981-89. That nine-year run is the second-longest streak of Top10 finishes in history, exceeded only by UCLA’s 13-yearstring from 1967 to 1979.

• The Tar Heels were ranked among the nation’s finalTop 15 teams in 28 of his last 31 seasons, missing only in1970, 1990 and 1996, and were among the Top 10 on 23occasions during that period. Smith’s teams finished theseason ranked No. 1 in at least one of the two major pollsfour times (1982, 1984, 1993 and 1994).

• Smith’s teams were also the dominant force in theACC. The Tar Heels under Smith had a record of 364-136in ACC regular-season play, a winning percentage of .728.

• The Tar Heels finished at least third in the ACC regu-lar-season standings for 33 successive seasons. In thatspan, Carolina finished first 17 times, second 11 times andthird five times.

• Smith’s teams finished in the ACC upper division all

but one time. That was in 1964, when Caolina was fifthand had its only losing record in ACC regular-season playunder Smith at 6-8.

• Carolina won 13 ACC Tournaments under Smith.Mike Krzyzewski of Duke ranks second in ACCTournament titles with 10.

• His teams played in 11 Final Fours, second in numberonly to Wooden, who had 12.

• Smith’s teams made a record 23 consecutive appear-ances in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona’s Lute Olson hasthe second-longest streak in history at 22.

• In his last 31 years, Smith led the Tar Heels into theNCAA Tournament 27 times. That is an NCAA record(now shared with Bob Knight).

• Carolina reached the Sweet 16 of NCAA play eachseason from 1981-93. That 13-year streak is the second-longest in Tournament history to a 14-year stretch byUCLA from 1967 to 1980.

The awards and accolades continue to be given toSmith, even after he stepped down as Carolina’s headcoach on October 9, 1997. Smith was named Sportsman ofthe Year by Sports Illustrated, Honorary Coach of the Yearby the United States Olympic Committee, received theArthur Ashe Award for Courage at the annual ESPYAwards, and was honored with special awards for contri-butions to basketball by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and NewYork Athletic Club.

In 2006, he was named to the inaugural class of theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (along withJames Naismith, John Wooden, Oscar Robertson and BillRussell).

Smith also became the first recipient of the MentorAward for Lifetime Achievement, given by the Universityof North Carolina Committee on Teaching Awards for “abroader range of teaching beyond the classroom.”

He’s recognized throughout the sports world for hischaracter, his innovations to the game and his ability tohave established Carolina’s program as one of the greatestin college basketball. Smith’s players consistently produceon the floor, in the classroom and in life.

When Smith broke Rupp’s record in 1997, his coachingpeers had this to say.

John Wooden: “What’s more impressive to me aboutDean than the record is how good he is as a teacher of bas-ketball. I’ve always said he’s a better teacher of basketballthan anyone else. I couldn’t begin to teach players thethings Dean has taught them. I’ve admired him becausethere’s more to him than just wins.”

Bob Knight: “Let me say some things that he won’t say.He’s going to say an awful lot about teams and that’s theway it should be. But let me put it in perspective. Hisbeing able to do that and do it at a single institution, do itthrough all the years without ever having a problem withany kind of recruiting violation or probation, is a very sin-gular accomplishment in college basketball. I think it’s agreat achievement, indicative of a guy who really knowshow to coach and has decided from day one that things aregoing to be done the absolute right way. He’s not going totell you, but just take my word for it. That’s a great, greataccomplishment for a coach.”

Mike Krzyzewski: “It’s singularly such a tremendousaccomplishment. Whatever is written about him in a pos-

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itive sense he justly deserves. I know he’ll give credit, as we all would, tothe players who have played for us, but in this situation the praise for himshould rise well above that for the players who played for him.”

Roy Williams: “He has a basketball program, he doesn’t have a team.And when you have a program, you’re concerned about the kids’ entirelives, their entire existence ... and what they’re going to do after theyleave you and what kind of effect you can have on them as they mature.”

Dave Odom: “What boggles the mind about him, at least to me, are thenumbers of nights he’s gone into the arena and been ready to compete onevery single possession. I’ve not done it anywhere close to half as oftenand there are nights when it seems the season will never end. And yet,he’s there, ready to go, always figuring out a way to beat you. WheneverI think about it, I shake my head in wonder.”

Terry Holland: “He has been a target for all of us who coached in theACC to shoot for. It is not always the most pleasant position to be in. TheCarolina program was the measuring stick to everybody who came intothe league. He has been willing to be the measuring stick. He helped cre-ate national exposure not only for North Carolina, but also for the otherACC teams as well and made us all improve our programs.”

Perhaps his greatest form of praise on a worldwide level came when agroup of his peers, including Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba, PeteNewell and Auerbach, chose Smith to coach the U.S. Olympic basketballteam in the 1976 Montreal Games. The Americans finished a controver-sial second to the Soviet Union at Munich in1972. Smith was given the challenge of trying todevelop a team to regain the Gold Medal againsta group of improving international teams.

He named his long-time assistant, BillGuthridge, and Georgetown’s John Thompson,to be his assistants on the Olympic Team staff.Smith’s teaching skills were put to one of theirtoughest tests.

Smith molded a group of college all-stars intoa cohesive unit during a few short weeks in thatsummer of 1976 and led them to the gold medal,sweeping through the Games undefeated andbeating Yugoslavia in the championship game.Emphasizing a tough pressure defense and afast-breaking, attacking style on offense, theAmericans returned to the top of the internation-al game.

Just as Smith used his talents to develop that1976 all-star team into an Olympic champion,he has prepared a host of players for successfulcareers in the NBA.

“UNC is a plus-four school,” Orlando MagicVice President of Basketball Operations-PlayerPersonnel John Gabriel said about Smith’s

teams, “meaning that if I rate a player as the 10th-best player in the NBADraft, being a Tar Heel automatically jumps him to number six. The plus-four rating is based upon the success of former Tar Heels in the NBA.”

The Miami Heat’s Pat Riley, who coached former Tar Heel standoutJames Worthy to three world titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, is anoth-er believer in Smith’s program.

“We always look for players from North Carolina,” said Riley. “If wecould draft players every year from North Carolina, we’d do it. You knowthey know how to play. The players are so full of character like James andMichael Jordan. I have a lot of respect for Coach Smith. I’m the benefi-ciary of a man who has taught all these guys how to play the game. Whenthey come to the pros, they’re refined. They’re ready to step right in.”

During his last 31 seasons, since Smith’s Tar Heels won their first ACCtitle in 1967, the Tar Heels had a record of 813-207, winning 79.7 percentof their games.

In 23 of those 31 seasons, Carolina won either the ACC regular-season,tournament or both. Most schools are happy just to win 20 games in a sea-son. At Carolina, it became a habit. No school in the country won moretotal games in that 31-year period than Carolina. UCLA was second with751. The Tar Heels also had the most wins over his last 20 seasons with539, and over his last 10 years with 268.

For Smith and his players, the word “class” applied to the team’s exem-plary sportsmanship on the court, to its excellent academic performanceand to Smith’s belief that basketball involves many complexities thatmust be learned over the course of time — that coaching and playing thegame is a classroom situation in its own right.

Smith’s teams have won championships at every level. There wereNCAA titles in 1982 and 1993 and the NIT in 1971. His gold medal-win-ning team at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games makes Smith one of onlythree men in history to coach teams to that troika of an NCAA title, NITchampionship and Olympic victory. The others are Pete Newell and BobKnight.

Smith’s coaching skills and dedication to playing with class are the rea-sons he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall ofFame in Springfield, Mass., in 1983. He was also inducted into the NorthCarolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.

A key to Smith’s success was his ability to change Carolina’s style tofit his personnel. He favored an offense which used the fast break when-

ever possible and featured a quick passingattack. But, he was also comfortable in a moredisciplined style of play. He liked to play mul-tiple defenses to confuse opponents. However,his preference was a pressure, man-to-man tospeed up the action.

The fast-breaking attack, great teamwork ina set offense and steals produced by the defenseresulted in a number of easy baskets. Alongwith good shot selection, those things havehelped Carolina annually rank among the bestshooting teams in the nation. Carolina failed tohit at least 50 percent from the field just fourtime in his last 27 years. Even in those fourseasons, Carolina topped the ACC in field goalshooting each year.

Among Smith’s many innovations were therun-and-jump defense, the scramble defenseout of man-to-man pressure defense, the pointzone, team huddles at the foul line, double-teaming the screen-and-roll, the free-lancepassing game and multiple screens against zonedefenses.

Born February 28, 1931, in Emporia, Kan.,Dean Edwards Smith grew up as the son of

WINNINGEST NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHESBY VICTORIES ENTERING THE 2006-07 SEASON

Coach (Teams Coached) Yrs Wins1. Dean Smith (North Carolina) 36 8792. Adolph Rupp (Kentucky) 41 8763. Bob Knight* (Army, Indiana, Texas Tech) 40 8694. Don Meyer* (Hamline, Lipscomb, Northern St.) 34 8415. Jim Phelan (Mt. St. Mary's) 49 8306. Clarence Gaines (Winston-Salem State) 47 8287. Jerry C. Johnson (LeMoyne-Owen) 47 8218. Herb Magee* (Philadelphia Univ.) 39 8139. Eddie Sutton (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma St.) 36 798

10. “Lefty” Driesell (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Ga. St.) 41 786*indicates active coach in 2006-07(source: NCAA)


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public school teachers. He graduated from Topeka High Schoolin 1949 and went to the University of Kansas on an academicscholarship. He played varsity basketball and baseball andfreshman football for the Jayhawks. He was a member ofJayhawk basketball teams that won the NCAA title in 1952 andfinished second in 1953.

Smith was an assistant coach at Kansas to Phog Allen andDick Harp, then served in the U.S. Air Force as a lieutenant.While in the service, he played and coached basketball inGermany. Smith served for three years as an assistant basket-ball coach under Bob Spear, recognized by his peers as one ofthe outstanding coaches in the history of the game, and oneyear each as head baseball and head golf coach at the UnitedStates Air Force Academy. In 1958, the late Frank McGuireasked him to join his staff at Carolina as an assistant coach.Smith served as an assistant under McGuire for three yearsbefore McGuire resigned to become head coach of the NBA’sPhiladelphia Warriors in the summer of 1961. At that time,Carolina Chancellor William Aycock tapped the 30-year-oldSmith to become UNC’s head coach.

Smith shared his knowledge of the game with a talentedgroup of assistants. Many of his assistants went on to headcoaching jobs, including Larry Brown, Roy Williams, JohnLotz, Kenny Rosemond, Eddie Fogler, Randy Wiel and BillGuthridge.

Smith’s talents do not lie solely in tutoring quality collegecoaches as is evidenced by the number of outstanding playerswho have gone on to professional careers after their days inChapel Hill. In Smith’s 36-year tenure, more than 50 of hisplayers went on to play pro basketball in the NBA or ABA andmore played in other professional leagues both in the UnitedStates and overseas.

Six of Smith’s players won rookie of the year awards in either the NBAor ABA, including Charlie Scott, Robert McAdoo, Walter Davis, PhilFord, Michael Jordan and Vince Carter.

“Coach taught me the game, when to applyspeed, how to use your quickness, when to usethat first step, or how to apply certain skills incertain situations,” says Jordan. “Dean Smithgave me the knowledge to score 37 points agame and that’s something people don’tunderstand.”

Smith coached players who went on tobecome doctors, lawyers and businessmen.Better than 95 percent of his lettermen earnedtheir degrees.

NBA head coach George Karl: “I don’t think any of the lettermen canreally express the family atmosphere that he’s built, the tradition that he’sbuilt of loyalty and camaraderie. It’s a fraternity that’s very much admiredby basketball people in the world.”

Michael Jordan: “The camaraderie that he has with his players goes along way. He’s taught a lot of us similar traits and we’ve accepted that andwe’ve moved on as players and people. That’s something we treasuremore so than maybe our basketball experience — the things that welearned away from the game.

“He’s like a second father to me. When I first left school I was unsure,nervous, scared, going into a situation I wasn’t really comfortable withand I didn’t know if I was ready for it. He calmed me down with a father-ly attitude, taking me under his wing and teaching me a lot of things aboutbeing an adult.”

Phil Ford: “My first impression of Coach Smith was honesty. He did-n’t promise me playing time. In fact, he told me I might have to play onthe junior varsity my first year. That kind of set me back. But my mom

really liked that because she said, ‘Phil, if he’s not out here promising youthat you will start, that means you go there and work hard and do the bestthat you can do, then he won’t be out promising your job to another highschool player.’ And if you think about it, that made a lot of sense.”

Larry Brown: “Nobody’s done it better over a longer period of timethan he has. He won in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80sand ‘90s and if you look at his teams, they’vealways been innovative, he hasn’t been lost orleft behind. He’s always stayed ahead. He’skept young. He’s learned to deal with all kindsof athletes and the changes we’ve all faced.”

Smith was the winningest coach in the his-tory of the NCAA Tournament with 65 victo-ries (currently second). In 36 ACCTournaments, he had a coaching record of 58-23, a winning percentage of .716.

Smith, who played for the legendary Phog Allen at Kansas in the early1950s, is one of only two men to both play on and coach an NCAA cham-pionship team. Smith was a member of the Jayhawk squad that won col-lege basketball’s top prize in 1952. He then coached the Tar Heels tonational titles in 1982 and 1993. Knight is the other person to accomplishthe feat. Bob Knight played on Ohio State’s 1960 championship team andthen coached Indiana to three titles.

After taking Carolina to the NCAA championship game in 1977, Smithwas named National Coach of the Year by the NABC. He received simi-lar honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and BasketballWeekly in 1979 and from Medalist in 1982. He was named the NaismithNational Coach of the Year in 1993 after leading the Tar Heels to thenational crown.

In 1993, the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association named Smith theACC Coach of the Year, an honor he received on seven other occasionsas well—1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1988.

YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH DEAN SMITH AT NORTH CAROLINA

Overall ACC ACC Regular ACC Tournament National Polls Post-SeasonYear W-L Pct. W-L Season Finish Finish Media Coaches Finish1961-62 8-9 .471 7-7 Tied 4th Quarterfinalist1962-63 15-6 .714 10-4 3rd Semifinalist1963-64 12-12 .500 6-8 5th Semifinalist1964-65 15-9 .625 10-4 Tied 2nd Quarterfinalist1965-66 16-11 .593 8-6 Tied 3rd Semifinalist1966-67 26-6 .813 12-2 1st Champion 4th 3rd NCAA 4th Place1967-68 28-4 .875 12-2 1st Champion 4th 4th NCAA Finalist1968-69 27-5 .844 12-2 1st Champion 4th 2nd NCAA 4th Place1969-70 18-9 .667 9-5 Tied 2nd Quarterfinalist NIT Final 161970-71 26-6 .813 11-3 1st Finalist 13th 13th NIT Champion1971-72 26-5 .839 9-3 1st Champion 2nd 2nd NCAA 3rd Place1972-73 25-8 .758 8-4 2nd Quarterfinalist 11th 12th NIT 3rd Place1973-74 22-6 .786 9-3 Tied 2nd Semifinalist 12th 8th NIT Final 161974-75 23-8 .742 8-4 Tied 2nd Champion 9th 10th NCAA Final 161975-76 25-4 .862 11-1 1st Finalist 8th 6th NCAA Final 321976-77 28-5 .848 9-3 1st Champion 5th 3rd NCAA Finalist1977-78 23-8 .742 9-3 1st Semifinalist 16th 10th NCAA Final 321978-79 23-6 .793 9-3 Tied 1st Champion 9th 3rd NCAA Final 321979-80 21-8 .724 9-5 Tied 2nd Semifinalist 15th 15th NCAA Final 321980-81 29-8 .784 10-4 2nd Champion 6th 6th NCAA Finalist1981-82 32-2 .941 12-2 Tied 1st Champion 1st 1st NCAA Champion1982-83 28-8 .778 12-2 Tied 1st Semifinalist 8th 8th NCAA Final 81983-84 28-3 .903 14-0 1st Semifinalist 1st 1st NCAA Final 161984-85 27-9 .750 9-5 Tied 1st Finalist 7th 7th NCAA Final 81985-86 28-6 .824 10-4 3rd Quarterfinalist 8th 8th NCAA Final 161986-87 32-4 .889 14-0 1st Finalist 2nd 3rd NCAA Final 81987-88 27-7 .794 11-3 1st Finalist 7th 8th NCAA Final 81988-89 29-8 .784 9-5 Tied 2nd Champion 5th 4th NCAA Final 161989-90 21-13 .618 8-6 Tied 3rd Quarterfinalist NCAA Final 161990-91 29-6 .829 10-4 2nd Champion 4th 4th NCAA Final 41991-92 23-10 .697 9-7 3rd Finalist 18th 12th NCAA Final 161992-93 34-4 .895 14-2 1st Finalist 4th 1st NCAA Champion1993-94 28-7 .800 11-5 2nd Champion 1st 9th NCAA Final 321994-95 28-6 .823 12-4 Tied 1st Finalist 4th 3rd NCAA Final 41995-96 21-11 .656 10-6 3rd Quarterfinalist 25th 24th NCAA Final 321996-97 28-7 .800 11-5 Tied 2nd Champion 4th 4th NCAA Final 436 Years 879-254 .776 364-136 13 ACC titles 2 NCAA titles

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ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES WON BY COACHName, School Titles Years in ACCDean Smith (North Carolina) 13 36Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 10 26Vic Bubas (Duke) 4 10Everett Case (NC State) 4 11

ACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES WON BY COACHName, School(s) Titles Years in ACCDean Smith (North Carolina) 17 36Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 11 26Frank McGuire (N. Carolina & S. Carolina) 6 15Vic Bubas (Duke) 4 10


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FRANK McGUIRE & BILL GUTHRIDGEFrank McGuire

Frank McGuire came to Chapel Hill prior to the1952-53 season after five seasons at St. John’s. His1952 team had reached the NCAA championshipgame before losing to Kansas.

His nine-year record was 164-58. Carolina finishedfirst or tied for first place in the AtlanticCoast Conference standings five times inthis period.

With his many contacts among New Yorkhigh school coaches, he developed a pipelineof top talent for Carolina. This “undergroundrailroad” brought players like LennieRosenbluth, Tommy Kearns, Pete Brennan,Joe Quigg and Bob Cunningham to ChapelHill. They were the starters on McGuire’sgreatest team — the 1957 squad that went32-0 and swept the NCAA title.

McGuire also brought New York-areastars like York Larese,Doug Moe, DonnieWalsh, Larry Brownand Billy Cunninghamto Carolina.

The highlight ofMcGuire’s Tar Heelcareer was the 1957 sea-son. Rosenbluth wasone of the national scor-ing leaders, averaging28.0 points a game. OfCarolina’s 32 victories,13 were by 10 points orless.

The 1957 Final Fourin Kansas City isregarded as one of themost exciting everplayed. Carolina toppedMichigan State, 74-40,in a triple-overtimesemifinal game. The

next game the Tar Heels had to go three overtimes again before outlast-ing Kansas, featuring Wilt Chamberlain, 54-53.

McGuire hired Dean Smith to be his top assistant prior to the 1958-59 season. Smith replaced McGuire when he moved to the NBA in 1961.

As coach of the Philadelphia Warriors, he led his team to a 49-31record. The Warriors—with Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola andChamberlain—lost to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conferencefinals.

McGuire returned to the college ranks for the 1964-65 season at SouthCarolina. He compiled a 283-142 record in 16 seasons with theGamecocks. That gave him a career record of 549-236 in 30 years. Heled South Carolina to its only ACC regular-season title in 1970 and onlyACC Tournament championship in 1971.

McGuire, a member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, was the first coachin history to win 100 games at three schools and also to take two schoolsto the NCAA championship game. He remains the only man in history towin ACC titles at two schools.

He was named national coach of the year three times—in 1952 at St.John’s, 1957 at Carolina and 1970 at South Carolina.

Bill Guthridge

Bill Guthridge led the Tar Heels to two Final Foursin three years as head coach and was consensusNational Coach of the Year in 1998. He won moregames than any college head coach in history after twoseasons and tied Everett Case for most coaching vic-

tories after three years. He played or coachedin 14 Final Fours, more than any person inNCAA history. That includes two as a headcoach at Carolina, 10 as a Tar Heel assistantcoach, and one each as a player and assistantcoach at his alma mater, Kansas State.

Guthridge was Dean Smith’s assistant for30 years. He joined the UNC staff in 1967after five years as assistant to Tex Winter atKansas State. In his 33 seasons at Carolina,the Tar Heels won two NCAA champi-onships (1982 and 1993), played in 12 FinalFours, won the ACC Tournament champi-onship 13 times and played in the ACCTournament championship game a total of22 times. The Tar Heels finished first or tiedfor first in the ACC regular season 16 times,finished second or tied for second in theACC regular season 11 times, and finished

third or tied for third in theACC regular season six times.

He was a part of 867 wins in33 seasons at Carolina and 960college coaching victories over-all, including 93 wins on thestaff at Kansas State. He was onthe sidelines for a record 73NCAA Tournament victories,including 71 at Carolina andtwo at Kansas State.

The Parsons, Kan., nativeposted an 80-28 record in threeseasons as Carolina’s headcoach. Guthridge led the 1998and 2000 UNC teams to theFinal Four. He joined OhioState’s Fred Taylor as just thesecond man in history to lead

teams to two Final Fours in his first three seasons as a head coach. Hewas named National Coach of the Year in 1997-98 by the NationalAssociation of Basketball Coaches, the Atlanta Tipoff Club (NaismithAward), CBS/Chevrolet, the Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club and TheSporting News. That year, UNC went 34-4 and Guthridge set the NCAArecord for wins by a first-year head coach with 34. He directed UNC tothe 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and wasnamed the ACC Coach of the Year.

He coached 1997-98 National Player of the Year Antawn Jamison and1998-99 NBA Rookie of the Year Vince Carter, both of whom entered theNBA Draft after their junior seasons. In his tenure at UNC, he coachedfive National Players of the Year, six ACC Players of the Year, five ACCRookies of the Year and 28 first-team All-ACC players. He also coached66 players who were selected in the NBA and/or ABA Drafts.

Guthridge was an assistant coach along with Hall of Famer JohnThompson under Dean Smith in 1976 when the United States won theOlympic gold medal in Montreal.

HEAD COACHING RECORD80-28, three seasons

EDUCATION� B.S., MathematicsKansas State ‘60� M.A., EducationKansas State ‘63

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS� Won more games (58) in hisfirst two years than any coach inNCAA history and shares theNCAA record for most wins by athree-year coach (80).� Was just the second coach inhistory to lead teams to twoFinal Fours in his first three sea-sons as a head coach.� Was the consensus nationalcoach of the year in 1997-98.� Was a part of 14 Final Fours,including one as a player, 11 asan assistant coach and two as ahead coach.

UNC COACHING RECORD164-58, nine seasons

EDUCATION� St. John’s ‘ 36

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS� Is the only coach in history towin ACC titles at two differentschools.� Is a member of the NaismithHall of Fame� Coached Carolina to the 1957NCAA championship� Was a three-time nationalcoach of the year.

National player of the year Lennie Rosenbluth andMcGuire led the Tar Heels to the 1957 NCAA title.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS

ALL-TIME APPEARANCESTeam No.Kentucky 47North Carolina 38UCLA 38Kansas 35Indiana 33Louisville 32

ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCESTeam No.North Carolina, 1975-2001 27Arizona, 1985-present 22Indiana, 1986-2003 18Kansas, 1990-present 17Kentucky, 1992-present 15Georgetown, 1979-92 14UCLA, 1989-2002 14Cincinnati, 1992-2005 14

ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT GAMESTeam No.Kentucky 139North Carolina 126UCLA 115Duke 112Kansas 108

ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT WINSTeam No.Kentucky 97North Carolina 89Duke 85UCLA 84Kansas 73

TOURNAMENT WINNING PERCENTAGETeam Pct. (Record)Duke .759 (85-27)UCLA .730 (84-31)North Carolina .706 (89-37)Kentucky .698 (97-42)UNLV .698 (30-13)

NCAA Tournament Appearances (38)1941, 1946, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972,1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006

NCAA Championships (4)1957, 1982, 1993, 2005

NCAA Championship Game Appearances (8)1946, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1993, 2005

NCAA Final Four Appearances (16)1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981,1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005

NCAA Elite Eight Appearances (21)1941, 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977,1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993,1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005

NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances (26)1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977,1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998,2000, 2005

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Carolina reached its fourth Final Four insix years in 1972.

HOW UNC PERFORMS(by seed)

Seed W-L Year(s)1 34-7 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991,

1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 20052 19-7 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989,

1995, 20013 3-4 1980, 1986, 1999, 20064 2-1 19926 2-2 1996, 20048 6-2 1990, 2000

UNC VS. SEEDS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY

Seed W-L Last Faced (opponent)1 7-2 2005 (Illinois)2 3-4 1998 (Utah)3 4-5 2004 (Texas)4 4-4 2000 (Tennessee)5 5-1 2005 (Michigan State)6 5-1 2005 (Wisconsin)7 4-1 2001 (Penn State)8 4-1 1998 (UNC Charlotte)9 7-2 2005 (Iowa State)10 4-0 1991 (Temple)11 3-1 2006 (George Mason)12 1-0 1991 (Eastern Michigan)13 1-0 1992 (Miami of Ohio)14 2-1 2006 (Murray State)15 5-0 2001 (Princeton)16 7-0 2005 (Oakland)

UNC’S WON-LOSS RECORD AT NCAA TOURNAMENT SITES

Site Record LastAtlanta, Ga. 3-2 1989Austin, Texas 4-0 2000Birmingham, Ala. 5-1 2000Charlotte, N.C. 7-0 2005Cincinnati, Ohio 2-0 1992College Park, Md. 6-0 1977Dallas, Texas 0-1 1990Dayton, Ohio 1-2 2006Denton, Texas 0-1 1980Denver, Colo. 1-1 2004East Rutherford, N.J. 5-1 1993El Paso, Texas 1-0 1981Greensboro, N.C. 3-0 1998Hartford, Conn. 2-0 1998Houston, Texas 0-1 1986Indianapolis, Ind. 0-3 2000Kansas City, Mo. 2-0 1957Landover, Md. 1-1 1994Lexington, Ky. 0-2 1992Los Angeles, Calif. 2-2 1972Louisville, Ky. 0-4 1969Madison, Wis. 0-2 1941Morgantown, W.Va. 2-0 1972New Orleans, La. 5-1 2001New York, N.Y. 3-2 1959Ogden, Utah 2-0 1986Philadelphia, Pa. 3-1 1981Providence, R.I. 1-1 1975Raleigh, N.C. 5-1 1982Richmond, Va. 1-1 1996St. Louis, Mo. 2-0 2005Salt Lake City, Utah 4-0 1988San Antonio, Texas 0-1 1998Seattle, Wash. 1-3 1999South Bend, Ind. 2-0 1985Syracuse, N.Y. 7-1 2005Tallahassee, Fla. 2-0 1995Tempe, Ariz. 0-1 1978Winston Salem, N.C. 4-0 1997Totals 89-37

Opponent Record Last PlayedAir Force 1-0 2004Alabama-Birmingham 1-0 1986Alabama 2-1 1992Arizona 0-2 1997Arkansas 1-2 1995Auburn 1-0 1985Boston College 2-1 1994California 1-0 1997Canisius 1-0 1957Cincinnati 1-0 1993Colorado 1-0 1997Connecticut 1-0 1998Dartmouth 0-1 1941Davidson 2-0 1969Dayton 0-1 1967Drake 0-1 1969Dusquene 1-0 1969East Carolina 1-0 1993Eastern Michigan 1-0 1991Fairfield 1-0 1997Florida 0-1 2000Florida State 0-1 1972George Mason 0-1 2006Georgetown 2-0 1995Georgia 0-1 1983Houston 1-1 1992Illinois 1-0 2005Indiana 0-2 1984Iowa State 2-0 2005James Madison 2-0 1983Kansas 2-1 1993Kansas State 1-0 1981Kentucky 2-0 1995Liberty 1-0 1994Louisville 2-1 1997Loyola Marymount 1-0 1988Marquette 0-1 1977Miami (Ohio) 1-0 1992Michigan 3-1 1993Michigan State 3-0 2005Middle Tennessee State 1-0 1985

Missouri 1-0 2000Murray State 2-0 2006Navy 1-1 1998New Mexico State 1-0 1975New Orleans 1-0 1996New York 1-0 1946North Texas 1-0 1988Northeastern 1-0 1991Notre Dame 3-0 1987Oakland 1-0 2005Ohio State 3-1 1992Oklahoma 1-0 1990Oklahoma A&M 0-1 1946Pennsylvania 2-1 1987Penn State 0-1 2001Pittsburgh 1-1 1981Princeton 2-0 2001Purdue 1-1 1977Rhode Island 1-0 1993San Francisco 0-1 1978South Carolina 1-0 1972Southern 1-0 1989St. Bonaventure 1-0 1968Southwest Missouri St. 1-0 1990Stanford 1-0 2000Syracuse 1-2 1987Temple 2-0 1991Tennessee 1-0 2000Texas 0-1 2004Texas A&M 0-1 1980Texas Tech 0-1 1996Tulsa 1-0 2000UCLA 1-1 1989UNC Charlotte 1-0 1998UNLV 1-0 1977Utah 2-1 1998Villanova 3-1 2005Virginia 1-0 1981Weber State 0-1 1999Wisconsin 1-0 2005Yale 1-0 1957Total 89-37

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NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS1941 (0-2)

� Eastern Regional Semifinal, Mar. 21at Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wis.Pittsburgh L, 20-26 Att.: 12,500

� Eastern Regional Third Place, Mar. 22at Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wis.Dartmouth L, 59-60 Att.: 13,000

1946 (2-1)� Eastern Regional Semifinal, Mar. 21at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.NYU W, 57-49 Att.: 18,000

� Eastern Regional Final, Mar. 23at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.Ohio State W, 60-57* Att.: 18,400

� Championship, Mar. 26at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.Oklahoma A&M L, 40-43 Att.: 18,479

1957 (5-0)� East Regional First Round, Mar. 12at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.Yale W, 90-74 Att: 16,589

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 15at The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa.Canisius W, 87-75 Att: 9,114

� East Regional Final, Mar. 16at The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa.Syracuse W, 67-58 Att: 6,431All-Regional Team: Pete Brennan, LennieRosenbluth, Tommy Kearns

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 22at Municipal Auditorium. Kansas City, Mo.Michigan State W, 74-70*** Att: 10,100

� NCAA Championship, Mar. 23at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.Kansas W, 54-53***Att.: 10,500All-Final Four Team: Pete Brennan, LennieRosenbluth

1959 (0-1)� East Regional First Round, Mar. 10at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.Navy L, 63-76 Att.: 14,562

1967 (2-2)� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 17at Cole Field House, College Park, Md.Princeton W, 78-70* Att.: 13,043

� East Regional Final, Mar. 18at Cole Field House, College Park, Md.Boston College W, 96-80 Att.: 13,043All-Regional Team: Bob Lewis (MOP), LarryMiller

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 24at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.Dayton L, 62-76 Att.: 18,889

� National Third Place, Mar. 25at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.Houston L, 62-84 Att.: 17,755

1968 (3-1)� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 15at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.St. Bonaventure W, 91-72 Att.: 12,600

� East Regional Final, Mar. 16at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.Davidson W, 70-66 Att.: 12,600All-Regional Team: Rusty Clark (MOP), LarryMiller, Charles Scott

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 22at Sports Arena, Los Angeles, Calif.Ohio State W, 80-66 Att.: 14,991

� NCAA Championship, Mar. 23at Sports Arena, Los Angeles, Calif.UCLA L, 55-78 Att.: 14,438All-Final Four Team: Larry Miller

1969 (2-2)� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 13at Cole Field House, College Park, Md.Duquesne W, 79-78 Att.: 13,112

� East Regional Final, Mar. 15at Cole Field House, College Park, Md.Davidson W, 87-85 Att.: 13,166All-Regional Team: Charles Scott (MOP), BillBunting

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 20at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.Purdue L, 65-92 Att.: 18,889

� National Third Place, Mar. 22at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Ky.Drake L, 84-104All-Final Four Team: Charles Scott

1972 (3-1)� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 16at W. Virginia Univ. Coliseum, Morgantown,W.Va.South Carolina W, 92-69 Att.: 10,430

� East Regional Final, Mar. 18at W. Virginia Univ. Coliseum, Morgantown,W.Va.Pennsylvania W, 73-59 Att.: 10,078All-Regional Team: Dennis Wuycik (MOP),George Karl, Robert McAdoo

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 23at Sports Arena, Los Angeles, Calif.Florida State L, 75-79 Att.: 13,756

� National Third Place, Mar. 25at Sports Arena, Los Angeles, Calif.Louisville W, 105-91 Att.: 13,262All-Final Four Team: Robert McAdoo

1975 (2-1)� East Regional First Round, Mar. 15at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.New Mexico State W, 93-69 Att.: 11,666

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 20at Providence Civic Center, Providence, R.I.Syracuse L, 76-78 Att.: 10,981

� East Regional Third Place, Mar. 22at Providence Civic Center, Providence, R.I.Boston College W, 110-90 Att.: 9,295All-Regional Team: Brad Hoffman, MitchKupchak

1976 (0-1)� Mideast Regional First Round, Mar. 13at University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioAlabama L, 64-79 Att.: 13,458

1977 (4-1)� East Regional First Round, Mar. 12at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.Purdue W, 69-66 Att.: 12,400

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 17at Cole Field House, College Park, Md.Notre Dame W, 79-77 Att.: 14,500

� East Regional Final, Mar. 19at Cole Field House College Park, Md.Kentucky W, 79-72 Att.: 14,500All-Regional Team: John Kuester (MOP),Walter Davis

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 26at The Omni, Atlanta, Ga.Nevada-Las Vegas W, 84-83 Att.: 16,086

� NCAA Championship, Mar. 28at The Omni, Atlanta, Ga.Marquette L, 59-67 Att.: 16,086All-Final Four Team: Walter Davis, MikeO’Koren

1978 (0-1)� West Regional Second Round, Mar. 11at University Activity Center, Tempe, Ariz.San Francisco L, 64-68 Att.: 11,213

1979 (0-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 11at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.(9) Pennsylvania L, 71-72 Att.: 12,400

1980 (0-1)No. 3 Seed in the Midwest Regional� Midwest Regional Second Round, Mar. 9at North Texas Coliseum, Denton, Texas(6) Texas A&M L, 61-78** Att.: 9,885

1981 (4-1)No. 2 Seed in the West Regional� West Regional Second Round, Mar. 15at Special Events Center, El Paso, Texas(10) Pittsburgh W, 74-57 Att.: 8,500

� West Regional Semifinal, Mar. 19at Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah(3) Utah W, 61-56 Att.: 15,429

� West Regional Final, Mar. 21at Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah(8) Kansas State W, 82-68 Att.: 15,429All-Regional Team: Al Wood (MOP), SamPerkins, James Worthy

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 28at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa.(1) Virginia W, 78-65 Att.: 18,276

� NCAA Championship, Mar. 30at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa.(3) Indiana L, 50-63 Att.: 18,276All-Final Four Team: Al Wood

1982 (5-0)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 13at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(9) James Madison W, 52-50 Att.: 11,400

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 19at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.(4) Alabama W, 74-69 Att.: 12,400

� East Regional Final, Mar. 21at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.(3) Villanova W, 70-60 Att.: 12,400All-Regional Team: James Worthy (MOP),Jimmy Black, Sam Perkins

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 27at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La.Houston W, 68-63 Att.: 61,612

� NCAA Championship, Mar. 29at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La.Georgetown W, 63-62 Att.: 61,612All-Final Four Team: James Worthy (MOP),Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins

1983 (2-1)No. 2 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 19at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.(10) James Madison W, 68-49 Att.: 14,865

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 25at The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(3) Ohio State W, 64-51 Att.: 23,286

� East Regional Final, Mar. 27at The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(4) Georgia L, 77-82 Att.: 22,984 All-Regional Team: Michael Jordan

1984 (1-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 17at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(8) Temple W, 77-66 Att.: 11,666

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 22at The Omni, Atlanta, Ga.vs. (4) Indiana L, 68-72 Att.: 16,723All-Regional Team: Sam Perkins

1985 (3-1)No. 2 Seed in the Southeast Regional� Southeast Regional First Round, Mar. 14at Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center,South Bend, Ind.(15) Middle Tenn. St. W, 76-57 Att.: 10,751

� Southeast Regional Second Round, Mar. 16at Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center, South Bend, Ind.(7) Notre Dame W, 60-58 Att.: 10,751

� Southeast Regional Semifinal, Mar. 22at Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum,Birmingham, Ala.(11) Auburn W, 62-56 Att.: 16,843

� Southeast Regional Final, Mar. 24at Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum,Birmingham, Ala.(8) Villanova L, 44-56 Att.: 9,407All-Regional Team: Brad Daugherty, KennySmith

1986 (2-1)No. 3 Seed in the West Regional� West Regional First Round, Mar. 13at Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah(14) Utah W, 84-72 Att.: 11,531

� NCAA West Regional Second Round, Mar.15at Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah(6) Ala.-Birmingham W, 77-59 Att.: 11,234

� NCAA West Regional Semifinal, Mar. 20at The Summit, Houston, Texas(2) Louisville L, 79-94 Att.: 10,936All-Regional Team: Brad Daugherty

1987 (3-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 12at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(16) Pennsylvania W, 113-82 Att.: 11,232

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 14at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(9) Michigan W, 109-97 Att.: 10,936

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NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 19at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(5) Notre Dame W, 74-68 Att.: 19,532

� East Regional Final, Mar. 21at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(2) Syracuse L, 75-79 Att.: 19,552All-Regional Team: J.R. Reid

1988 (3-1)No. 2 Seed in the West Regional� West Regional First Round, Mar. 17at Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City,Utah(15) North Texas W, 83-65 Att.: 12,514

� West Regional Second Round, Mar. 19at Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City,Utah(10) Loyola Marymount W, 123-97 Att.: 14,062

� West Regional Semifinal, Mar. 25at The Kingdome, Seattle, Wash.(3) Michigan W, 78-69 Att.: 23,229

� West Regional Final, Mar. 27at The Kingdome, Seattle, Wash.(1) Arizona L, 52-70 Att.: 22,470All-Regional Team: J.R. Reid

1989 (2-1)No. 2 Seed in the Southeast Regional� Southeast Regional First Round, Mar. 17at The Omni, Atlanta, Ga.(15) Southern W, 93-79 Att.: 12,297

� Southeast Regional Second Round, Mar. 19at The Omni, Atlanta, Ga.(7) UCLA W, 88-81 Att.: 12,821

� Southeast Regional Semifinal, Mar. 23at Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.vs. (3) Michigan L, 87-92 Att.: 22,314All-Regional Team: J.R. Reid

1990 (2-1)No. 8 Seed in the Midwest Regional� Midwest Regional First Round, Mar. 15at Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin,Texas(9) SW Missouri State W, 83-70 Att.: 10,705

� Midwest Regional Second Round, Mar. 17at Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin,Texas(1) Oklahoma W, 79-77 Att.: 15,844

� Midwest Regional Semifinal, Mar. 22(4) Arkansas L, 73-96 Att.: 16,413at Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas

1991 (4-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 15at The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(16) Northeastern W, 101-66 Att.: 17,206

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 17at The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(9) Villanova W, 84-69 Att.: 17,523

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 22at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(12) Eastern Michigan W, 93-67 Att.: 19,544

� East Regional Final, Mar. 24at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(10) Temple W, 75-72 Att.: 19,601All-Regional Team: Hubert Davis, Rick Fox

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 30at Indiana Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Ind.(3) Kansas L, 73-79 Att.: 47,100

1992 (2-1)No. 4 Seed in the Southeast Regional� Southeast Regional First Round, Mar. 19at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio(13) Miami (Ohio) W, 68-63 Att.: 16,000

� Southeast Regional Second Round, Mar. 21at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio(5) Alabama W, 64-55 Att.: 16,000

� Southeast Regional Semifinal, Mar. 27at Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.(1) Ohio State L, 73-80 Att.: 23,124All-Regional Team: Eric Montross

1993 (6-0)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 18at Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C.(16) East Carolina W, 85-65 Att.: 14,366

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 20at Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C.(8) Rhode Island W, 112-67 Att.: 14,366

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 26at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(4) Arkansas W, 80-74 Att.: 19,761

� East Regional Final, Mar. 28at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.(2) Cincinnati W, 75-68* Att.: 19,761All-Regional Team: George Lynch (MOP),Eric Montross, Donald Williams

� Final Four Semifinal, Apr. 3at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans,La.(2) Kansas W, 78-68 Att.: 64,151

� NCAA Championship, Apr. 5at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La.(1) Michigan W, 77-71 Att.: 64,151All-Final Four Team: Donald Williams (MOP),George Lynch, Eric Montross

1994 (1-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 18at USAir Arena, Landover, Md.(16) Liberty W, 71-51 Att.: 18,922

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 20 at USAir Arena, Landover, Md.(9) Boston College L, 72-75 Att.: 18,922

1995 (4-1)No. 2 Seed in the Southeast Regional� Southeast Regional First Round, Mar. 17at Tallahassee/Leon County Civic Center,Tallahassee, Fla.(15) Murray State W, 80-70 Att.: 10,981

� Southeast Regional Second Round, Mar. 19at Tallahassee/Leon County Civic Center,Tallahassee, Fla.(7) Iowa State W, 73-51 Att.: 8,740

� Southeast Regional Semifinal, Mar. 23at Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center,Birmingham, Ala.(6) Georgetown W, 74-64 Att.: 17,458

� Southeast Regional Final, Mar. 25at Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center,Birmingham, Ala.(1) Kentucky W, 74-61 Att.: 17,721

� Final Four Semifinal, Apr. 1at The Kingdome, Seattle, Wash.Arkansas L, 68-75 Att.: 38,540

1996 (1-1)No. 6 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 15at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Va.(11) New Orleans W, 83-62 Att: 11,859

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 17at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Va.(3) Texas Tech L, 73-92 Att: 11,859

1997 (4-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 13at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem,N.C.(16) Fairfield W, 82-74 Att.: 14,368

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 15at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem,N.C.(9) Colorado W, 73-56 Att.: 14,368

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 21at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(5) California W, 63-57 Att.: 30,617

� East Regional Final, Mar. 23at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(6) Louisville W, 97-74 Att.: 30,230All Regional Team: Shammond Williams(MOP), Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, EdCota.

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 29at RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Ind.(4) Arizona L, 66-58 Att.: 47,028

1998 (4-1)No. 1 Seed in the East Regional� East Regional First Round, Mar. 12at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn.(16) Navy W, 88-52 Att.: 16,105

� East Regional Second Round, Mar. 14at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn.(8) UNC Charlotte W, 93-83* Att.: 16,105

� East Regional Semifinal, Mar. 19at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.(4) Michigan State W, 73-58 Att.: 23,235

� East Regional Final, Mar. 21at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.(2) Connecticut W, 75-64 Att.: 23,235All Regional Team: Antawn Jamison (MOP),Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams

� Final Four Semifinal, Mar. 28at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas(2) Utah L, 59-66 Att.: 40,059

1999 (0-1)No. 3 Seed in West Regional� West Regional First Round, Mar. 11At KeyArena, Seattle, Wash.(13) Weber State L, 74-76 Att: 15,001

2000 (4-1)No. 8 Seed in South Regional� South Regional First Round, Mar. 17At Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center,Birmingham, Ala.(9) Missouri W, 84-70 Att: 14,146

� South Regional Second Round, Mar. 19At Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center,Birmingham, Ala.(1) Stanford W, 60-53 Att: 14,000

� South Regional Semifinal, Mar. 24At Erwin Center, Austin, Texas(4) Tennessee W, 74-69 Att: 16,731

� South Regional Semifinal, Mar. 26At Erwin Center, Austin, Texas.(7) Tulsa W, 59-55 Att: 16,731All Regional Team: Joseph Forte (MOP),Jason Capel, Ed Cota

� Final Four Semifinal, Apr. 3At RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Ind.(5) Florida L, 59-71 Att: 43,116

2001 (1-1)No. 2 Seed in South Regional� South Regional First Round, Mar. 16At Louisana Superdome, New Orleans, La.(15) Princeton W, 70-48 Att: 12,107

� South Regional Second Round, Mar. 18At Louisana Superdome, New Orleans, La.(7) Penn State L, 74-82 Att: 12,648

2004 (1-1)No. 6 Seed in Atlanta Regional� Atlanta Regional First Round, Mar. 18At Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo.(11) Air Force W, 63-52 Att: 19,405

� Atlanta Regional Second Round, Mar. 20At Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo.(3) Texas L, 75-78 Att: 19,405

2005 (6-0)No. 6 Seed in Syracuse Regional� Syracuse Regional First Round, Mar. 18At Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(16) Oakland W, 96-68 Att: 23,207

� Syracuse Regional Second Round, Mar. 20At Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.(8) Iowa State W, 92-65 Att: 23,207

� Syracuse Regional Semifinal, Mar. 25At Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(5) Villanova W, 67-66 Att: 30,916

� Syracuse Regional Final, Mar. 27At Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.(6) Wisconsin W, 88-82 Att: 30,132All Regional Team: Sean May (MOP),Rashad McCants

� Final Four Semifinal, Apr. 2At Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Mo.(5) Michigan State W, 87-71 Att: 47,754

� NCAA Championship, Apr. 4At Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Mo.(1) Illinois W, 75-70 Att: 47,262All-Final Four Team: Sean May (MOP),Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants

2006 (1-1)No. 3 Seed in Washington D.C. Regional� Washington D.C. Regional First Round, Mar.17At University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio(14) Murray State W, 69-65 Att: 12,945

� Washington D.C. Regional Second Round,Mar. 19At University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio(11) George Mason L, 60-65 Att: 12,945

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Points123 vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988 (West 2nd Round)113 vs. Pennsylvania, 1987 (East 1st Round)112 vs. Rhode Island, 1993 (East 2nd Round)110 vs. Boston College, 1975 (East 3rd Place)109 vs. Michigan, 1987 (East 2nd Round)Most Points by an Opponent104 by Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Field Goals49 vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988 (West 2nd Round)44 vs. Boston College, 1975 (East 3rd Place)42 vs. Rhode Island, 1993 (East 2nd Round)40 vs. Southern, 1989 (Southeast 1st Round)39 vs. Northeastern, 1991 (East 1st Round)Most Field Goals by an Opponent45 by Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Field Goals Attempted91 vs. Ohio State, 1946 (East Finals)88 vs. Michigan State, 1957 (NCAA Semifinals)85 vs. Houston, 1967 (NCAA 3rd Place)77 vs. Boston College, 1975 (East 3rd Place)74 vs. Rhode Island, 1993 (East 2nd Round)74 vs. Arkansas, 1995 (NCAA Semifinals)Most Field Goals Attempted by an Opponent103 by Loyola Marymount, 1988 (West 2nd Round)

Field Goal Percentage79.0 vs. Loyola Marymount (49–62), 1988

(West 2nd Round)65.8 vs. James Madison (25–38), 1983

(East 2nd Round)65.4 vs. Notre Dame (34–52), 1987 (East Semifinals)65.3 vs. Syracuse (32–49), 1975 (East Semifinals)63.8 vs. Oakland (37–58), 2005 (Syracuse 1st Round)Top Field Goal Percentage by an Opponent66.7 by Notre Dame (30–45), 1977 (East Semifinals)

Free Throws Made33 vs. Syracuse, 1957 (East Finals)33 vs. Louisville, 1972 (NCAA 3rd Place)33 vs. Kentucky, 1977 (East Finals)

33 vs. Pennsylvania, 1987 (East 1st Round)32 vs. Princeton, 1967 (East Semifinals)Most Free Throws by an Opponent30 by Texas A&M, 1980 (Midwest 2nd Round)

Free Throws Attempted45 vs. Syracuse, 1957 (East Finals)45 vs. Pennsylvania, 1987 (East 1st Round)44 vs. Louisville, 1972 (NCAA 3rd Place)43 vs. Princeton, 1967 (East Semifinals)40 vs. Yale, 1957 (East 1st Round)40 vs. South Carolina, 1972 (East Semifinals)Most Free Throws Attempted by an Opponent48 by Texas A&M, 1980 (Midwest 2nd Round)

Free Throw Percentage (At least 10 attempts)91.7 vs. Kentucky (33–36), 1977 (East Finals)90.0 vs. Ohio State (18–20), 1992 (Southeast

Semifinals)89.5 vs. Notre Dame (17–19), 1977 (East Semifinals)88.2 vs. Georgia (15–17), 1983 (East Finals)88.0 vs. Ohio State (22–25), 1983 (East Semifinals)Top Free Throw Percentage by an Opponent100.0 by Villanova (12–12), 1991 (East 2nd Round)

Rebounds64 vs. Princeton, 1967 (East Semifinals)57 vs. Navy, 1998 (East 1st Round)56 vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988 (West 2nd Round)55 vs. Missouri, 2000 (South 1st Round)53 vs. St. Bonaventure, 1968 (East Semifinals)53 vs. Ohio State, 1968 (NCAA Semifinals)53 vs. Alabama–Birmingham, 1986 (West 2nd Round)Most Rebounds by an Opponent76 by Houston, 1967 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Personal Fouls36 vs. Texas A&M, 1980 (Midwest 2nd Round)27 vs. Florida State, 1972 (NCAA Semifinals)27 vs. Indiana, 1984 (East Semifinals)27 vs. Kansas, 1991 (NCAA Semifinals)26 vs. Georgia, 1983 (East Finals)26 vs. Louisville, 1986 (West Semifinals)Most Personal Fouls by an Opponent31 by Louisville, 1972 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Steals16 vs. Alabama, 1976 (Mideast 1st Round)15 vs. New Mexico State, 1975 (East 1st Round)14 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (Syracuse 2nd Round)13 vs. Villanova, 1991 (East 2nd Round)12 vs. San Francisco, 1978 (West 1st Round)12 vs. Louisville, 1997 (East Finals)Most Steals by an Opponent18 by Penn State, 2001 (South 2nd Round)

Turnovers36 vs. Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)30 vs. Louisville, 1972 (NCAA 3rd Place)27 vs. UNLV, 1977 (NCAA Semifinals)26 vs. Purdue, 1969 (NCAA Semifinals)26 vs. Florida State, 1972 (NCAA Semifinals)26 vs. Loyola Marymount, 1988 (West 2nd Round)Most Turnovers by an Opponent28 by New Mexico State, 1975 (East 1st Round)

Fewest Turnovers2 vs. Fairfield, 1997 (East 2nd Round)7 vs. San Francisco, 1978 (West 1st Round)7 vs. UCLA, 1989 (Southeast 2nd Round)7 vs. Temple, 1991 (East Finals)8 on eight occasions; latest: vs. Stanford, 2000

(South 2nd Round)Fewest Turnovers by an Opponent5 by Auburn, 1985 (Southeast Semifinals)5 by Michigan State, 1998 (East Semifinals)

Winning Margin45 vs. Rhode Island (112–67), 1993 (East 2nd Round)36 vs. Navy (88-52), 1998 (East 1st Round)35 vs. Northeastern (101–66), 1991 (East 1st Round)31 vs. Pennsylvania (113–82), 1987 (East 1st Round)28 vs. Oakland (96-68), 2005 (Syracuse 1st Round)Highest Winning Margin by an Opponent27 by Purdue (92–65), 1969 (NCAA Semifinals)

Rebound Margin25 vs. Missouri (55-30), 2000 (South 1st Round)24 vs. Navy (57-33), 1998 (East 1st Round)21 vs. Boston College (52–31), 1975 (East 3rd Place)21 vs. Colorado (52-31), 1997 (East 2nd Round)19 vs. Princetown (38-19), 2001 (South 1st Round)Highest Rebound Margin by an Opponent24 by Houston (76–52), 1967 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Blocked Shots11 vs. Georgetown, 1995 (Southeast Semifinals)10 vs. Temple, 1984 (East 2nd Round)10 vs. Middle Tennessee St., 1985 (Southeast 1st

Round)10 vs. George Mason, 2006 (Washington D.C. 2nd

Round)9 vs. Tennessee, 2000 (South Semifinals)Most Blocked Shots by an Opponent7 by Temple, 1991 (East Finals)

Three-Point Field Goals Made12 vs. Oakland, 2005 (Syracuse 1st Round)10 on five occasions, most recently vs. George

Mason, 2006 (Washington D.C. 2nd Round)Most 3-Point Field Goals Made by an Opponent14 by Weber State, 1999 (West 1st Round)

Three-Point Field Goal Attempts30 vs. George Mason, 2006 (Washington D.C. 2nd

Round)28 vs. Arkansas, 1995 (NCAA Semifinals)28 vs. Texas, 2004 (Atlanta 2nd round)26 vs. Texas Tech, 1996 (East 2nd Round)25 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (Syracuse 2nd Round)Most 3-Point Field Goal Attempts by an Opponent40 by Illinois, 2005 (NCAA final)

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage(At least 7 attempts)71.4 vs. Kansas (5–7), 1993 (NCAA Semifinals)70.0 vs. Oklahoma (7–10), 1990 (Midwest 2nd Round)66.7 vs. Loyola Marymount (6–9), 1988

(West 2nd Round)66.7 vs. Eastern Michigan (6–9), 1991 (East Semifi-

nals)63.2 vs. Oakland (12-19), 2005 (Syracuse 1st Round)Highest 3-Point Field Goal Pct. by an Opponent55.0 by Kansas (11–20), 1993 (NCAA Semifinals)

Jackie Manuel and the Tar Heels shot 63.8percent in the 2005 win over Oakland.

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Points39 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Canisius, 1957

(East Semifinals)39 by Al Wood vs. Virginia, 1981 (NCAA Semifinals)36 by Mitch Kupchak vs. Boston College, 1975

(East 3rd Place)35 by Charles Scott vs. Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)32 by Charles Scott vs. Davidson, 1969 (East Finals)32 by Shammond Williams vs. UNC Charlotte, 1998

(East 2nd Round)Most Points by an Opponent36 by Rick Mount, Purdue, 1969 (NCAA Semifinals)36 by Harold Arceneaux, Weber State, 1999 (West 1st

Round)

Rebounds19 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Yale, 1957

(East 1st Round)19 by Robert McAdoo vs. Louisville, 1972

(NCAA 3rd Place)18 by Rusty Clark vs. Boston College, 1967

(East Semifinals)18 by Mike O’Koren vs. Texas A&M, 1980

(Midwest 2nd Round)17 on four occasions; latest: Sean May vs. Iowa State,

2005 (Syracuse 2nd Round)Most Rebounds by an Opponent20 by Jared Homan, Iowa State, 2005 (Syracuse 2nd

Round)

Field Goals Made16 by Charles Scott vs. Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)15 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Canisius, 1957

(East 1st Round)15 by J.R. Reid vs. Notre Dame, 1987 (East Semifi

nals)14 on four occasions; latest: Al Wood vs. Virginia,

1981 (NCAA Semifinals)Most Field Goals Made by an Opponent16 by Leon Douglas, Alabama, 1976 (Mideast 1st

Round)

Field Goal Attempts42 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Michigan State, 1957

(NCAA Semifinals)30 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Canisius, 1957

(East 1st Round)26 by Charles Scott vs. Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)23 on four occasions; latest: Rashad McCants vs.

Texas, 2004 (Atlanta 2nd Round)Most Field Goal Attempts by an Opponent28 by Rick Mount, Purdue, 1969 (NCAA Semifinals)

Free Throws Made14 by Tommy Kearns vs. Syracuse, 1957 (East Finals)13 by John Kuester vs. Kentucky, 1977 (East Finals)12 by Dick Grubar vs. Princeton, 1967

(East Semifinals)11 on six occasions, latest: Jerry Stackhouse vs.

Kentucky, 1995 (Southeast Finals)Most Free Throws by an Opponent11 by Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas, 1957 (NCAA Finals)11 by Sean Elliott, Arizona, 1988 (West Finals)

Free Throw Attempts19 by Tommy Kearns vs. Syracuse, 1957 (East Finals)16 by Dick Grubar vs. Princeton, 1967

(East Semifinals)16 by Dennis Wuycik vs. Louisville, 1972

(NCAA 3rd Place)15 by Bob Cunningham vs. Canisius, 1957

(East Semifinals)14 on five occasions; latest: Brendan Haywood vs.

Florida, 2000 (NCAA Semifinals)Most Free Throw Attempts by an Opponent16 by Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas, 1957 (NCAA Finals)

Three-Point Field Goals Made6 by Shammond Williams vs. UNC Charlotte, 1998

(East 2nd Round)5 on nine occasions; latest: Rashad McCants,

2004 (Atlanta 2nd Round)Most 3-Point Field Goals Made by an Opponent8 by Greg Francis, Fairfield, 1997 (East 1st Round)

Three-Point Field Goal Attempts12 by Donald Williams vs. Arkansas, 1995

(NCAA Semifinals)12 by Ademola Okulaja vs. Weber State, 1999

(West 1st Round)12 by Rashad McCants vs. Texas, 2004 (Atlanta 2nd

Round)11 by Kenny Smith vs. Syracuse, 1987 (East Finals)10 by Ranzino Smith vs. Arizona, 1988 (West Finals)10 by Joseph Forte vs. Florida, 2000 (NCAA Semifi-

nals)Most 3-Point Field Goal Attempts by an Opponent16 by Luther Head, Illinois, 2005 (NCAA Final)

Assists12 by Kenny Smith vs. Notre Dame, 1987

(East Semifinals)11 by Kenny Smith vs. Pennsylvania, 1987

(East 1st Round)11 by Steve Bucknall vs. UCLA, 1989

(Southeast 2nd Round)11 by Jeff McInnis vs. New Orleans, 1996

(East 1st Round)10 on seven occasions; latest: Ed Cota vs. Stanford,

2000 (South 2nd Round)Most Assists by an Opponent11 by Willie McCarter, Drake, 1969 (NCAA 3rd Place)

Steals6 by George Lynch vs. Cincinnati, 1993 (East Finals)5 by Dave Hanners vs. Alabama, 1976

(Mideast 1st Round)4 on seven occasions; latest: Makhtar Ndiaye vs.

Navy, 1998 (East 1st Round)Most Steals by an Opponent6 by Vincent Rainey, Murray State, 1995

(Southeast 1st Round)

Blocked Shots6 by Warren Martin vs. Middle Tennessee State, 1985

(Southeast 1st Round)6 by Rasheed Wallace vs. Georgetown, 1995

(Southeast Semifinals)5 by George Lynch vs. Oklahoma, 1990 (Midwest 1st

Round)4 on nine occasions, latest: David Noel, 2006 vs.

George Mason (Washington DC 2nd Round)Most Blocked Shots by an Opponent3 on 12 occasions, latest: Mark Madsen, Stanford,

2000 (South 2nd Round)

Rasheed Wallace blocked five shots againstGeorgetown in the 1995 NCAA SweetSixteen.

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Hubert Davis connected on five three-point-ers in the 1991 NCAA Tournament win overEastern Michigan.

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1957 NCAA CHAMPIONSNorth Carolina’s march toward the NCAA championship in the 1957

Final Four provided legendary head coach Frank McGuire with thedefining moment of his career and the Tar Heel faithful with more thana few tense moments.

Battle-torn and weary, the Tar Heels faced a seemingly insurmount-able challenge as they headed into the third overtime period againstKansas in the national championship game.

Having already taken three overtime periods to defeat Michigan Statein the semifinals, the Tar Heels found themselves without national play-er of the year Lennie Rosenbluth, who had fouled out in the waningmoments of regulation. They were playing a Kansas team led by Hall ofFamer Wilt Chamberlain in the not so friendly confines of Kansas City,Mo.

The Tar Heels fought on without Rosenbluth and found themselvesbehind by one point in the final seconds of the third overtime. After amissed shot, the ball landed in the hands of junior center Joe Quigg nearthe top of the key. Allthat stood between himand the national title wasChamberlain.

Quigg drove the lane,drawing a foul fromChamberlain with sixseconds remaining. Aftera Carolina time out,Quigg, a 72 percent freethrow shooter, calmlystepped to the line anddrained both shots,securing a 54-53 victoryand Carolina’s secondnational championship.Carolina finished theseason a perfect 32-0 enroute to the Tar Heels’first NCAA champi-onship.

Rosenbluth had 20points and five reboundsin the championshipgame and Quigg scored10 points and garnerednine rebounds.

Carolina had its fairshare of overtime expe-rience entering theFinal Four, securing anovertime victory overSouth Carolina and adouble overtime victo-ry over Maryland in theregular season.

That experience mayhave been the differ-ence as the Tar Heelscontinually camethrough with clutchplays throughout theFinal Four. In the semi-final, neither team wasable to open more thana six-point lead as

Michigan State tested Carolina’s mettle throughout the game. Junior forward Pete Brennan kept Carolina’s championship hopes

alive when he nailed a baseline jumper with three seconds remaining inthe first overtime to extend the game to another period. Both teamsstruggled in the second overtime, scoring only one bucket each. Carolinafinally pulled away in the third overtime period scoring the first sixpoints and holding on to a 74-70 victory.

Rosenbluth was the star of the 1957 squad. His 27 points and 8.6rebounds a game in regular season play led the Tar Heels to the ACCchampionship and the NCAA tournament berth. Three of the victoriescame over fellow Big Four and ACC team Wake Forest, with whomCarolina had developed an intense rivalry.

At the end of his senior season, Rosenbluth held on to every majorCarolina basketball record except for free-throw percentage and totalrebounds in a season.

The championship season was Carolina’s only trip to the Final Fourunder the tutelage of Frank McGuire, who left in 1961 to coach in theNBA. He later went on to coach at South Carolina. In nine years,McGuire led the Tar Heels to three Top 10 finishes and six Top 20 fin-ishes.

The next Final Four appearance for the Tar Heels came underMcGuire’s replacement, Dean Smith, who began his Final Four legacyin 1967.

1957 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENORTH CAROLINA 54, KANSAS 53 (3OT)

March 23, 1957Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo., (7,778)

Kansas FG FT REB PF TPKing 3-12 5-6 4 4 11Elstun 4-12 3-6 4 2 11Chamberlain 6-13 11-16 14 3 23Parker 2-4 0-0 0 0 4Loneski 0-5 2-3 3 2 2Billings 0-0 0-0 0 2 0Johnson 0-1 2-2 0 1 2Totals 15-47 23-33 28 14 53

.319 .697

North Carolina FG FT REB PF TPRosenbluth 8-15 4-4 5 5 20Cunningham 0-3 0-1 5 4 0Brennan 4-8 3-7 11 3 11Kearns 4-8 3-7 1 4 11Quigg 4-10 2-3 9 4 10Lotz 0-0 0-0 2 0 0Young 1-1 0-0 3 1 2Totals 21-45 12-22 42 21 54

.467 .545

Kansas 22 24 2 0 5 - 53North Carolina 29 17 2 0 6 - 54

Rebounds: Kansas 28, North Carolina 42Officials: Conway, Anderson

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Player PPG RPGLennie Rosenbluth ..................................28.0 ........8.8Pete Brennan ..........................................14.7 ......10.4Tommy Kearns ........................................12.8 ........3.1Joe Quigg................................................10.3 ........8.6Bob Cunningham ......................................7.2 ........6.7

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1982 NCAA CHAMPIONSEvery Carolina Basketball fan remembers The Shot. It is the most

famous play in Tar Heel history and one of the most famous in collegeathletics. It won Dean Smith his first national championship andlaunched Michael Jordan as the greatest player in the sport’s history.

Eric “Sleepy” Floyd had just hit a jumper in the lane to giveGeorgetown a 62-61 lead as 61,612 fans looked on at the New OrleansSuperdome. Carolina called a timeout with 32 seconds remaining. Smithinstructed point guard Jimmy Black to draw the Hoya zone defense toone side of the court and look to get the ball inside to James Worthy. ButBlack couldn’t get the ball to Worthy. Smith had designed the play sothat if that happened, Black could swing the ball to an open man on thefar side of the court. Black found that open man, freshman MichaelJordan.

Jordan stood 16 feet to the left of the basket. Catch-jump-shoot. Nohesitation. The ball found the bottom of the net. Carolina 63,Georgetown 62. Fifteen seconds remained on the clock.

Georgetown’s Fred Brown got the ball near mid-court and looked foran open teammate. He passed the ball in Floyd’s direction, but insteadfound Worthy, whoraced downcourtwith the ball to sealthe victory. It wasappropriate thatWorthy clinched thewin, since he hadalready muscled andfinessed his waythrough the Hoyadefense en route tofive dunks and 28points.

Worthy was notintimidated by thetenacious defense ofHoya freshman cen-ter Patrick Ewing,who logged twoblocked shots andthree steals to gowith his 23 pointsand 11 rebounds.Throughout thegame, Worthy chal-lenged the Hoyas

frontline and hit 13 of his17 field goal attempts.

Carolina advanced tothe title game with a 68-63semifinal victory overHouston. Sam Perkins had25 points and 10 rebounds.

UNC began and fin-ished the year ranked No.1 in the country in theAssociated Press poll. Infact, Carolina held the No.1 ranking for all but fiveweeks in 1981-82.

The Tar Heels posted a32-2 record, losing only toWake Forest at homewhen Perkins was sick anddid not play and atVirginia. Carolina didbeat the Cavaliers, 47-45,in the ACC Tournamentchampionship game inGreensboro. Worthy had16 points and MattDoherty had 11 points and four assists. Carolina led 34-31 at the half,but the game is most remembered for the Tar Heels using a delay gamein the second half. Leading 44-43 with 7:34 to play, Carolina held theball. Doherty hit three free throws in the last 28 seconds to win the game.

Top-ranked and top-seeded Carolina then survived a scare from JamesMadison in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, beating the Dukes,52-50, in Charlotte. A 74-69 win over Alabama and a 70-60 triumph overVillanova in Raleigh’s Reynolds Coliseum sent the Tar Heels to NewOrleans for the Final Four.

Senior guard Jimmy Black was one of five starters in double figuresin the regional final win over Villanova. Black had 11 points and 10assists.

Dean Smith on 1982 — “We had three starters back from theyear before, plus Matt Doherty, who I counted as a co-starter in 1981.Two of our best games all year were in New Orleans against Houstonand Georgetown. Jordan had his best game as a freshman in the final, butWorthy was the obvious MVP. His play gets overshadowed because ofMichael’s shot. And Perkins was a true hero for his play againstOlajuwon in the semifinals. He was sensational.

“The play was No. 1 to post up Worthy, then have Perkins come inbehind him. Or you could go crosscourt to the wing for Michael and hewas wide open from 17-18 feet. It looked good, I was right in line withhim. Then we we put on our scramble defense. Worthy was out of posi-tion, but Jordan stopped the pass that made Fred Brown throw it away.”

Player PPG RPGJames Worthy ........................................15.6 ........6.3Sam Perkins............................................14.3 ........7.8Michael Jordan........................................13.5 ........4.4Matt Doherty..............................................9.3 ........3.0Jimmy Black ..............................................7.6 ........1.7Assist leader: Jimmy Black, 213


1982 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENORTH CAROLINA 63, GEORGETOWN 62

March 29, 1982Superdome, New Orleans, La. (61,612)

Georgetown FG FT REB A PF BS ST TPSmith, E. 6-8 2-2 3 5 5 0 0 14Hancock 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0Ewing 10-15 3-3 11 1 4 2 3 23Brown 1-2 2-2 2 5 4 0 2 4Floyd 9-17 0-0 3 5 2 0 4 18Spriggs 0-2 1-2 1 0 2 0 2 1Jones 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2Martin 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0Smith, G. 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0Totals 27-51 8-9 22 16 20 2 11 62

.529 .889

North Carolina FG FT REB A PF BS ST TPDoherty 1-3 2-3 3 1 0 0 0 4Worthy 13-17 2-7 4 0 3 0 3 28Perkins 3-7 4-6 7 1 2 1 0 10Black 1-4 2-2 3 7 2 0 1 4Jordan 7-13 2-2 9 2 2 0 2 16Peterson 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0Braddock 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0Brust 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 0 0 1Totals 25-47 13-22 30 14 11 1 7 63

.532 .591

Georgetown 32 30 - 62North Carolina 31 32 - 63

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1993 NCAA CHAMPIONSDean Smith had been there before. The last time his Tar Heels walked

on the Superdome floor, they walked off as NCAA champions. Now, after a grueling ACC season that included five other Top 25

teams; after a tough road through the East Regional bracket that requiredan overtime victory to escape the final; after defeating a Roy Williams-coached Kansas squad that had beaten the Tar Heels just two years priorin the national semifinal— Carolina was back on the Superdome floorplaying for the national championship.

The 1993 Tar Heels were ready. Center Eric Montross and senior for-ward George Lynch anchored the team and shooting guard DonaldWilliams provided the spark from the outside. Point guard DerrickPhelps ran the offense and a handful of role players brought everythingtogether in typical Dean Smith fashion.

Michigan was ready too, though. The raucous Wolverines, led byvocal center Chris Webber and the rest of the “Fab Five,” had lost thechampionship game in 1992 and were hungry to redeem themselves.They won a hard-fought overtime battle against Jamal Mashburn and theKentucky Wildcats in the national semifinal, 81-78, and were confidentthey would return to Ann Arbor with a championship.

The styles of the two teams couldn’t have been any farther apart. TheTar Heels were a traditional Dean Smith team — talented, disciplinedand focused. The Wolverines had brought a brash, new feel to the game,famous for their black shoes, baggy shorts and playground style of play.

The teams battled back and forth through-out the game. Michigan led by 10 in the firsthalf, but Carolina rallied for a 42-36 lead atintermission. The Wolverines built a 67-63lead with 4:30 left to play, but the Tar Heelsscored nine unanswered points to take a 72-67 lead with 1:03 to play.

Trailing by four, Williams began the 9-0run with a three-pointer, then Phelps hit afastbreak layup to give UNC the lead with3:07 to play. Baskets by Lynch and Montrossupped the lead to five with a minute to go.

Michigan responded with a Ray Jacksonjump shot and a Chris Webber put-back tobring the Wolverines back to within 72-71with 36 seconds to play.

Carolina junior forward Pat Sullivan wasfouled with 20 seconds left and went to theline for a one-and-one. Sullivan connectedon the first, but missed the second andWebber got the rebound with the Wolverinestrailing 73-71.

Webber stumbled and appeared to travel,but the officials made no call. He then drib-bled past halfcourt and found himself sur-rounded by the Tar Heels and called a time-out. However, Michigan did not have anytimeouts remaining and the officials called a technical foul on theMichigan bench.

Williams hit two free throws and Carolina marched on to a 77-71 vic-tory. It was only appropriate that Williams stood at the line at the end ofthe game, as he dominated the Final Four en route to Most OutstandingPlayer honors. Williams made five of seven three pointers and scored 25points in both the national semifinal and championship games.

The Tar Heels finished the season 34-4, winning 18 consecutivegames at one point. Carolina had even faced Michigan early on in theseason at the Rainbow Classic and lost, 79-78, courtesy a last-secondshot from Wolverine point guard Jalen Rose.

The 18-game win streak was snapped by a 77-75 loss to Georgia Tech

in the ACCTournament champi-onship game. The TarHeels played thatgame without Phelps,who injured his backwhen he was fouledfrom behind on alayup attempt in theACC semifinal againstVirginia.

Despite the loss tothe Yellow Jackets,Carolina was No. 1 inthe East Regional.Wins over EastCarolina, RhodeIsland and Arkansassetup a regional championship against Cincinnati in the Meadowlands.The Bearcats had played in the Final Four in 1992.

Nick Van Exel hit six three-pointers in the first half and the Bearcatsbuilt a 29-14 lead with 7:08 left in the opening half, but the Tar Heelsrallied to pull within one at halftime.

In the second half, Phelps clamped downon Van Exel, limiting him to just one fieldgoal.

Carolina led late in regulation, butTarrance Gibson’s driving layup with 35 sec-onds to play tied the game. The Tar Heels hada a chance to win at the buzzer, but BrianReese’s dunk attempt after an out-of-boundsplay with 0.8 seconds left ricocheted off theback iron.

Williams starred in overtime, hitting back-to-back three-pointers and the Tar Heelshung on for a 75-68 win.

Lynch was the heart and soul of the teamand recorded double-doubles in each of thelast four NCAA Tournament victories.

Dean Smith on 1993 — “We had asuch great leader in George Lynch and ourteam had a lot of confidence. We were verypoised. I know I had a lot of confidence inDerrick Phelps and Lynch. The last fourgames all were close games. Arkansas wentdown to the wire, Cincinnati we should havewon in regulation, but won in overtime.Michigan was a great game with DonaldWilliams hitting key shots. So many of those

games could have gone either way.”

Player PPG RPGEric Montross ..........................................15.8 ........7.6George Lynch..........................................14.7 ........9.6Donald Williams ......................................14.3 ........1.9Brian Reese ............................................11.4 ........3.6Derrick Phelps ..........................................8.1 ........4.4Assist leader: Derrick Phelps, 196


1993 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENORTH CAROLINA 77, MICHIGAN 71

Monday, April 5, 1993Superdome, New Orleans, La. (64,151)

North Carolina FG 3FG FT REB A PF BS ST TPReese 2-7 0-1 4-4 5 3 1 0 0 8Lynch 6-12 0-0 0-0 10 1 3 2 1 12Montross 5-11 0-0 6-9 5 0 2 1 0 16Phelps 4-6 0-1 1-2 3 6 0 0 3 9Williams 8-12 5-7 4-4 1 1 1 0 1 25Sullivan 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 0 3Salvadori 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 1 1 1 0 2Rodl 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2Calabria 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wenstrom 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cherry 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 27-55 5-11 18-23 29 13 10 4 7 77

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Michigan FG 3FG FT REB A PF BS ST TPWebber 11-18 0-1 1-2 11 1 2 3 1 23Jackson 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 5 0 1 6Howard 3-8 0-0 1-1 7 3 3 0 0 7Rose 5-12 2-6 0-0 1 4 3 0 0 12King 6-13 1-5 2-2 6 4 2 0 1 15Riley 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 1 1 2Pelinka 2-4 2-3 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 6Talley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0Voskuil 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0Totals 30-62 5-15 6-7 33 17 18 4 4 71

North Carolina 42 35 - 77Michigan 36 35 - 71

Turnovers: North Carolina 10 (Phelps 5); Michigan 14 (Rose 6)Officials: Hightower, Harrington, Stupin

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2005 NCAA CHAMPIONSIt began with an upset loss to Santa Clara

and ended by beating No. 1 ranked Illinois inSt. Louis. Along the way, the Tar Heels went33-4, won the ACC regular-season title with a14-2 record and defied the experts who saidthey were too selfish to win a national title.

Instead, led by seniors Jawad Williams,Jackie Manuel and Melvin Scott, and underthe tutelage of second-year head coach RoyWilliams, the Tar Heels became the best teamin the nation. Carolina led the country in scor-ing and assists and held the opposition to 40percent shooting.

Center Sean May arguably became thefinest player in the country, racking up eightstraight double-doubles and averaging 17.5points and 10.7 rebounds.

Point guard Raymond Felton joined May onthe All-ACC first team and won the BobCousy Award as the best point guard in thecountry. He led the ACC in assists and hit 44percent from three-point range.

Carolina lost at Wake Forest and Duke, butclinched its first outright conference title since1993 with a 75-73 win over the Blue Devils inthe regular-season finale. May had 26 pointsand 24 rebounds and Marvin Williams cappeda rally from nine points behind with a three-point play with 17 seconds remaining.

UNC survived a first round scare in the ACC Tournament fromClemson in large part thanks to Felton’s career-high 29 points. ButGeorgia Tech bounced the Tar Heels from in the semifinals behind WillBynum’s 35 points.

Carolina earned a No. 1 seed and opened NCAA play against Oaklandin front of a raucous crowd in Charlotte. UNC took out any lingering frus-trations from the ACC Tournament in the first half, shooting 73 percentfrom the floor en route to a 59-33 advantage. Marvin Williams and SeanMay combined for 39 points and 16 rebounds and Carolina opened its titlerun with a 96-68 win.

Iowa State was next in round two. Leading 36-33, UNC closed the firsthalf with nine unanswered points. Iowa State never came within singledigits in the second half. May had 24 points and 17 rebounds and MarvinWilliams added 20 points and 15 boards.

Fifth-seeded Villanova gave Carolina a stern test in Syracuse in theSweet 16. The Wildcats went to a four-guard offense and built a 21-9 leadmidway through the first half behind Randy Foye’s hot shooting. Mayscored 12 of UNC’s 29 points as the Tar Heels clawed to within four atthe break. UNC took the lead for good on a McCants three with 7:20 toplay and extended its lead to 10 points with 3:45 remaining.

But Felton fouled out with 2:13 to play and the Wildcats pulled to with-in 64-62 with 40 seconds left. Scott, who took over the point, canned twofree throws for a four-point lead. Villanova made one free throw and had

a chance to tie, but AllenRay was whistled for atravel with nine secondsto play.

May dominated theregional final againstWisconsin with 29 pointsand 12 rebounds. Thegame was tied at 44 at halftime, but UNC went on a 14-0 run early in thesecond half. McCants had a key block and three-pointer in the final threeminutes to secure the win.

Michigan State led UNC by five at halftime in the national semifinals,but UNC outscored the Spartans, 54-33, in the second half to post an 87-71 win. May scored 22 and Jawad Williams had 20. The Tar Heels heldMichigan State to 34 percent shooting.

No. 2-ranked Carolina squared off against top-ranked Illinois in thechampionship. The Illini had been ranked No. 1 since Dec. 6th. But theTar Heels built a 40-27 halftime lead behind 14 points from McCants andeight points and six assists from Felton.

The Illini made 5 of 19 threes in the first half, but got hot and tied thegame at 65-65 with 5:34 to play. Felton knocked home a long threemoments later, but the game was tied again at 70 with 2:40 to play.

The Tar Heels took the lead for good with 1:27 to play as MarvinWilliams tipped in a missed shot. Illinois missed a pair of three-pointers;then Felton stole a pass. Felton hit three free throws in the final secondsto give Carolina a 75-70 win and Roy Williams his first NCAA title. May,the Final Four MVP, had 26 points and 10 rebounds. Roy Williams on 2005 — “I had watched One Shining Moment

for so many years, and I had always wanted to watch it from the arena,from the floor, when it was about my team. It was a moment where Ireached up to wipe a tear away because as a coach, that is the moment.That’s what you dream about.”

2005 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENORTH CAROLINA 75, ILLINOIS 70

Monday, April 4, 2005Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis,Mo. (47,262)

UNC FG 3FG FT Reb.MP M-A M-A M-A O-D-T A B S Pts.

J. Williams* 22 3-6 3-4 0-0 1-4-5 0 1 1 9McCants* 31 6-15 2-5 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 1 14May* 34 10-11 0-0 6-8 2-8-10 2 1 0 26Felton* 35 4-9 4-5 5-6 0-3-3 7 0 2 17Manuel* 18 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-3-3 2 0 0 0Scott 13 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0Terry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0M. Williams 24 4-8 0-1 0-1 3-2-5 0 0 0 8Noel 20 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 0 0 0 1

27-52 9-16 12-19 8-26-34 12 2 4 75.519 .563 .632

UI FG 3FG FT Reb.MP M-A M-A M-A O-D-T A B S Pts.

Augustine* 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0Powell* 38 4-10 1-2 0-0 8-6-14 1 0 1 9Head* 37 8-21 5-16 0-0 1-4-5 3 1 2 21Williams* 40 7-16 3-10 0-2 0-4-4 7 0 1 17Brown* 38 4-10 2-8 2-2 0-4-4 7 0 3 12McBride 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0Carter 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0Ingram 30 4-9 1-3 2-2 5-2-7 0 0 0 11Team 1-1-2

27-70 12-40 4-6 17-22-39 18 1 8 70.386 .300 .667

Turnovers: UNC 10 (four with 2); UI 8 (Head 4)Attendance: 47,262Officials: Ed Corbett, John Cahill, Verne Harris

UI 38 33 - 71UNC 33 54 - 87

Player PPG RPGSean May ................................................17.5 ......10.7Rashad McCants ....................................16.0 ........3.0Jawad Williams ......................................13.1 ........4.0Raymond Felton......................................12.9 ........4.3Marvin Williams ......................................11.3 ........6.6Assist leader: Raymond Felton, 249


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FINAL FOURS

1946Carolina finished first in Southern

Conference play with a 13-1 record, but wasbeaten by Wake Forest in the SoConTournament semifinals. Duke won the postsea-son title, but the NCAA Committee selectedCarolina to represent District 3 in the NCAATournament at New York’s Madison SquareGarden.

NYU was favored to beat UNC in the EastRegional semifinal, but 27-year-old BonesMcKinney scored 11 points to lead Carolina toa 57-49 win. McKinney originally played at NCState, but enrolled at Carolina in January 1946after being discharged from the U.S. Army.

John “Hook” Dillon, a sophomore fromGeorgia and Carolina’s leading scorer with 12.9points per game, and Bob Paxton led Carolinapast Ohio State in the East Regional final. TheBuckeyes led by five with less than three min-utes to play, but Paxton sent the game into over-time with a jump shot with under 20 seconds toplay. Dillon scored the key shot in overtime asUNC held on for a 60-57 win.

Defending national champion OklahomaA&M beat Carolina, 43-40, in the champi-onship game, despite Dillon’s 16 points. Seven-foot center Bob Kurland had 23 points to leadthe Aggies.

1967Junior forward Larry Miller, the ACC Player

of the Year, and five heralded sophomores ledthe Tar Heels to a 22-6 record, an ACC title andfirst Final Four under head coach Dean Smith.

Carolina reached the Final Four with a 96-80

victory over Boston College in the EasternRegional final. Senior forward Bob Lewisearned regional MVP honors after scoring 31points in the championship game. Miller added22 points and center Rusty Clark posted a dou-ble-double with 18 points and 18 rebounds.

The Tar Heels lost to Dayton, 76-62, in thenational semifinals in Louisville, Ky. Flyer for-ward Don May scored 34 points and grabbed 15rebounds. Clark had 19 points and 11 reboundsand Miller scored 13 points and grabbed 13rebounds.

“The big thing is we had to win the ACCTournament before we could even go to theNCAA Tournament,” says Coach Smith. “I wasconcerned about how we would do in theNCAAs in overcoming the excitement of win-ning the ACC Tournament. We did go to theFinal Four with three sophomore starters thatyear. That was a thrilling time.”

1968Carolina beat Ohio State, 80-66, to advance

to the national championship game. Junior for-ward Bill Bunting had 17 points and 12rebounds and Miller logged 20 points and sixrebounds. Miller had earned All-America hon-ors and was the MVP at the ACC Tournamentfor the second year in a row.

Carolina played defending champion UCLA

for the championship in the Los Angeles SportsArena. National Player of the Year LewAlcindor scored 34 points and pulled down 16rebounds to lead the Bruins to a 78-55 win, theirfourth title in five years. Miller led the TarHeels with 14 points and six rebounds.

“We were ready this time for the NCAAs,based on the year before,” says Coach Smith.“We were great against undefeated St.Bonaventure with Bob Lanier in the openinground. The field was not seeded in those days.We faced Lew Alcindor and UCLA in the cham-pionship game. I do think that was the best col-lege team I had ever seen to that date.”

“Bones” McKinney grabs a rebound in the1946 NCAA title game. Carolina has beento at least one Final Four in each of the lastseven decades.

The Tar Heels won the first of three straight ACC and NCAA regional titles in 1967.

Team AppearancesNorth Carolina 16UCLA 15Duke 14 Kentucky 13Kansas 12

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1969First-team All-America Charles Scott led

Carolina with 22.3 points and 7.1 rebounds pergame. Carolina advanced to the NCAATournament with a stellar comeback victoryover Duke in the ACC finals. Led by Scott, whoscored 40 points and nabbed five rebounds, theTar Heels rallied from a nine-point halftimedeficit to defeat the Blue Devils, 85-74.

Scott had 22 points, nine rebounds and sixassists against Duquesne and 32 points, sixrebounds and four assists against Davidson inthe regional final. He hit the game-winner astime expired to give the Tar Heels the 87-85 winover Lefty Driesell’s Wildcats to send Carolinato the Final Four.

The Boilermakers’ Rick Mount scored 36and Bill Keller added 20 to lead Purdue to a 92-65 victory in the national semifinals.

1972The Tar Heels earned an NCAA bid with a

73-64 victory over Maryland in the ACCChampionship, avenging an earlier 79-77 over-time loss to the Terps.

George Karl had 18 points and DennisWuycik added 16 to lead UNC to a 92-69 routof South Carolina in the opening round of theNCAA Tournament. Wuycik (18), RobertMcAdoo (17) and Karl (16) led UNC to a 73-59win over Penn in the regional final.

Carolina lost to Florida State, 79-75, in theFinal Four. McAdoo had 24 points and 15rebounds, but his teammates made 19 of 51shots from the floor, and the Tar Heels could notovercome a 13-point halftime deficit. Ron King

led Florida State with 22 points.“This was one of our great teams,” says

Coach Smith. “We played extremely well to getto the Final Four, paying back South Carolinafor beating us in the ACC Tournament the yearbefore. We beat a very good Penn team. Wewere ranked No. 2 in the nation and UCLA wasNo.1. I think we looked past Florida State aheadto UCLA. McAdoo fouled out with 13 minutesto play.”

1977Injuries dominated the storylines in the

incredible run to the championship game.In the second round, Phil Ford scored 27

points to lead the Tar Heels, playing without aninjured Walter Davis, to a 69-66 win overPurdue. On St. Patrick’s Day, the Tar Heelstrailed Notre Dame by 14 in the second half, butJohn Kuester had 14 points, eight assists andseven steals and Ford scored 29 points, includ-ing two free throws with two seconds remain-ing, to earn a 79-77 win.

Davis, despite a broken finger, scored 21points as the Tar Heels beat Kentucky, 79-72, inthe East Regional final.

The Tar Heels trailed UNLV, 49-43, at thehalf, in the national semifinals, but the TarHeels prevailed, 84-83, behind freshman MikeO’Koren’s 31 points and eight rebounds. Davismade all seven of his field goal attempts andfinished with 19 points.

In the championship, Al McGuire’s Warriorsbuilt a 39-27 lead, but Carolina surged ahead inthe second half. However, Butch Lee (19), BoEllis and Jim Boylan (14 apiece) led Marquetteto the title.

“Coach Guthridge called that our mostamazing year,” says Coach Smith. “We hadmore huggers that year – that means when thegame is over we are all hugging in the dressingroom. We lost our All-America center TomLaGarde in February; then we had a great run.Walter couldn’t shoot against Notre Dame, butPhil happened to make free throws even withhis hyper-extended elbow. We held the ballagainst Kentucky in the second half to go to theFinal Four. Then O’Koren came on and was

Robert McAdoo was the 1972 ACCTournament MVP and later had 24 pointsand 15 rebounds in the Final Four vs.Florida State.

Al Wood scored 39 points in the 1981 FinalFour win over Virginia.

Phil Ford, Dean Smith and the Tar Heels reached the 1977 NCAA championship game.

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great against UNLV. We lost to a really goodMarquette team. Jimmy Boylan was terrificagainst us in the final – he once called wantingto transfer to Carolina, but I suggested he callCoach McGuire instead.”

1981The Tar Heels swept through the West

Regional with little trouble, beatingPittsburgh, Utah and Kansas State. SamPerkins had 15 points, 11 rebounds andfour blocks in the regional semifinals and16 points and 11 boards in the regionalfinal against Kansas State. Wood was out-standing against the Wildcats, scoring 21points and pulling down 17 rebounds.

The national semifinal was a clashbetween the ACC regular season champi-on Virginia and ACC Tournament champi-on UNC.

This time, the Tar Heels kept RalphSampson in check. Sampson scored only11 points and Virginia could not find ananswer for Wood, who scored 39 pointsand added 10 rebounds. The game wastied at 27 at halftime, but Carolinaoutscored Virginia, 51-38, in the secondhalf to earn a 78-65 victory.

Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers beat theTar Heels 63-50 in the national champi-onship game. The game was played onlyhours after an assassination attempt onPresident Ronald Reagan. Isiah Thomasled the Hoosiers with 23 points. Wood andPerkins combined for 29 points for UNC.

1991Toronto-born and Bahamas-raised Rick Fox

was joined in the starting lineup by seniors PeteChilcutt (center) and King Rice (point guard),junior guard Hubert Davis and sophomore for-ward George Lynch.

Carolina cruised to the East Regional final,beating Northeastern, Villanova and EasternMichigan, all by double-digits, then beatTemple, 75-72, in the New Jersey Meadowlandsto return to the Final Four for the first time since1982. Davis and Fox each scored 19 points andRice added 12 points and seven assists to get bythe Owls. Temple guard Mark Macon scored 31points, but missed a 30-footer at the buzzer thatwould have sent the game into overtime.

Kansas, coached by former UNC assistantRoy Williams, beat the Tar Heels, 79-73, in thenational semifinals in the Hoosier Dome inIndianapolis. Davis led all scorers with 25points, but Carolina shot just 38.4 percent forthe game. Adonis Jordan led the Jayhawks with16 points and seven assists.

“We were glad to get back to the Final Fourin 1991,” says Coach Smith. “We had greatleadership with King Rice, Rick Fox and PeteChilcutt. We didn’t play well in Indianapolisagainst Kansas. We hadn’t been to the FinalFour in a while and I think we went back tobeing happy to be there.”

1995UNC earned the No. 2 seed in the Southeast

Region after losing in overtime to RandolphChildress, Tim Duncan and Wake Forest in theACC championship game. Carolina trailedMurray State by a point at halftime in the firstround, but won 80-70 behind JerryStackhouse’s 25 points, 11 rebounds and fiveassists. Wins over Iowa State and Allen Iverson-led Georgetown set up a regional final betweenNo. 2 UNC and No. 1 Kentucky inBirmingham, Ala., the heart of SEC country.

Stackhouse was brilliant with 18 points, 12boards and six assists as Carolina won, 74-61.Donald Williams had 18 points, RasheedWallace added 12 and the Tar Heels heldKentucky to 28 percent shooting from the floor(7 of 36 from three-point range).

Defending NCAA champion Arkansas beatthe Tar Heels, 75-68, in the national semifinalsin Seattle. Stackhouse scored 18 points, butcould only play 28 minutes due to a deep thighbruise, an injury he suffered 12 seconds into thegame.

“That was a special year,” says Coach Smith.“We lost five seniors and were not deep, butStackhouse and Wallace were a year older andvery talented. Before the regional final, we toldthe team Kentucky had their celebration partyscheduled, and Stackhouse held up his hand andsaid, ‘Yeah, I’m going to go to it and celebrate.’He was so fired up. What a great competitor.Kentucky was very good. It was tough winning

in Birmingham. But I was reallyworried about stopping AllenIverson and beating Georgetown.You never know what would havehappened if Stackhouse had notgotten hurt against Arkansas.”

1997Carolina began ACC play with

three consecutive losses for thefirst time ever. The second of thoselosses was a Smith Center debaclein which Carolina led Maryland by22 in the second half but lost by 10.

However, the Tar Heels ran offan improbable 16-game win streak,won the ACC Tournament andearned another trip to the FinalFour.

After sneaking by Fairfield inthe first round, the Tar Heels beatColorado, 73-56, in Winston-Salem to give Smith his 877th win,breaking Adolph Rupp’s all-timerecord.

All-America forward AntawnJamison scored 21 points andgrabbed eight rebounds in the EastRegion semifinal against

Senior Rick Fox led the 1991 Tar Heels tothe Final Four.

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FINAL FOURSCalifornia. Shammond Williams scored 22points and Vince Carter notched 18 points andseven rebounds against Louisville in the EastRegional final.

Carolina shot poorly in Indianapolis in theFinal Four, connecting on a season-low 31.1percent from the floor, and was beaten byArizona, 66-58. Carter had 21 points andJamison had 18 points and 11 rebounds.Arizona guards Miles Simon and Mike Bibbyscored 24 and 20, respectively.

“Fairfield was a remarkable game,” saysSmith. “That was probably our best offensivegame since Loyola Marymount (1988), but theykept making threes. There was too much goingon about the number of wins and the record. Ithought it could affect us against Colorado.Then I was really impressed with our teamagainst Louisville. We had a big lead and theycut it to six and I took a timeout. I said, ‘Wecould let them have it, we’ve had a pretty goodyear,’ and Ademola Okulaja spoke up and said‘What do you mean?’ And we went on to beatthem pretty badly.”

1998Most of the players from the 1997 Final Four

squad returned, including All-America candi-dates Jamison, Carter and Williams and ACCassist leader Ed Cota.

Although the players were the same, BillGuthridge was in his rookie season as headcoach. Dean Smith resigned in October andturned over the reins to Guthridge, who was anassistant under Smith for the previous 30 years.

Jamison averaged 22.9 points and 10.2rebounds to win ACC and National Player of

the Year honors. Carolina was No. 1 in thecountry for eight weeks and regained the topspot in the final poll after an 83-68 win overDuke in the ACC Tournament championshipgame.

Carolina beat UNC Charlotte in overtime inthe second round behind Williams’ 32 points,then toppled rising powers Michigan State andConnecticut in Greensboro by double-digitmargins.

Utah built a 13-point halftime lead in thenational semifinal and Carolina could never pulleven, despite Carter’s 21 points. The Tar Heelsshot just 39.1 percent in the game, and Jamisonwas held to 14 points in his final collegiate con-test.

“The ACC Tournament championship wasrewarding, particularly because we beat thethree teams that had beaten us in the regularseason – NC State, Maryland and Duke,” saysGuthridge. “I knew we had a great team, andthat was evident when Connecticut andMichigan State – the teams we beat to get to theFinal Four – won the next two national champi-onships.”

2000The Tar Heels entered NCAA Tournament

play as a No. 8 seed after a disappointing seasonthat included a four-game losing streak and afirst-round exit in the ACC Tournament. TheNo. 8 seed equaled the lowest in UNC history.

Center Brendan Haywood scored a careerhigh 28 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to leadthe Tar Heels to an 84-70 victory over Missouriin the first round.

Carolina, led by forward Jason Capel,

stymied third-ranked and No. 1 seed Stanford inthe second round, holding the Cardinal to 34percent shooting. Freshman Joseph Forte led allscorers with 17 points.

Forte scored 22 points and Carolina over-came a seven-point deficit with Haywood onthe bench to beat Tennessee, 74-69, in Austin,Texas, in the regional semifinal. Cota scoredkey late baskets and Carolina got stellar postplay off the bench from Julius Peppers.

Forte had 28 points and eight rebounds in theregional final to beat Tulsa.

Carolina lost to Florida in the national semi-finals in Indianapolis despite Haywood’s 20points and 12 rebounds. The Tar Heels over-came a 15-point deficit to take the lead in thesecond half, but fell behind after Cota went tothe bench with four fouls.

“This was a determined group of players,”says Guthridge. “They overcame a lot of adver-sity in the form of injuries, illness, and sometough losses, to get to the Final Four. I couldn’thave been happier or prouder than I was for thatgroup of players to make it to Indianapolis. Webeat a good Missouri team and the top seedStanford in Birmingham and that gave us greatconfidence to beat Tennessee and an outstand-ing Tulsa team.”

Vince Carter played on Tar Heel Final Fourteams in 1997 and ‘98.

National Player of the Year Antawn Jamisonwas the MVP of the 1998 East Regional.

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Atlantic Coast ConferenceTournament championships andplayed in the championshipgame a record 26 times.

�� The Tar Heels have a 77-37record, the second-most wins inACC Tournament history (Dukeis 80-37).

�� Dean Smith won 13Tournament titles, three morethan any other coach in history.Smith’s teams were 58-23 andplayed in the championshipgame 21 times.

�� The Tar Heels have beenthe No. 1 seed 19 times, includ-ing 2005 when Carolina went14-2 in the regular season.

�� Carolina is one of only twoschools that have won threeconsecutive ACC regular-sea-son titles and ACC Tournamentchampionships. UNC accom-plished that feat in 1967-68-69.

�� UNC has been seededlower than No. 5 just two timesand has been seeded lower thanNo. 3 only five times since 1966(No. 4 in ’89, ’90 and 2000 andNo. 7 in 2002 and 2003). UNCwon the tournament as the No. 4 seed in 1989.

�� A Tar Heel has won the Most ValuablePlayer award 16 times. The MVPs include:Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1967,1968), Charles Scott (1969), Lee Dedmon(1971), Robert McAdoo (1972), Phil Ford(1975), John Kuester (1977), Dudley Bradley(1979), Sam Perkins (1981), James Worthy(1982), J.R. Reid (1989), Rick Fox (1991),Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Shammond Williams(1997) and Antawn Jamison (1998).

1957Frank McGuire’s eventual national champi-

ons ran the table in the regular season, winningall 14 games. That year marked the first timeUNC reached the conference tournament finalsince the 1947 Southern ConferenceTournament. The Tar Heels held off WakeForest, 61-59, in the semifinal and defeatedSouth Carolina by 20 to earn their first ACCchampionship. In the semifinal, Wake Foresttook a one-point lead with less than a minute toplay, but National Player of the Year LennieRosenbluth hit a hook shot from the circle and afree throw for a three-point play and the win.

Rosenbluth made 8 of 11 shots from the floorin the championship, scored 38 points and wasnamed MVP.

1967The Tournament moved to

the Greensboro Coliseum forthe first time and was the site ofDean Smith’s first title.Fittingly, Carolina won the titleby sweeping its in-state rivals,beating NC State by threepoints, Wake Forest by 10 and

Duke by nine in the title match. Larry Millerwas selected MVP after scoring 25.7 points andgrabbing 8.3 rebounds per game. Bob Lewis(18.0 points, 5.0 rebounds) joined Miller on thefirst-team all-tournament squad.

1968The Tournament moved again in 1968 for the

first year of a three-year stay in Charlotte.UNC’s semifinal game against South Carolinawas a fierce battle. The Gamecocks sent thegame into overtime with an 18-4 run to tie thescore at 74. The Tar Heels came from behind inovertime and won on baskets by Grubar andGerald Tuttle.

In the championship, Carolina led NC State

by only five at the half, but the final tally was alopsided 87-50 victory. Miller (25.3 points, 8.7rebounds) became the second player ever (LenChappell of Wake Forest) to repeat as MVP.Grubar (13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds) was also afirst-team selection.

The 37-point margin of victory is the largestin championship game history.

1969Carolina entered as the No. 1 seed for the

third year in a row. Carolina’s Charles Scott bat-tled Wake’s Charlie Davis in the semifinals.Davis won the first half, as the Deacons led 37-29 at intermission. Scott took over in the sec-ond stanza, enabling UNC to win, 80-72. Scottand Grubar led the Tar Heels with 23 pointsapiece.

Carolina and Duke squared off in the cham-pionship game. The Blue Devils led by nine athalftime and the Tar Heels lost Grubar to a first-half knee injury. The second half featured oneof the most memorable performances in ACChistory as Scott scored 25 of his game-high 40points on 12 of 13 shooting. Carolina won its

CAROLINA’S ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPSYear Tournament Site Championship Game Result1957 Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina 95, South Carolina 751967 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 82, Duke 731968 Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 87, N.C. State 501969 Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 85, Duke 741972 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 73, Maryland 641975 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 70, N.C. State 661977 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 75, Virginia 691979 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 71, Duke 631981 Landover, Md. North Carolina 61, Maryland 601982 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 47, Virginia 451989 Atlanta, Ga. North Carolina 77, Duke 741991 Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 96, Duke 741994 Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 73, Virginia 661997 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 64, N.C. State 541998 Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina 83, Duke 68

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Record in: Quarterfinals: 35-12Semifinals: 27-13Championship: 15-12

Record as a: #1 seed: 36-11#2 seed: 24-8#3 seed: 11-7#4 seed: 4-5#5 seed: 1-4#7 seed: 1-2

Record vs.: #1 seeds: 2-7#2 seeds: 10-5#3 seeds: 9-4#4 seeds: 11-7#5 seeds: 9-6#6 seeds: 8-5#7 seeds: 11-3#8 seeds: 15-0#9 seeds: 2-0

Record at:Atlanta: 8-3Charlotte: 18-7Greensboro: 32-13Landover: 6-2Raleigh: 12-11Washington, D.C. 1-1Overall Record: 77-37

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third straight ACC title, 85-74, and Scott earnedMVP honors.

1972South Carolina’s departure from the ACC left

only seven teams, and Carolina received a byeinto the semifinal against Duke. Four Tar Heelsscored in double figures, led by Bobby Jones,who carded a double-double (14 points, 11rebounds) as the Tar Heels won, 63-48.

Carolina was in the championship game forthe fifth time in six years. Maryland was in thefinals for the first time since 1958. RobertMcAdoo (15 points, 7.5 rebounds per game)became the fifth Tar Heel in six years to earn theMVP award as Carolina held on for a 73-64win. Dennis Wuycik (17.5 points, 5 rebounds)and George Karl (13 points, 2.5 rebounds)joined McAdoo on the all-tournament firstteam.

1975The Tar Heels trailed Wake Forest in the

quarterfinal by eight points with 50 sec-onds left. Freshman point guard Phil Ford(44 seconds to play), Mitch Kupchak (36seconds), Walter Davis (30 seconds) andBrad Hoffman (two seconds) hit jumpshots and the Deacs missed a pair of freethrows to force overtime. In the extra ses-sion with the game tied at 96 Carolina tookpossession with 58 seconds to play. UNCwent Four Corners and drew a technicalagainst Wake Forest with 29 seconds toplay for not forcing UNC to take action.Ford hit the free throw and another freethrow six seconds later as Carolina tri-umphed, 101-100. Davis (31 points, 12

rebounds), Kupchak (16 points,14 rebounds) and Ford (25points) led the Tar Heels.

Clemson came back from 11down at the half to force over-time in the semifinals. A tip-inby Kupchak gave Carolina anovertime lead it would notrelinquish. Ford led UNC with29, making 15 of 18 from thefree throw line.

Ford was outstanding in thechampionship game againstdefending NCAA champion NC State.Carolina took the lead, 56-55, on a jumper byDavis with nine minutes left and then went intoits delay offense. Ford hit two baskets in thenext two and one-half minutes, and NC Statedid not score during a 5:18 stretch, leading to a70-66 Tar Heel victory. Ford (26 points pergame) was the MVP and was joined on thefirst-team by Kupchak (13.7 points, 13.7rebounds). Davis netted 19 points and grabbed7.7 rebounds over the three games.

1977No. 1 seed Carolina met No. 7 Virginia in the

finals in a rematch of the 1976 final won by theCavaliers. Ford scored 19 points in the first half,but the Cavaliers led by one at the break.Virginia led 64-56 with 7:08 remaining, butover the next 5:03 the Tar Heels outscored theWahoos, 15-1. Freshman Mike O’Koren andJohn Kuester led the final charge after Fordfouled out with 5:45 to play and Virginia stillholding a 64-61 advantage. A layup by BruceBuckley with 3:37 to play broke a 67-all tie andgave UNC the lead for good. Kuester’s take-charge attitude and perfect free throw shootingearned him MVP honors after the Tar Heel title.

1979Duke defeated UNC in the

final game of the regular seasonto share the regular-season title,but the Tar Heels won the drawfor the tournament’s top seedand first-round bye. Carolinadefeated Maryland, 102-79, inthe semifinals, as five Tar Heelsscored in double figures. AlWood led with 19 points on 8 of10 shooting.

Carolina beat Duke in thefinals, 71-63. Dudley Bradley scored 16 pointswith seven steals and four assists and earnedMVP honors. O’Koren had 18 points and eightrebounds and was 10 for 11 from the free throwline. The Tar Heels turned the ball over justseven times and forced 14 Duke miscues.O’Koren and Dave Colescott, who averaged 15and 12.5 points per game in the tournament,respectively, also were first-team selections.

1981UNC beat Wake Forest, 58-57, in one semifi-

nal as Mike Pepper nailed a 16-foot jumper witheight seconds to play. Sam Perkins scored 18points and pulled down 15 rebounds and JamesWorthy added 12 points and 11 rebounds. TheDeacons led 53-46 but Pepper and Perkins eachhit two baskets. The second basket by Perkinsgave UNC a 56-55 lead with 4:12 to play. AlvisRogers hit an 11-foot jumper to give Wake thelead back with 1:30 to play, but Pepper hit thegame-winner with eight seconds to go.

Carolina and Maryland met in the final in theCapital Centre in Landover, Md. The game wastied seven times in the second half, but the TarHeels went ahead for good with 2:53 to play ona Jimmy Black steal and lay-up. Wood scoredtwice in the final two minutes to secure a 61-60

triumph.Perkins (17.7 points, 8.3 rebounds)

became just the second freshman ever,and first since Ford, to be named MVP.Worthy (13 points, 7.7 rebounds) joinedPerkins as a first-team all-tournamentselection.

1982No. 1-ranked Carolina led No. 2

Virginia, 34-31, at halftime behindWorthy’s 16 points. Michael Jordanscored four of the Tar Heels’ first fivefield goals in the second half. His fourthstraight field goal, with 8:44 to play, wasCarolina’s last of the game. Leading 44-43 with 7:34 remaining, Carolina spreadthe floor and held the ball. Virginia fouledsix times over the next 7:06, finally put-ting Matt Doherty on the foul line for 1-and-1 with 28 seconds left. Doherty hit

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SERIES RECORDSBoston College 0-1Clemson 13-1Duke 8-11Florida State 2-0Georgia Tech 4-4Maryland 12-3NC State 10-4South Carolina 4-2Virginia 11-3Wake Forest 13-8Total 77-37

Phil Ford accepts the 1975 ACC Tournament MVPaward after averaging 26 points in threeTournament games.

Hugh Morton

The 1977 Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament and advanced tothe NCAA championship game. Hugh Morton

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the first for a two-point edge. Virginia turnedthe ball over with three seconds to play. Dohertyhit two free throws and Ralph Sampson had anuncontested dunk with one second left asCarolina prevailed, 47-45. The field goal bySampson was the first by the Cavaliers since the7:34 mark.

Worthy (13.3 points, 8 rebounds), Perkins(9.7 points, 7.3 rebounds) and Jordan (11.7points, 3 rebounds) were named to the first-team all-tournament team, and Worthy wasnamed MVP.

1989Carolina breezed to the championship game,

recording a 15-point win over Georgia Tech anda 30-point rout of eighth-seeded Maryland,which had knocked off No. 1 seed NC State.

The 1989 ACC championship game was oneof the most memorable and intense meetingsever between Carolina and Duke. Both teamshad won regular-season games on the other’shome floor.

Stifling defense by both teams led to 44turnovers, 26 of which the Tar Heels commit-ted. J.R. Reid had 14 points and nine reboundsand Steve Bucknall had 10 points and five

assists to lead UNC. The game was tied fivetimes in the second half and Duke led just once,with 5:28 to play. Bucknall hit a driving basketand free throw with 1:46 remaining to break a66-all tie. Bucknall and King Rice both went 4for 4 from the line to clinch the win.

Reid (16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds per game)won MVP honors. Senior point guard Jeff Lebo(10.7 points, 3.0 assists) joined him on the first-team.

1991After hard-fought victories over Clemson

and Virginia, the Tar Heels met a Duke team in

SeedsDate Site (UNC-Opp.) Opponent W/L Score Round3/4/1954 RAL 5-4 NC State L 51-52 Quarterfinals3/3/1955 RAL 5-4 Wake Forest L 82-95 Quarterfinals3/1/1956 RAL 2-7 Virginia W 81-77 Quarterfinals3/2/1956 RAL 2-3 Wake Forest L 56-77 Semifinals3/7/1957 RAL 1-8 Clemson W 81-61 Quarterfinals3/8/1957 RAL 1-4 Wake Forest W 61-59 Semifinals3/9/1957 RAL 1-6 South Carolina W 95-75 Championship3/6/1958 RAL 3-6 Clemson W 63-51 Quarterfinals3/7/1958 RAL 3-2 NC State W 64-58 Semifinals3/8/1958 RAL 3-4 Maryland L 74-86 Championship3/5/1959 RAL 2-7 Clemson W 93-69 Quarterfinals3/6/1959 RAL 2-3 Duke W 74-71 Semifinals3/7/1959 RAL 2-1 NC State L 56-80 Championship3/3/1960 RAL 1-8 Virginia W 84-63 Quarterfinals3/4/1960 RAL 1-4 Duke L 69-71 Semifinals3/1/1962 RAL 4-5 South Carolina L 55-57 Quarterfinals2/28/1963 RAL 3-6 South Carolina W 93-76 Quarterfinals3/1/1963 RAL 3-2 Wake Forest L 55-56 Semifinals3/5/1964 RAL 5-4 South Carolina W 80-63 Quarterfinals3/6/1964 RAL 5-1 Duke L 49-65 Semifinals3/4/1965 RAL 4-5 Wake Forest L 76-92 Quarterfinals3/3/1966 RAL 4-5 Maryland W 77-70 Quarterfinals3/4/1966 RAL 4-1 Duke L 20-21 Semifinals3/9/1967 GR 1-8 NC State W 56-53 Quarterfinals3/10/1967 GR 1-5 Wake Forest W 89-79 Semifinals3/11/1967 GR 1-2 Duke W 82-73 Championship3/7/1968 CH 1-8 Wake Forest W 83-70 Quarterfinals3/8/1968 CH 1-4 South Carolina W 82-79 (OT) Semifinals3/9/1968 CH 1-3 NC State W 87-50 Championship3/6/1969 CH 1-8 Clemson W 94-70 Quarterfinals3/7/1969 CH 1-5 Wake Forest W 80-72 Semifinals3/8/1969 CH 1-3 Duke W 85-74 Championship3/5/1970 CH 2-7 Virginia L 93-95 Quarterfinals3/11/1971 GR 1-8 Clemson W 76-41 Quarterfinals3/12/1971 GR 1-5 Virginia W 78-68 Semifinals3/13/1971 GR 1-2 South Carolina L 51-52 Championship3/10/1972 GR 1-4 Duke W 63-48 Semifinals3/11/1972 GR 1-2 Maryland W 73-64 Championship3/8/1973 GR 2-7 Wake Forest L 52-54 (OT) Quarterfinals3/7/1974 GR 3-6 Wake Forest W 76-62 Quarterfinals3/8/1974 GR 3-2 Maryland L 85-105 Semifinals3/6/1975 GR 2-7 Wake Forest W 101-100 (OT) Quarterfinals3/7/1975 GR 2-3 Clemson W 76-71 (OT) Semifinals3/8/1975 GR 2-4 NC State W 70-66 Championship3/5/1976 CC 1-4 Clemson W 82-74 Semifinals3/6/1976 CC 1-6 Virginia L 62-67 Championship3/4/1977 GR 1-5 NC State W 70-56 Semifinals3/5/1977 GR 1-7 Virginia W 75-69 Championship3/2/1978 GR 1-5 Wake Forest L 77-82 Semifinals3/2/1979 GR 1-4 Maryland W 102-79 Semifinals3/3/1979 GR 1-2 Duke W 71-63 Championship2/28/1980 GR 2-7 Wake Forest W 75-62 Quarterfinals2/29/1980 GR 2-6 Duke L 61-75 Semifinals3/5/1981 CC 2-7 NC State W 69-54 Quarterfinals3/6/1981 CC 2-3 Wake Forest W 58-57 Semifinals3/7/1981 CC 2-4 Maryland W 61-60 Championship3/5/1982 GR 1-8 Georgia Tech W 55-39 Quarterfinals3/6/1982 GR 1-4 NC State W 58-46 Semifinals3/7/1982 GR 1-2 Virginia W 47-45 Championship3/11/1983 OM 1-8 Clemson W 105-79 Quarterfinals

3/12/1983 OM 1-4 NC State L 84-91 (OT) Semifinals3/9/1984 GR 1-8 Clemson W 78-66 Quarterfinals3/10/1984 GR 1-4 Duke L 75-77 Semifinals3/8/1985 OM 2-7 Wake Forest W 72-61 (OT) Quarterfinals3/9/1985 OM 2-3 NC State W 57-51 Semifinals3/10/1985 OM 2-1 Georgia Tech L 54-57 Championship3/7/1986 GR 3-6 Maryland L 75-85 Quarterfinals3/6/1987 CC 1-8 Maryland W 82-63 Quarterfinals3/7/1987 CC 1-4 Virginia W 84-82 (2OT) Semifinals3/8/1987 CC 1-6 NC State L 67-68 Championship3/11/1988 GR 1-8 Wake Forest W 83-62 Quarterfinals3/12/1988 GR 1-5 Maryland W 74-64 Semifinals3/13/1988 GR 1-3 Duke L 61-65 Championship3/10/1989 OM 4-5 Georgia Tech W 77-62 Quarterfinals3/11/1989 OM 4-8 Maryland W 88-58 Semifinals3/12/1989 OM 4-2 Duke W 77-74 Championship3/9/1990 CH 4-5 Virginia L 85-92 (OT) Quarterfinals3/8/1991 CH 2-7 Clemson W 67-59 Quarterfinals3/9/1991 CH 2-6 Virginia W 76-71 Semifinals3/10/1991 CH 2-1 Duke W 96-74 Championship3/13/1992 CH 3-6 Wake Forest W 80-65 Quarterfinals3/14/1992 CH 3-2 Florida State W 80-76 Semifinals3/15/1992 CH 3-1 Duke L 74-94 Championship3/12/1993 CH 1-8 Maryland W 102-66 Quarterfinals3/13/1993 CH 1-5 Virginia W 74-56 Semifinals3/14/1993 CH 1-6 Georgia Tech L 75-77 Championship3/11/1994 CH 2-7 Florida State W 83-69 Quarterfinals3/12/1994 CH 2-3 Wake Forest W 86-84 (OT) Semifinals3/13/1994 CH 2-4 Virginia W 73-66 Championship3/10/1995 GR 2-7 Clemson W 78-62 Quarterfinals3/11/1995 GR 2-3 Maryland W 97-92 (OT) Semifinals3/12/1995 GR 2-1 Wake Forest L 80-82 (OT) Championship3/8/1996 GR 3-6 Clemson L 73-75 Quarterfinals3/7/1997 GR 3-6 Virginia W 78-68 Quarterfinals3/8/1997 GR 3-2 Wake Forest W 86-73 Semifinals3/9/1997 GR 3-8 NC State W 64-54 Championship3/6/1998 GR 2-8 NC State W 73-46 Quarterfinals3/7/1998 GR 2-3 Maryland W 83-73 (OT) Semifinals3/8/1998 GR 2-1 Duke W 83-68 Championship3/5/1999 CH 3-6 Georgia Tech W 78-49 Quarterfinals3/6/1999 CH 3-2 Maryland W 86-79 Semifinals3/7/1999 CH 3-1 Duke L 73-96 Championship3/10/2000 CH 4-5 Wake Forest L 52-58 Quarterfinals3/9/2001 ATL 1-9 Clemson W 99-81 Quarterfinals3/10/2001 ATL 1-5 Georgia Tech W 70-63 Semifinals3/11/2001 ATL 1-2 Duke L 53-79 Championship3/8/2002 CH 7-2 Duke L 48-60 Quarterfinals3/14/2003 GR 7-2 Maryland W 84-72 Quarterfinals3/15/2003 GR 7-3 Duke L 63-75 Semifinals3/12/2004 GR 5-4 Georgia Tech L 82-83 Quarterfinals3/11/2005 DC 1-9 Clemson W 88-81 Quarterfinals3/12/2005 DC 1-5 Georgia Tech L 75-78 Semifinals3/10/2006 GR 2-7 Virginia W 79-67 Quarterfinals3/11/2006 GR 2-3 Boston College L 82-85 Semifinals

*UNC did not compete in the ACC Tournament in 1961*UNC received Quarterfinals byes in 1972, ’76, ’77, ’78, ’79Key to Sites: RAL=Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.; GR=Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro,N.C.; CH=Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.; CC= Capital Centre, Landover, Md.; OM=TheOmni, Atlanta; ATL=Georgia Dome, Atlanta; DC=MCI Center, Washington, D.C.

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the championship game that had swept the reg-ular-season series from UNC. Carolina racedout to a 15-4 lead and thrashed Duke, 96-74.Fox made 10 of 16 field goal attempts for 25points and Hubert Davis netted 17. Rice had 12points and seven assists and did not commit aturnover. Fox averaged 17.3 points and 9rebounds over the three games and was namedMVP. Davis averaged 13.7 points and hit near-ly 64 percent from three-point range in theTournament.

The win was the largest in the finals sinceCarolina beat NC State, 87-50, in 1968.

1994Carolina faced Wake Forest in the semifinal

in what proved to be one of the most excitinggames in ACC Tournament history. WakeForest led, 76-70, with 2:15 to play, but DerrickPhelps helped cut the deficit to three with 11seconds left. Phelps then made the first of twofree throws and rebounded his own miss on thesecond. He fed Dante Calabria who drove thelane and hit a twisting bank shot with three sec-onds remaining for a tie at 81.

Carolina led 84-81 in overtime, but a three-pointer by Rusty LaRue tied the game with 39seconds left. UNC freshman Jerry Stackhouse,the Tournament’s MVP, hit the game-winner ona baseline drive with five seconds to play. WakeForest guard Randolph Childress, who scored31 points, just missed a long three-pointer as theclock expired.

Stackhouse had 14 points and seven reboundsand Eric Montross added 12 points and ninerebounds to lead Carolina past Virginia, 73-66,in the title game.

1997The Tar Heels lost their first three ACC reg-

ular-season games, but rallied to go 8-0 in thesecond half to finish tied for second place.Carolina then swept past Virginia, Wake Forestand NC State to claim its 14th Tournament title.Junior guard Shammond Williams earned MVPhonors, averaging 20.0 points and 5.0 assists.

Antawn Jamison scored 24 points andgrabbed 10 rebounds and point guard Ed Cotahad 11 points and 10 assists in the 78-68 quar-terfinal win over Virginia. Williams made eightof 11 shots, including four of seven three-point-ers, in an 86-73 triumph over the Tim Duncan-led Demon Deacons in the semifinals.

In the championship game, Williams againled Carolina with 23 points, nine of which cameon a trio of three-point baskets in a 2:02 spanmidway through the second half. Jamisonadded 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.Carolina shot 59.0 percent from the floor, thethird-highest percentage ever by the winningteam in an ACC final.

1998Carolina repeated as Tournament champions

for the first time since 1981-82 with victoriesover NC State, Maryland and Duke. Those winsavenged regular-season losses against the samethree opponents. Jamison injured a muscle inthe overtime win over the Terrapins in the semi-final, and was questionable for Sunday’s cham-pionship game. However, Jamison was relent-less against the Blue Devils, sparking UNC to a15-point win over the nation’s top-ranked teamwith a 22-point, 18-rebound effort that ranks asone of the finest in championship game history.

Jamison had 25 points in the opening roundwin over the Wolfpack. The Tar Heels trailedthroughout much of the second half againstMaryland, but rallied behind ShammondWilliams to force overtime. Williams added 10points in the extra stanza to lead Carolina to an83-73 triumph.

Carolina’s win over Duke in the champi-onship game was UNC’s sixth in title gamematchups against the Blue Devils. The gamewas tied at 57 with less than 11 minutes to play,but the Tar Heels reeled off the next 13 points.Carolina finished the game shooting 54.4 per-cent from the floor, while Duke hit on just 32.8percent of its field goal attempts. Williams andVince Carter had 19 and 16 points, respectively.

CAROLINA’S ACC TOURNAMENT MATRIXOpp. Seed #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Total

#1 — 4-2 2-1 7-3 7-2 1-3 1-0 12-0 2-0 36-11UNC’s #2 2-3 — 7-2 3-0 0-0 1-1 10-2 1-0 0-0 24-8Seed #3 0-2 4-2 — 0-1 0-0 6-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 11-7

#4 0-1 1-0 0-0 — 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 4-5#5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 — 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4#7 — 1-1 0-1 — — — — — — 1-2

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King Rice cuts the nets after the 1991 ACC champi-onship-game win over Duke.

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Antawn Jamison, Serge Zwikker and the Tar Heelswon the ACC Tournament in 1997.

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FANTASTIC FINISHES1957 Season The Tar Heels had to pull out numerous

close games to preserve their perfect 32-0record and NCAA title. Win No. 17 was a 65-61triumph over Maryland in double overtime.Tommy Kearns’ free throws provided the win-ning margin in the 18th consecutive win, 75-73,over Duke. The Tar Heels beat Wake Forest forthe fourth time in that one year in the ACCTournament semifinals. Carolina trailed withless than a minute left, but squeaked out a 61-59win.

Those close games were nothing comparedto the drama that unfolded in the Final Four inKansas City. The Tar Heels won back-to-backtriple overtime games against Michigan Stateand Kansas to capture UNC’s first NCAAchampionship. Pete Brennan’s jumper againstMichigan State was a key play that extended thegame into the second overtime. Joe Quigg’s twofree throws with six seconds remaining in thethird overtime gave Carolina a 54-53 win overKansas and Wilt Chamberlain in the final. In1999, Sports Illustrated selected the 1957NCAA title game as its second-favorite game ofall-time.

UNC 87, Davidson 85March 15, 1969

Charles Scott almost single-handedly carriedthe Tar Heels to victory in the NCAA EastRegional final in College Park, Md. Scott con-nected on 10 of 14 field goal attempts in thesecond half. Davidson had the ball with 1:05remaining and the score tied, 85-85, but GeraldTuttle drew a charge for the Tar Heels. Scott hita 20-footer with three seconds left and Carolinaadvanced to its third consecutive Final Four.

UNC 73, Duke 71January 19, 1974

The Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils on alast-second shot at Cameron Indoor Stadium.The Tar Heels rallied to tie the score and Dukehad the ball at half-court with four seconds left.Bobby Jones stole the inbounds pass and hit anoff-balance lay-up with one second left to giveCarolina a 73-71 win.

UNC 96, Duke 92 (OT)March 2, 1974

In one of the most famous comebacks in col-lege basketball, the Tar Heels rallied from eightpoints down with 17 seconds remaining againstDuke to force overtime. Trailing 86-78, BobbyJones made both ends of a one-and-one withjust 17 seconds left. John Kuester cut the deficitto four with 13 seconds to play with a lay-upafter Duke threw away the inbounds pass. TheBlue Devils again lost the inbounds pass andJones cut the deficit to two on a put-back off anEd Stahl miss. Six seconds remained. The TarHeels fouled Pete Kramer with four seconds

left, and he missed the front end of the one-and-one. Stahl grabbed the rebound and called atimeout with three ticks left. Mitch Kupchak in-bounded the ball to Walter Davis, who launcheda 35-foot shot as time expired. The shot bankedoff the glass to tie the score at 86-86.Carmichael Auditorium erupted and Carolinawent on to win 96-92 in overtime.

UNC 101, Wake Forest 100 (OT)March 6, 1975

Carolina trailed Wake Forest, 90-82, with 50seconds remaining in the ACC quarterfinals.Phil Ford hit a 20-footer with 43 ticks left andMitch Kupchak followed a Deacon turnoverwith a driving layup with 34 secnds to play.Wake Forest’s inbounds pass grazed the score-board, turning the ball back to Carolina. WalterDavis scored to make it 90-88 with 29 secondsleft. The Deacons failed to convert two one-and-one opportunities before Brad Hoffmandrove the baseline and nailed a 12-footer to tiethe game with two seconds left. The Tar Heelspulled out the 101-100 win in overtime andwent on to capture the ACC title two days later.

UNC 70, NC State 69January 17, 1979

Carolina charged out to a 40-19 halftime leadand led by 17 with 10:30 to play, but theWolfpack got hot. Kenny Matthews hit a jumperwith 32 seconds left that gave State a 69-68lead. Dudley Bradley missed a jumper for theTar Heels and State grabbed the rebound with16 seconds left. Reynolds Coliseum celebrated.

But Bradley stole the ball from Clyde Austin atmid-court and drove in for the game-winningdunk and a 70-69 triumph.

The Carolina bench, including assistant coach Bill Guthridge (center, dark suit), jumps for joy as CharlesScott hits the game-winner as time expires, giving the Tar Heels an 87-85 win over Davidson in the 1969NCAA East Regional Final. The victory sent UNC to its third straight Final Four.

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FANTASTIC FINISHESUNC 63, Georgetown 62March 29, 1982

Michael Jordan hit a jumperfrom the left wing with 17 secondsto play to give Dean Smith his firstnational championship. Final FourMVP James Worthy had 28 points,but it was the freshman Jordan whotook a pass from Jimmy Black andmade the game-winning shot.Worthy stole an errant pass fromHoya forward Fred Brown in thefinal seconds to clinch the title.

UNC 70, Tulane 68(3 OT)November 30, 1982

John Williams made two freethrows with eight seconds to play togive Tulane a 53-51 edge. MichaelJordan was whistled for an offen-sive foul with four seconds remain-ing, and it appeared the Tar Heelswould start a season with three suc-cessive losses for the first timesince 1928-29. However, Jordanstole the inbounds pass and hit a24-foot prayer at the buzzer to tiethe game. Carolina prevailed, 70-68, in triple overtime.

UNC 64, Virginia 63February 10, 1983

Carolina trailed second-ranked Virginia by16 points in the second half and was down 63-53 with 4:12 remaining. Jimmy Braddock hit athree-pointer and Matt Doherty and SamPerkins each converted one-and-ones to closethe gap to 63-60 with 2:54 remaining. Virginiaheld the ball and Perkins was forced to foulRalph Sampson with 1:20 left. The All-Americacenter missed the front end of his one-and-one.Braddock missed a three-pointer, but MichaelJordan was there to put in the rebound. As RickCarlisle dribbled up-court, Jordan stole the balland slammed it home for a 64-63 Tar Heel lead.Carlisle missed a last-second shot and Jordangrabbed the rebound in front of a deliriousCarmichael crowd.

UNC 75, Maryland 74January 9, 1985

Lefty Driesell’s Maryland Terrapins seemedpoised to knock off Carolina at CarmichaelAuditorium. The Terps led 72-69 with 23 sec-onds left and Keith Gatlin on the line for a one-and-one. The 83 percent foul shooter missed thefront end and UNC’s Kenny Smith sank a jumpshot with 16 seconds left. Adrian Branch, a 78percent free-throw shooter, also missed. DavePopson provided the winning points with ahigh-arcing jumper with nine seconds to play.

Curtis Hunter’s steal and free throws securedthe win.

UNC 60, Notre Dame 58March 16, 1985

In the second round of the NCAATournament, the higher-seeded Tar Heels had toplay at Notre Dame. Tied at 58 with 1:38 left,the Irish held for the last shot. Irish point guardDavid Rivers lost control of the ball, enablingCurtis Hunter to scoop it up and make a leadpass to Kenny Smith. Smith slammed it home,then stole the inbounds pass to seal the win.

UNC 96, Syracuse 93 (OT)November 21, 1987

Undermanned Carolina faced top-rankedSyracuse in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classicand the Orange led by 14 with 15:39 to play.Carolina stormed back and sent the game intoovertime when freshman Pete Chilcutt hit aturnaround jumper at the horn to tie the game at85.

UNC 80, James Madison 79November 24, 1989

The Tar Heels trailed Lefty Driesell’s Dukes,79-70, with less than a minute to play in theMaui Classic. An offensive rebound basket byRick Fox and a steal and three-pointer byHubert Davis cut the deficit to four with 48 sec-onds to play. Pete Chilcutt hit a three to pull

within one with 10 ticks remaining.The Tar Heels had one last chanceafter a JMU player stepped out ofbounds and King Rice tossed anoff-balance runner from the top ofthe key that banked in at the buzzer.

UNC 79, Oklahoma 77March 17, 1990

The Tar Heels trailed No. 1ranked Oklahoma, 74-73, with 55seconds to play when Rick Foxnailed a three-pointer from 25 feetaway. The Sooners answered with aconventional three-point play andled, 77-76, but King Rice wasfouled with 10 seconds left. Rice hitthe first shot, but missed the second.The rebound went out-of-bounds toCarolina with eight seconds to play.Fox hit a driving bank shot off theglass as time expired that gave theTar Heels a 79-77 win and a 10thconsecutive trip to the Sweet 16.

UNC 80, Wake Forest 78February 8, 1992

Just three days after knockingoff No. 1 Duke, Carolina ralliedfrom 22 points behind to defeat

Wake Forest, 80-78, on Brian Reese’s jumper atthe buzzer. The comeback was the largest in TarHeel history. UNC trailed by 20 with 14:49 toplay and by 11 with 6:17 to go before a 10-0 runcut the Deacs lead to 75-74. Pat Sullivan tiedthe game at 78 with a pair of free throws with38 seconds left. Reese set up the final posses-sion with a steal with 16 seconds to go. Hedrove the lane and missed, but grabbed his ownrebound and launched a 12-footer at the buzzerfor the win.

UNC 82, Florida State 77January 27, 1993

The Seminoles jumped out to a 45-28 advan-tage at the half and later extended the lead to asmany as 21 points. Carolina trailed 73-54 withless than nine minutes to play. The Tar Heels,keyed by a pair of three-pointers by HenrikRodl, then ran off 15 straight points and EricMontross hit a jump hook with 1:59 left to cutthe FSU lead to 77-76. George Lynch stole acrosscourt pass by Charlie Ward and slammedthe ball home to give Carolina a 78-77 lead.Clutch foul shooting by Donald Williams sealedthe 82-77 victory. The Tar Heels outscored theSeminoles 28-4 over the last nine minutes.

Walter Davis (No. 24) capped a furious, eight-point comeback in the final 17 sec-onds of regulation with this 35-foot shot at the buzzer on March 2, 1974.Carolina went on to defeat Duke, 96-92, in overtime.

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1993 NCAA TournamentIn the run to the national championship,

the Tar Heels had to overcome double-digitdeficits on three different occasions. Carolinatrailed Arkansas, 25-14, more than 10 minutesinto the first half of the East Regional semifinal.Sparked by George Lynch and DonaldWilliams, the Tar Heels went on a 14-3 run totie the game at 28. Carolina fell behind 38-31before knotting the score at 45 at halftime andeventually prevailing 80-74.

The Tar Heels trailed Cincinnati 29-14 in theregional final with less than seven minutesremaining in the first half. The Bearcats’ NickVan Exel hit his sixth three-pointer of the halfwith 4:50 remaining to chalk up his 21st pointand a 33-20 lead. Led by Derrick Phelps’defense, Carolina cut the deficit to one by half-time, held Van Exel to only two points in thefinal 20 minutes and pulled out a 75-68 over-time win.

The Tar Heels fell behind Michigan, 23-13,in the national championship game. Carolinawent on a 12-2 run to tie the game, capped offby a three-pointer by Donald Williams.Carolina took a 42-36 halftime lead and went onto win the title, 77-71. Williams finished with25 points and hit four free throws in the finalminutes to secure the win.

UNC 86, Wake Forest 84 (OT)March 12, 1994

The Tar Heels erased a five-point deficit inthe final 1:15 of regulation to down the DemonDeacons, 86-84, in overtime in the ACC semifi-nals. Leading 81-78, Wake Forest chose to foulDerrick Phelps with 11.8 seconds left. Phelpsmade the first free throw and missed the second,but grabbed the rebound. He found DanteCalabria, whose baseline drive and basket with3.8 ticks left tied the score at 81. FreshmanJerry Stackhouse took a pass from Phelps andhit a driving shot to win the game, 86-84.Carolina went on to win its 13th ACC title thenext day with a 73-66 victory over Virginia.

UNC 62, Wake Forest 61January 28, 1995

Winston-Salem was the stage for a battlebetween sophomore centers Rasheed Wallaceand Tim Duncan. Duncan had 18 points, 17rebounds and seven blocks, and Wallace coun-tered with 17 points, 10 rebounds and threeblocks. Carolina trailed Wake Forest 53-43 with6:39 left. Strong inside play from Wallace andthe three-point shooting of Jeff McInnis andDonald Williams brought UNC to within one at61-60. Williams then hit a running one-handerfrom the right side of the lane with 5.5 secondsremaining for a 62-61 win.

UNC 102, Duke 100 (2 OT)February 2, 1995

The Tar Heels jumped out to a 26-9 lead on aspectacular reverse dunk by Jerry Stackhouseover two Blue Devils. Duke pulled within fiveat halftime and led by as many as 12 in the sec-ond half. UNC battled back from a nine-pointdeficit with 6:18 remaining to force overtime.The Tar Heels led by nine, but Duke made threethree-pointers, including a 30-footer from JeffCapel at the buzzer, to knot the score at 95 andforce a second overtime. Donald Williams hit apair of 12-footers in the second OT and JeffMcInnis had a steal and lay-up with under aminute to play to give Carolina a 102-100 win.Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace each had 25points and Williams added 24 in one of thegreatest college basketball games ever played.

UNC 73, Duke 72January 31, 1996

The Blue Devils’ lead was three whenAdemola Okulaja grabbed an offensive reboundand scored to make it 69-68 with 1:55 to go.Steve Wojciechowski hit a three-pointer for a72-68 Duke lead with 1:13 to play, butShammond Williams countered with a three ofhis own 15 seconds later. Duke turned the ballover and the Tar Heels nearly returned the favor,but Williams forced a jump ball after a scram-ble. Possession favored UNC and Jeff McInnisdrove into the lane and fed Serge Zwikker,

whose shot was blocked by Greg Newton.Dante Calabria tipped the loose ball in for a 73-72 lead. Duke had one final chance to win, butRicky Price’s baseline jumper at the buzzer hitthe front of the rim.

UNC 59, NC State 56January 15, 1997

The Tar Heels began ACC play with threestraight losses for the first time in history.Carolina led 36-28 at halftime, but did not scorea field goal in the second half until the 8:09mark and had just two baskets in the first 18minutes of the second stanza. The Wolfpack led56-47 with 2:00 to play, but the Tar Heels wenton a 12-0 run to finish the game. AntawnJamison began the rally by forcing a steal andShammond Williams hit a lay-up to pull withinseven. Williams hit a three-pointer and Jamisonadded a lay-up to pull within two points with 50seconds to play. Trailing by one with 28 secondsleft, Carolina fouled and State missed the frontend of a one-and-one. The Tar Heels went aheadfor good with 12 seconds to play as AdemolaOkulaja fed Jamison on the low block for a lay-up. Vince Carter stole the inbounds pass afterthe go-ahead score to secure the win.

UNC 45, NC State 44February 12, 1997

This was the lowest scoring output in a winduring Dean Smith’s 36 years as head coach.The Tar Heels trailed 28-19 at the half, butpulled within 42-41 with 7:25 to play. Neitherteam scored until a Damon Thornton basketwith 2:03 left gave State a 44-41 advantage.Serge Zwikker scored for UNC to make it 44-43. With 12.3 seconds to play, Antawn Jamisonforced a turnover and freshman point guard EdCota drove to the left baseline and lofted a

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Dante Calabria’s tip-in gave the Tar Heels a 73-72win over Duke on Jan. 31, 1996. Carolina trailed by17 points in the first half.

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FANTASTIC FINISHESfloater which found the net with 4.5 secondsremaining. Vince Carter blocked State’s lastshot at the buzzer to clinch the victory.

UNC 107, Ga. Tech 100 (2 OT)February 8, 1998

The Tar Heels let a seven-point lead slipaway in the final minute of regulation, butShammond Williams put on an awesome three-point shooting display as Carolina prevailed,107-100, in double-overtime in Atlanta.Williams forced a second overtime with a pairof free throws with six seconds left in the firstextra period. In the second OT, Williams scored12 of his career-high 42 points, including twothree-pointers.

UNC 74, Tennessee 69March 24, 2000

Carolina was unranked for the first time in10 years and entered the NCAA Tournament asthe No. 8 seed. The Tar Heels trailed 10th-ranked Tennessee, 39-36, at halftime of theregional semifinal. The Vols led by two whenUNC center Brendan Haywood fouled out with8:03 left and led, 64-57, with 4:48 to play. Butfreshman Joseph Forte hit a three-pointer andJason Capel had a steal and lay-up to make it64-62 with 3:41 left. Ed Cota tied the game ona driving lay-up and followed with a jumper togive UNC the lead with 1:59 left. Forte, JuliusPeppers and Cota each hit two free throws in thefinal 0:34 to cap a 15-3 Tar Heel run and a 74-69 win.

UNC 70, Wake Forest 69January 6, 2001

Brendan Haywood grabbed a loose ball inthe lane and scored with 3.3 seconds to play togive the Tar Heels the win over No. 4-rankedand previously undefeated Wake Forest.Haywood finished with 24 points and 10rebounds. His basket marked the fourth leadchange in the final 1:22.

UNC 85, Duke 83February 1, 2001

Joseph Forte had 24 points, 16 rebounds (aUNC record for guards), six assists and threesteals. The Tar Heels blistered the CameronIndoor Stadium nets by shooting 51.5 percentfrom the floor. Carolina led by as many as 13 inthe first half, but Duke took the lead midwaythrough the second half. Ronald Curry scoredsix straight points in 48 seconds to give the TarHeels a 63-59 lead. UNC later built a seven-point lead, but the Blue Devils tied the scorewith three seconds left. On the ensuinginbounds play, Shane Battier fouled BrendanHaywood and the UNC seven-footer hit bothfree throws with one second left for the win.

UNC 86, Connecticut 83January 17, 2004

Rashad McCants scored 27 points against theHuskies for the second straight year and for thesecond year in a row the Tar Heels upsetConnecticut in the Smith Center. McCantsscored the last 10 points of the game forCarolina, including a three-pointer with justover six seconds to play. The Huskies would goon to win the national championship. It wasRoy Williams’ first win as UNC’s head coachover a No. 1 ranked team.

UNC 75, Duke 73March 6, 2005

Carolina trailed, 73-64, after Blue Devilguard Lee Melchionni hit a three with 3:03 toplay. But the Tar Heels outscored Duke, 11-0,the rest of the way to clinch the regular-seasonACC title. Trailing by two with less than 30 sec-onds to play, David Noel stripped Daniel Ewingof the ball and Raymond Felton grabbed theloose ball and called timeout. On the ensuingpossession, Felton hit the first of two freethrows, Marvin Williams rebounded his missedsecond free throw and scored the go-ahead bas-ket with 17 seconds to play. Sean May led UNCwith 26 points and 24 rebounds.

UNC 75, Illinois 70April 4, 2005

Final Four MVP Sean May led UNC with 26points and 10 rebounds, while RaymondFelton’s and Marvin Williams’ late heroics gaveRoy Williams his first NCAA title. MarvinWilliams broke a 70-all tie with a tip-in basketwith 1:27 to play. Leading 72-70, Felton, whoearlier hit a three-pointer to break a 65-65 tie,stole an Illini pass with 31 seconds to play andhit three of four free throws to cap the win.

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#35 Pete Brennan (1955-58)Brooklyn, N.Y.

Honored: First-team All-Americ

Scored 1,332 points (32nd in UNC history)and had 854 rebounds (11th) • Averaged 16.4points, 10.5 rebounds and is one of seven TarHeels to average a career double-double •Extended the 1957 national semifinal againstMichigan State with a game-tying shot withfour seconds left in the first overtime • First-team All-America and ACC Player of the Yearin 1957-58 after leading UNC in scoring at 21.3a game.

#11 Larry Brown (1960-63)Long Beach, N.Y.

Honored: Olympic gold medalist

First Tar Heel basketball player to play in theOlympics (1964 gold medalist in Tokyo) • Wasleading scorer (16.5 ppg) in Dean Smith’s firstseason as head coach • Earned All-ACC honorsin 1962-63 as top setup man for BillyCunningham • Assistant coach under Smith atCarolina from 1965-67 • Won an NCAA title ashead coach at Kansas in 1988 and an NBA titlewith the Detroit Pistons in 2004 • Enshrined inthe Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Cartwright Carmichael (1921-24)Durham, N.C.

Honored: First-team All-America

The first Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America honors in any sport • Three-time All-Southern Conference selection and All-Americain 1923 and 1924 • Led Carolina to a 56-7record, two league titles and two league post-season championships • The 1924 team went26-0 and was named national champions by theHelms Foundation.

#15 Vince Carter (1995-98)Daytona Beach, Fla.

Honored: First-team All-America, Olympic Gold Medalist

First-team All-America selection in 1997-98• Helped lead Carolina to ACC championshipsand Final Four appearances in 1997 and 1998 •

One of the most spectacular dunkers in Tar Heelhistory • First-team All-ACC as a junior afteraveraging 15.6 points and 5.1 rebounds pergame and shooting an ACC-leading 59.1 per-cent from the field • Entered the NBA Draftafter his junior season and was the fifth pick inthe first round by the Toronto Raptors • WonNBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1999 and agold medal with the U.S. Olympic Team inAustralia in 2000.

#31 Bill Chamberlain (1969-72)New York, N.Y.

Honored: Second-team All-America

Earned MVP honors in the 1971 NIT afterscoring a career-high 34 points in the title gameagainst Georgia Tech • Hit 13 of 18 shots fromthe field in the championship game and had 10rebounds • Scored 24 points and heldMassachusetts star Julius Erving to 13 in theNIT first round • Earned second-team All-America honors in 1972.

Jack Cobb (1923-26)Durham, N.C.

Retired: National Player of the Year

UNC’s first three-time All-America • Teamedwith Cartwright Carmichael in 1924 to lead theTar Heels to their first national championship •

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SMITH CENTER JERSEYSNamed National Player of the Year in 1926 •Averaged 15 points per game in an era when theteam averaged only 35 points per contest •Three-time all-conference selection • LedCarolina to three straight Southern Conferencetournament and regular-season championships •Member of the Helms Hall of Fame and NorthCarolina Sports Hall of Fame.

#32 Billy Cunningham (1962-65)Brooklyn, N.Y.


Kangaroo Kid led the ACC in reboundingthree times • ACC Player of the Year in 1965and a three-time All-ACC selection • USBWAAll-America in 1964 and 1965 • Led the ACC inscoring in 1964 (26.0) and 1965 (25.4) •Averaged 24.8 points and 15.4 rebounds pergame in his career • Holds UNC records with 60career double-doubles, including 40 in a row •Academic All-America • NBA Rookie of theYear with Philadelphia • Played on a worldchampionship team with the 76ers in 1967 andthen coached Philadelphia to the NBA title in1983 • Inducted into the Naismith BasketballHall of Fame in 1985 and later was named oneof the NBA’s 50 greatest players of all time.

#42 Brad Daugherty (1982-86)Black Mountain, N.C.


Set record (since broken) as Carolina’s all-time leader in career field goal percentage at.620 • Consensus second-team All-America in1986 • Was a USBWA first-team All-America in‘86 • Scored 1,912 points and had 1,003

rebounds • Is third at UNC in career field goalshooting, sixth in rebounding and eighth inpoints and blocks • UNC went 111-26 overallduring his career • Led the ACC in scoring andrebounding in 1986 • Two-time All-ACC selec-tion and finalist for the Wooden Award in 1986• Was the first pick overall in the 1986 NBADraft • Averaged 19.0 points in eight NBA sea-sons, was a five-time all-star and had his num-ber retired by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

#24 Walter Davis (1973-77)Pineville, N.C.

Honored: Olympic gold medalist

Olympic gold medalist in 1976 • Scored1,863 points, grabbed 670 rebounds and had409 assists as a Tar Heel • Still ninth in scoring

and 12th in assists at UNC • Hit 35-footer atbuzzer to cap famous comeback against Duke in1974 • Scored 31 points in 1975 ACC quarterfi-nal against Wake Forest, then held NC State starDavid Thompson to 7 of 21 shooting in cham-pionship game • NBA Rookie of the Year withPhoenix in 1978 • Five-time NBA All-Star •Had his jersey retired by the Suns.

#13 John “Hook” Dillon (1945-48)

Savannah, Ga.Honored: First-team All-America

Earned All-America honors in 1946 and 1947and was the leading scorer on the 1946 squad,Carolina’s first Final Four team • Had great per-formances in the 1946 NCAA Tournament inMadison Square Garden, scoring 16 pointsagainst NYU, 15 versus Ohio State and 16 inthe finals against Oklahoma A&M • Played forthe Tar Heels from 1945 through 1948 afterplaying three years in the Savannah (Ga.) IceDelivery city league and Benedictine MilitaryAcademy.

#2 Raymond Felton (2002-05)Latta, S.C.

Honored: MVP of NCAA champions

Won the 2005 Bob Cousy Award as thenation’s top point guard • Voted by his team-mates as co-MVP of 2005 Tar Heels • First-team All-ACC and All-Final Four in 2005 inleading the Tar Heels to an NCAA title • Scored1,260 points and had 698 assists • Led the ACCin assists in 2004 and 2005 and led the league in

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SMITH CENTER JERSEYSthree-point accuracy (44.0 percent) as a junior •Tied NIT record with 17 assists againstWyoming in 2003 • Last-minute steal and freethrows helped beat No. 1 ranked Illinois in 2005NCAA final • Was MVP of the 2004 MauiInvitational • Started a UNC record 92 consec-utive games • First Tar Heel to have 1,000points, 600 assists, 300 rebounds, 100 steals and100 three-pointers.

#12 Phil Ford (1974-78)Rocky Mount, N.C.


Named one of the ACC’s Top 10 MaleAthletes in history • Carolina’s all-time leadingscorer with 2,290 points and third in assists with753 • Ran the famed Four Corners • Averaged18.6 points and 6.1 assists • First-team All-America in 1976, 1977 and 1978, ACC MaleAthlete of the Year in 1977 and 1978 • ACCPlayer of the Year in 1978 • Directed Carolinato three straight first-place ACC regular-seasonfinishes, ACC Tournament titles in 1975 and1977 and NCAA championship game in 1977 •National Player of the Year in 1978 by theWooden Award, USBWA, NABC and SportingNews • Olympic gold medalist in 1976 • ACCTournament Most Valuable Player in 1975when he led UNC to the title as a freshman •Scored career-high 34 points against Duke inhis last game at Carmichael Auditorium • LedUNC to a 99-24 record • NBA Rookie of theYear in 1979 with the Kansas City Kings •Spent 12 years (1988-2000) as a Tar Heel assis-tant coach, leading UNC to six Final Fours •Now an assistant coach with New York Knicks.

#40 Joseph Forte (1999-2001)Greenbelt, Md.


Co-ACC Player of the Year and consensusfirst-team All-America in 2001 • MVP of theNCAA South Regional as a freshman • ACCRookie of the Year in 2000 after setting UNCfreshman scoring record (16.7 ppg) • Averaged20.9 points as a sophomore as he led UNC to ashare of the ACC regular-season title • Set TarHeel rebounding record for guards with 16 atDuke in 2001 • Scored 28 points against Tulsain 2000 regional final and a career-high 38against Tulsa a year later in Chapel Hill.

#20 George Glamack (1938-41)Johnston, Pa.


Because of poor eyesight, he shot the ballaccording to the lines painted on the court andwas nicknamed “The Blind Bomber” • In 1940and 1941, he was named All-SouthernConference, All-America and National Playerof the Year • Accurate hook shot with eitherhand • Led Carolina to 1940 SouthernConference championship • Averaged 20.6points and led the 1941 team to the SoCon reg-ular-season title and first appearance in theNCAA Tournament • Played five professionalseasons.

#00 Brendan Haywood(1997-2001)

Greensboro, N.C.Honored: Second-team All-America

ACC’s career field goal percentage leader at63.7 percent • Is eighth in ACC history with304 blocked shots, a UNC record • Second-team All-America by The Sporting News in2001 • Set single-season UNC blocked shotrecord with 120 as a senior • Registered triple-double against Miami with 18 points, 14rebounds and 10 blocks • Led the nation in fieldgoal percentage (.697) in 2000 • Scored 28points and had 15 rebounds in win overMissouri in 2000 NCAA first round • Had 20points and 12 rebounds vs. Florida in 2000Final Four • Currently in his fifth year in theNBA with the Washington Wizards.

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#33 Antawn Jamison (1995-98)Charlotte, N.C.


Unanimous National Player of the Year in1998 • Second Tar Heel and third player in ACChistory to be named ACC Player of the Year,ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA Regional MVPand National Player of the Year in the same sea-son • Scored 822 points, the second-highest fig-ure in UNC history, and grabbed a single-seasonUNC-record 389 rebounds that year • Averaged22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds, the first double-double by a Tar Heel since Mitch Kupchak in1976 • ACC Male Athlete of the Year • Onlyplayer in ACC history to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a freshman, sophomore and jun-ior • Led UNC to ACC Tournament titles andFinal Fours in 1997 and 1998 • First freshmanto ever lead the ACC in field goal percentage •Had 20 rebounds at Virginia as a freshman •Averaged 30.3 points and 12.0 rebounds inthree home wins over Duke • Overcame a leginjury to tally 22 points and 18 rebounds in1998 ACC final versus Duke • Fourth in careerrebounding at UNC with 1,027 and seventh inscoring with 1,974 points • Became an NBAAll-Star for first time in 2005 with Washington• Played for Team USA in the FIBA WorldChampionship in the summer of 2006.

#34 Bobby Jones (1971-74)Charlotte, N.C.


Shot 66.8 percent from the floor in 1972, stillthe ACC single-season record, and one of threeseasons in which he led the ACC • Averaged15.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists as ajunior • In 1974 game at Duke, he stole aninbounds pass and dribbled the length of thefloor for a lay-up at the buzzer to give Carolinaa 73-71 victory • In the rematch, Jones scoredfour points in Tar Heel rally from eight pointsdown with 17 seconds left in regulation •Scored 24 points as UNC won in overtime, 96-92 • Played in the controversial 1972 Olympicsafter his sophomore year • Earned first-teamAll-America honors from USBWA as a senior •One of best defensive players in NBA history •Earned All-Defensive First Team honors eightconsecutive years • Won the NBA Sixth ManAward in 1983 and was a member of the worldchampion Philadelphia 76ers in 1983 • Pastfinalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame.

#8 Jim Jordan (1944-46)Chester, W. Va.


The U.S. Navy transferred him from Mt. St.Mary’s College to the ROTC unit at UNC •Helped UNC post a 22-6 record and was theonly unanimous selection to the All-SouthernConference team in 1945 • Was standout for1946 team that posted a 30-5 record andreached the NCAA finals before losing toOklahoma A&M • Was a second-team All-America in 1945 and a first-team selection in1946.

#23 Michael Jordan (1981-84)Wilmington, N.C.


Arguably the finest player to ever play bas-ketball • ESPN’s Greatest Athlete of the 20thCentury • ACC’s No. 1 Male Athlete in theleague’s first 50 years • Consensus All-Americain 1983 and 1984 • Sporting News NationalPlayer of the Year as a sophomore and unani-mous selection in 1984 • Hit game-winningjump shot to beat Georgetown for 1982 NCAAtitle • Averaged 17.7 points and 5.0 rebounds asa Tar Heel • Led the ACC in scoring in 1984with 19.4 points per game • Won gold medals inthe 1984 and 1992 Olympics • Leading U.S.scorer in 1983 Pan American Games and 1984Olympics • ACC Rookie of the Year in 1982,Player and Male Athlete of the Year in 1984 •Steal and dunk against Virginia in 1983 is oneof the most memorable plays in Carolina histo-ry • Capped a 16-point second-half comebackwith the slam dunk.

Third overall selection by the Chicago Bullsin 1984 Draft • Led Bulls to six NBA champi-onships • Five-time MVP (1988, 1991, 1992,

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#40 Tommy Kearns (1955-58)Bergenfield, N.J.


Carolina’s third-leading scorer (12.8 ppg) onundefeated 1957 NCAA champions • Scored 29points in double overtime win at Maryland andhit winning free throws with 11 seconds to playin 75-73 win over Duke to preserve the perfectrecord • Jumped center (despite being 5-11)against 7-footer Wilt Chamberlain in 1957NCAA final vs. Kansas • First-team All-ACCguard in 1957 and 1958 and a second-teamConverse All-America in 1957.

#21 Mitch Kupchak (1972-76)Brentwood, N.Y.


First to play at Carolina after freshman eligi-bility rule went into effect • Averaged double-double in points and rebounds in 1975 and 1976• Fifth in UNC history in rebounds with 1,006 •Two-time All-ACC selection as a junior andsenior • ACC Player of the Year and All-America in 1976 • Starting center on the goldmedal winning 1976 U.S. Olympic Team •Played on three NBA championship teams withthe Washington Bullets and Los Angeles Lakers• Currently general manager of the Lakers, whohe has worked for since 1986-87 season andwon five NBA titles as an executive.

#45 Tommy LaGarde (1973-77)Detroit, Mich.

Honored: Olympic Gold Medalist, Second-team All-America

Member of 1976 Olympic gold medalists •Named second-team All-America in 1977,despite missing final third of season after injur-ing his knee at Maryland • Averaged 15.1 pointsand 7.4 rebounds that year • Led the ACC in1976 in field goal percentage at 61.2 percentand was second in free throw percentage at 80.9• Is 10th at UNC in field goal percentage at 58.3percent • Two-time Academic All-America •Played six seasons in the NBA and was a mem-ber of the 1978-79 NBA champion SeattleSuperSonics.

#22 York Larese (1958-61)New York, N.Y.


Three-time All-ACC selection from 1959-61and a second-team All-America as a senior •Led the ACC in foul shooting in 1960 at 86.8percent, including a 21 for 21 effort againstDuke, which stands today as the ACC record •Held the single-season UNC free throw recordfor 25 years and is still fifth-best • Scored 1,287points as a Tar Heel.

#22 Bob Lewis (1964-67)Washington, D.C.


Averaged 27.4 points as a junior in 1966, thesecond-highest single-season figure in UNChistory • Is 10th at UNC with 1,836 points •Scored 49 points against Florida State on Dec.16, 1965, most ever by a Tar Heel • MVP of the1967 NCAA East Regional after scoring 31points against Boston College in the champi-onship game • An All-America and All-ACCselection in 1966 and 1967 • Senior co-captainof Dean Smith’s first ACC champion and FinalFour team in 1967.

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#34 George Lynch (1989-93)Roanoke, Va.

Honored: MVP of NCAA champions

Voted by his teammates as the MVP of the1993 NCAA champions • Was one of only twoplayers in ACC history to compile 1,500 points,1,000 rebounds, 200 steals and 200 assists • Stillis second at Carolina in rebounds (1,097) andsteals (241) • His dunk gave Carolina the leadfor good after stealing a cross-court pass in amemorable comeback win over Florida State in1993 home win • Had double-doubles in pointsand rebounds in each of Carolina’s last fourgames during the 1993 title run, averaging 17.5points and 11.0 rebounds in wins overArkansas, Cincinnati, Kansas and Michigan •Most Outstanding Player of the 1993 NCAAEast Regional and a member of the Final FourAll-Tournament team • First-team All-ACC in1993 • Played 12 seasons in the NBA.

#42 Sean May (2002-05)Bloomington, Ind.

Honored: MVP of NCAA champions, First-team All-America

Averaged 22.3 points and 17.3 rebounds in2005 NCAA Tournament and was named MVPof the Final Four • Had 26 points and 10rebounds in NCAA final vs. No. 1 Illinois • Had29 points and 12 rebounds in regional final vs.Wisconsin and was MVP of the SyracuseRegional • First-team All-ACC and All-America (ESPN) and consensus second-teamAll-America • Averaged 17.5 points and 10.7rebounds as a junior and 15.8 points and 10.0rebounds in his career • One of seven Tar Heelsto average a career double-double • Posted eightconsecutive double-doubles as a junior • Had 26

points and 24 rebounds against Duke in lasthome game, a 75-73 win that clinched ACC title• Set a UNC single-season record in 2005 with397 boards • Plays with the Charlotte Bobcats.

#35 Robert McAdoo (1971-72)Greensboro, N.C.


Naismith Hall of Fame inductee • Transferfrom Vincennes Junior College who helpedCarolina to a 26-5 record in 1971-72 • The TarHeels won the ACC regular-season and tourna-ment titles and advanced to the Final Four • LedUNC in scoring (19.5) and rebounding (10.1) •All-ACC, ACC Tournament MVP and all-tour-nament selection in the NCAA East Regionaland Final Four • First UNC player to enter theNBA Draft with college eligibility remaining •

NBA Rookie of the Year for the Buffalo Bravesin 1973 and the MVP in 1975 • Five-time NBAAll-Star and NBA champion with the Lakers in1982 and 1985 • Currently an assistant coachwith the Miami Heat.

#32 Rashad McCants (2002-05)Asheville, N.C.


Second-team All-America by SportsIllustrated and Basketball Times as a sopho-more in 2004 when he led the ACC in scoring(20.0) • Earned first-team All-ACC honors in2004 and third-team honors in 2005 • Averaged16.0 points and led UNC with 71 three-pointerson the 2005 NCAA title team • Scored 14 first-half points in NCAA final vs. Illinois • EarnedNCAA All-Syracuse Regional and Final Fourhonors • Scored 28 points in his freshman debutand broke UNC freshman scoring record with17.0 points per game • MVP of 2002 PreseasonNIT • Is second at UNC with 221 three-pointersand 14th in scoring with 1,721 points.

#44 Larry Miller (1965-68)Catasauqua, Pa.


First-team All-America, ACC Player of theYear and ACC Tournament MVP in 1967 and1968 • Led Dean Smith to first two ACC titlesand Final Four appearances • ACC Male Athleteof the Year in 1968 • Scored in double figures aschool-record 64 consecutive games • Still sixthat UNC in scoring with 1,982 points and is fifthin scoring average at 21.8 per game • Averageda double-double as a sophomore • Scored 30 ormore points 11 times with a high of 38 at

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#35 Doug Moe (1958-61)Brooklyn, N.Y.


Two-time All-ACC selection and a first-teamUSBWA All-America as a senior in 1961 •Averaged 20.4 points and 14.0 rebounds as asenior and 10.6 rebounds in his career • BillyCunningham is the only Tar Heel to averagemore rebounds in a season or career • MVP ofthe 1960 Dixie Classic, with 22 points and 18rebounds in the semifinal versus Villanova anda stifling defensive effort against Duke’s ArtHeyman in the final • Played professionally inItaly and twice was European Player of the Year• Three-time all-star in the ABA • Head coachfor 15 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs,Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers • NBACoach of the Year (Denver) in 1988.

#00 Eric Montross (1990-94)Indianapolis, Ind.


Two-time second-team All-America selectionand member of the 1994 John Wooden All-America team • Averaged 15.8 points and 7.6rebounds as starting center for the 1993 NCAAchampions • First-team All-ACC selection that

year • Named to all-tournament teams at theACC Tournament, NCAA East Regional andFinal Four in 1993 • Scored 1,627 points, is sev-enth at UNC in rebounds with 941 and fifth inblocked shots with 169 • Played nine seasons inthe NBA after being selected in the first roundby the Boston Celtics.

#31 Mike O’Koren (1976-80)Jersey City, N.J.


First-team All-America in 1978, 1979 and1980 • Led the ACC and was second nationallyin field goal shooting as a sophomore • Earnedfirst-team All-ACC honors in 1978 and 1980 •Scored 21 points in the 1977 ACC Tournament

final against Virginia to lead the Tar Heels to a75-69 victory • Scored a career-high 31 againstUNLV in the 1977 Final Four • Had 17 points,20 rebounds, seven assists and four steals whileholding Gene Banks scoreless in the second halfof 74-68 victory over Duke on Jan. 13, 1979 •Co-captain of 1979 U.S. Pan American Gamesteam which captured the gold medal • Averaged15.1 points and 7.0 rebounds as a Tar Heel •Played eight seasons in the NBA with the NewJersey Nets and Washington Bullets and is anassistant coach with the Wizards.

#41 Sam Perkins (1980-84)Latham, N.Y.

Honored: Olympic gold medalist, First-team All-America

Carolina’s all-time leading rebounder (1,167)and second-leading scorer (2,145) • Three-timefirst-team All-America and All-ACC selectionfrom 1982-84 • ACC Rookie of the Year andACC Tournament MVP in 1981 • Won threeACC regular-season championships, two ACCTournament crowns and played in the FinalFour in 1981 and 1982 • 1982 NCAA champi-ons • All-Tournament at 1981 NCAA WestRegional, 1982 NCAA East Regional and the1982 Final Four • Averaged 15.9 points and 8.6rebounds • Won gold medals at 1983 PanAmerican Games and 1984 Olympics •Outstanding 17-year NBA career.

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#34 J.R. Reid (1986-89)Virginia Beach, Va.


Consensus All-America in 1988 after averag-ing 18.0 points, 8.9 rebounds and shooting 60.7percent from the floor • ACC Rookie of the Yearin 1987 with 528 points and 268 rebounds •Scored 31 points twice as a freshman, includingan NCAA Tournament game versus NotreDame in which he went 15 for 18 from the floor• MVP of the 1989 ACC Tournament • Earned

All-NCAA Tournament honors three times • Isfifth in career field goal percentage (.601) and23rd in scoring (1,552) at Carolina.

#10 Lennie Rosenbluth (1954-57)Bronx, N.Y.


Carolina’s single-season (28.0 ppg in 1956-57) and career (26.9) scoring average leader •National Player of the Year on undefeated 1957squad, leading UNC to the national champi-onship in a triple-overtime victory over Kansasand Wilt Chamberlain • Held UNC career pointsmark (2,045) for 21 years and is third today •Still holds UNC records for points in a season,field goals attempted in a season and freethrows made and attempted in both a season anda career • Three-time All-ACC selection andACC Player and Athlete of the Year in 1957 •Second-team All-America as a junior • AntawnJamison, Duke’s Christian Laettner and he arethe only players to be named ACC Player of theYear, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA RegionalMVP and National Player of the Year in thesame season.

#33 Charles Scott (1967-70)New York, N.Y.

Honored: Olympic gold medalist, First-team All-America

Key player on 1968 and 1969 ACC champi-ons and Final Four teams • First-team All-America in 1969 and 1970 and a three-time All-ACC selection • First black scholarship athlete

at Carolina • MVP of the NCAA East Regionalin 1969 and co-ACC Athlete of the Year in 1970• Fifth in scoring at Carolina with 2,007 pointsand fourth in scoring average at 22.1 ppg •Great rebounding guard, averaging 7.1 pergame • Led ACC with 27.1 ppg as a senior,third-best ever at UNC • Scored in double fig-ures in 52 straight games • Scored 40 points in1969 ACC Tournament final against Duke, ral-lying Carolina from a nine-point halftimedeficit to an 11-point victory, and was namedMVP • Jump shot at the buzzer gave Carolina an87-85 win over Davidson in NCAA EastRegional final • Academic All-America • Wongold medal at 1968 Olympics in Mexico City •Played 10 seasons in ABA and NBA, winningNBA title with Boston in 1976.

#12 Lee Shaffer (1957-60)Pittsburgh, Pa.


First-team All-America and ACC Player ofthe Year in 1960 after leading the league in scor-ing at 18.2 points and grabbing 11.2 reboundsper game • Had 20 rebounds versus Notre Dame• All-ACC Tournament as junior and senior,scoring 21, 23, 11, 29 and 21 points in five tour-nament games over two seasons • Two-time All-Dixie Classic selection.

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#30 Kenny Smith (1983-87)Queens, N.Y.


Consensus first-team All-America and All-ACC choice in 1987 after leading UNC with16.9 points and 209 assists • 1987 NationalPlayer of the Year by Basketball Times • Setrecord (since broken) with 86 assists in NCAATournament play • Averaged 12.9 points and 6.0assists as a Tar Heel • Led UNC to 14-0 ACCrecords and No. 1 rankings in 1984 and 1987 •Scored career-high 41 points in 1987 season atClemson • Broke Phil Ford’s UNC assist record• Smith finished his career as Carolina’s all-timeassists (768) and steals leader (195) • Played 11years in the NBA and won titles with Houstonin 1994 and 1995 • Currently a popular NBAanalyst for TNT.

#42 Jerry Stackhouse (1993-95)Kinston, N.C.


Consensus first-team All-America in 1995and All-ACC selection that year • SportsIllustrated’s National Player of the Year in 1995• ACC Tournament MVP as a freshman in 1994• Averaged 19.2 points and shot 41 percent fromthree-point range in 1995 • Scored 25 points, 11rebounds and four assists in UNC’s 102-100win at Duke in 1995 • Had 18 points and 12

rebounds and led No. 2 seed Carolina past No.1 Kentucky in the 1995 Southeast Regionalfinal • Third player selected in the 1995 Draft •Currently in his 11th year in the NBA • Playedin 2000 NBA All-Star Game.

#30 Rasheed Wallace (1993-95)Philadelphia, Pa.


First-team All-America and first-team All-ACC as a sophomore in 1995 • Helped Carolinabeat top-seeded Kentucky in Birmingham, Ala.,to advance to the 1995 Final Four • Led theACC in field goal percentage at 65.4 percent,the third-best mark in ACC history • Is secondat Carolina and in the ACC in career field goalaccuracy at 63.5 percent • Scored 25 points inUNC’s 102-100 win at Duke in 1995 • Fourthplayer selected in the 1995 NBA Draft •Currently in his 11th year in the NBA • Playedin 2000 and 2001 NBA All-Star Games.

#30 Al Wood (1977-81)Gray, Ga.


Led Carolina in scoring three times withaverages of 17.8, 19.0 and 18.1 from 1979-81 •First-team All-America in 1981 after he ledUNC to the NCAA final • Was MVP at the 1981West Regional, then scored 39 points, anNCAA semifinal record, and had 10 rebounds

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in beating Virginia • Fourth in scoring at UNCwith 2,015 points • First-team All-ACC in 1979and 1981 • Member of the 1980 U.S. OlympicTeam • Played six years in the NBA.

#52 James Worthy (1979-82)Gastonia, N.C.


Naismith Hall of Fame inductee in 2003 •Named one of the 50 greatest NBA players and50 greatest ACC players • Scored 28 points toearn MVP honors at 1982 Final Four • AlsoMVP of the 1982 ACC Tournament and EastRegional • First-team All-America in 1981 and1982 • Helms Foundation’s 1982 NationalPlayer of the Year • Averaged 14.5 points and7.4 rebounds • ACC Athlete of the Year andfirst-team All-ACC as a junior • First playerselected in 1982 NBA Draft • Seven-time NBAAll-Star, won championships with the Lakers in1985, 1987 and 1988 • MVP of the 1988 NBAFinals.

#44 Dennis Wuycik (1969-72)Ambridge, Pa.


Led the ACC in field goal percentage in 1971at 60.7 percent • Led the ACC in free throw per-centage in 1972 at .854 • Two-time All-ACCselection after scoring 18.4 and 18.0 points hislast two years • Earned All-America honors in

1972 from the Helms Foundation andBasketball Weekly and was an Academic All-America • Scored 24 versus Maryland in 1972ACC championship game • MVP of 1972NCAA East Regional and scored 47 points intwo games at the Final Four • Fourth at UNC infree throw shooting at 83.4 percent and seventhin field goal accuracy at 59.0 percent.

Carolina’s Retired NumbersJack Cobb (Class of ‘26)#10 • Lennie Rosenbluth (‘57)#12 • Phil Ford (‘78)#20 • George Glamack (‘41)#23 • Michael Jordan (‘85)#33 • Antawn Jamison (‘99)#52 • James Worthy (‘83)

Carolina’s Honored NumbersCartwright Carmichael (‘24)#00 • Eric Montross (‘94)#00 • Brendan Haywood (‘01)#2 • Raymond Felton (‘06)#8 • Jim Jordan (‘46)#11 • Larry Brown (‘63)#12 • Lee Shaffer (‘60)#13 • John Dillon (‘48)#15 • Vince Carter (‘99)#21 • Mitch Kupchak (‘76)#22 • York Larese (‘61)#22 • Bob Lewis (‘67)#24 • Walter Davis (‘77)#30 • Al Wood (‘81)#30 • Kenny Smith (‘87)#30 • Rasheed Wallace (‘97)#31 • Bill Chamberlain (‘72)#31 • Mike O’Koren (‘80)#32 • Billy Cunningham (‘65)#32 • Rashad McCants (‘06)#33 • Charles Scott (‘70)#34 • Bobby Jones (‘74)#34 • J.R. Reid (‘90)#34 • George Lynch (‘93)#35 • Pete Brennan (‘58)#35 • Doug Moe (‘61)#35 • Robert McAdoo (‘73)#40 • Tommy Kearns (‘58)#40 • Joseph Forte (‘03)#41 • Sam Perkins (‘84)#42 • Brad Daugherty (‘86)#42 • Jerry Stackhouse (‘97)#42 • Sean May (‘06)#44 • Larry Miller (‘68)#44 • Dennis Wuycik (‘72)#45 • Tommy LaGarde (‘77)

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first Tar Heel to earn All-America honors asa freshman, has qualified to have his jerseyhonored in the Smith Center rafters upon thecompletion of his Carolina career.

2005 Trio to be HonoredRaymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad

McCants will be honored on Dec. 31, 2006,during the Dayton game.

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Vince Carter (New Jersey)� Eight-year NBA veteran with career averagesof 23.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 4.0 apg� Seven-time All-Star selection, receiving themost votes on three occasions� Started 79 games for the New Jersey Nets in2005-06, averaging 24.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 4.3apg� Averaged 29.6 ppg in 11 games during the2006 Eastern Conference Playoffs� Led the Raptors to the Eastern Conferencesemifinals for the first time in franchise historyin 2001� Won a gold medal with the U.S. OlympicTeam in Sydney, Australia in the summer of2000� Selected to the All-NBA second team in2000-01� Selected to the All-NBA third team in 1999-2000� Unanimously selected for the 1998-99 All-Rookie first team� Selected fifth overall in the first round of the1998 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors� Traded on the night of the draft to the Raptorsfor former UNC teammate Antawn Jamison� Received his degree from Carolina on May20, 2001

Raymond Felton (Charlotte)� Became starter at point guard 33 games intothe season for the Charlotte Bobcats and startedin 54 games� Averaged 11.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 30.1 mpg and 5.6apg in 80 games for the Bobcats in 2005-06� Set career highs of 31 points and 14 assists inrookie season � Selected to the NBA All-Rookie second teamin 2005-06 along with fellow former Tar HeelMarvin Williams� Selected fifth overall in the 2005 NBA Draftfirst round

Brendan Haywood (Washington)� Five-year NBA veteran with career averagesof 7.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 1.4 bpg� Started 70 games for the Washington Wizardsin 2005-06, averaging 7.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 1.32bpg� Helped the Wizards to the EasternConference Playoffs in 2005-06� Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in thefirst round (20th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft

Antawn Jamison (Washington)� One of the best small forwards in the league� Eight-year NBA veteran with career averagesof 19.4 ppg and 7.6 rpg� Started 80 games for the Washington Wizardsin 2005-06, averaging 20.5 ppg and 9.3 rpg� Averaged 19.2 ppg and 7.2 rpg in six EasternConference Playoff games for the Wizards in2006� Named to the 2005 NBA Eastern ConferenceAll-Star Team� Received the NBA’s Sixth Man Award in2003-04 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks� Selected fourth overall in the first round ofthe 1998 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors� Traded on the night of the draft to theWarriors for former UNC teammate VinceCarter� Graduated from UNC in December 1999� Played for Team USA in 2006 in the WorldBasketball Championship

Sean May (Charlotte)� Played in 23 games for the Charlotte Bobcatsin 2005-06, averaging 8.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 17.3mpg� Missed over half of his rookie season due toarthroscopic surgery on his right knee� Third Tar Heel selected in the 2005 NBADraft, going 13th overall to the Bobcats

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Rashad McCants (Minnesota)� Played in 79 games for the MinnesotaTimberwolves in 2005-06, averaging 7.9 ppg,1.8 rpg and 17.2 mpg� Started 12 of the Timberwolves’ final 15games in his rookie season� Fourth and final Tar Heel selected in the 2005NBA Draft, going 14th overall as a Lottery pick

Jeff McInnis (New Jersey)� Nine-year NBA veteran with careeraverages of 10.3 ppg and 4.5 apg� Played in 28 games for the New JerseyNets in 2005-06, averaging 5.3 ppg, 1.8rpg and 1.9 apg� Has played for six NBA teams� Led the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio(3.96) in 2000-01� Signed with the Los Angeles Clippersafter winning the CBA Most ValuablePlayer award in 1999-2000� Selected by the Denver Nuggets in thesecond round (37th pick overall) of the1996 NBA Draft

Jerry Stackhouse (Dallas)� 11-year NBA veteran with career aver-ages of 19.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 3.9 apg� Has averaged better than 20 points pergame in eight NBA seasons, maintaining acareer scoring average of 19.9 ppg� Helped the Dallas Mavericks to theNBA Finals in 2005-06, averaging 13.0ppg, 2.8 apg and 2.9 rpg in 55 games in the

regular season� Averaged 12.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.0 apg in hisfirst NBA Finals appearance� Had arguably his best season as a pro in2001-02, leading the Detroit Pistons in scoring(21.4 ppg) and assists (5.3 apg) en route to aCentral Division championship� Ranked second in the NBA with 29.8 ppg in2000-01� Graduated from Carolina in December 1999after completing his degree via summerschool and correspondence courses� Named to the NBA All-Rookie first teamin 1996� Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers withthe third overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft

Rasheed Wallace (Detroit)� 11-year NBA veteran with career averagesof 15.7 ppg and 6.9 rpg� One of the best power forwards in theleague� Started 80 games for the Detroit Pistons in2005-06, averaging 15.1 ppg and 6.8 rpg� Selected to his third All-Star team in 2006� Recorded his 5,000th career rebound onDec. 3, 2005� Traded to the Detroit Pistons in 2004 andmade an immediate impact, helping them wintheir third NBA championship� Led the Blazers to the Western ConferenceFinals in 2000� Named to the NBA Western ConferenceAll-Star Team in 2000 and 2001� Named to the 1995-96 NBA All-RookieSecond Team � Selected by the Bullets in the first round

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(fourth pick overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft

Marvin Williams (Atlanta)� Played 79 games for the Atlanta Hawks in2005-06, averaging 8.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 24.7mpg� Named to the NBA All-Rookie second teamin 2005-06 along with fellow Tar HeelRaymond Felton� First of four Tar Heels taken in the 2005 NBA

Draft� Selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the firstround (second pick overall) of the 2005 NBADraft

In 2005, Carolina becamethe first school to havefour NBA Draft Lotterypicks in the same year.

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NBA AWARD WINNERSNBA Most Valuable Player1974-75 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1990-91 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1991-92 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1995-96 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1997-98 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

NBA Coach of the Year1987-88 Doug Moe Denver Nuggets2000-01 Larry Brown Philadelphia 76ers

NBA Rookie of the Year1972-73 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves1977-78 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns1978-79 Phil Ford Kansas City Kings1984-85 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1998-99 Vince Carter Toronto Raptors

NBA Defensive Player of the Year1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

NBA Sixth-Man Award1982-83 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers2003-04 Antawn Jamison Dallas Mavericks

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player1988 James Worthy Los Angeles Lakers1991 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1992 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1993 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1996 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1997 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls1998 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

All-NBA Team Selections1968-69 Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers First-team1969-70 Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers First-team1970-71 Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers First-team1971-72 Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers Second-team1973-74 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves Second-team1974-75 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves First-team1977-78 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns Second-team1978-79 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns Second-team

Phil Ford Kansas City Kings Second-team1984-85 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Second-team1986-87 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1988-89 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1989-90 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team

James Worthy Los Angeles Lakers Third-team1990-91 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team

James Worthy Los Angeles Lakers Third-team1991-92 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team

Brad Daugherty Cleveland Cavaliers Third-team1992-93 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1995-96 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1996-97 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1997-98 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1999-00 Vince Carter Toronto Raptors Third-team2000-01 Vince Carter Toronto Raptors Second-teamTotals: 25 All-NBA Team Selections (14 first-team, seven second-team,four third-team)

Michael Jordan — Six-time NBA Finals MVP and five-time NBA MVP

2005 All-Stars Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter

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NBA AWARD WINNERS

NBA All-Rookie Team Selections1972-73 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves First-team1976-77 Mitch Kupchak Washington Bullets First-team1977-78 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns First-team1978-79 Phil Ford Kansas City Kings First-team1982-83 James Worthy Los Angeles Lakers First-team1984-85 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team

Sam Perkins Dallas Mavericks First-team1986-87 Brad Daugherty Cleveland Cavaliers First-team1987-88 Kenny Smith Sacramento Kings First-team1989-90 J.R. Reid Charlotte Hornets Second-team1991-92 Rick Fox Boston Celtics Second-team1994-95 Eric Montross Boston Celtics Second-team1995-96 Jerry Stackhouse Philadelphia 76ers First-team

Rasheed Wallace Washington Bullets Second-team1998-99 Vince Carter Toronto Raptors First-team

Antawn Jamison Golden State Warriors Second-team2005-06 Raymond Felton Charlotte Bobcatss Second-team

Marvin Williams Atlanta Hawks Second-teamTotals: 18 All-Rookie Team Selections (11 1st-team, seven 2nd-team)

NBA All-Defensive Team Selections1976-77 Bobby Jones Denver Nuggets First-team1977-78 Bobby Jones Denver Nuggets First-team1978-79 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team1979-80 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team1980-81 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team

Dudley Bradley Indiana Pacers Second-team1981-82 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team1982-83 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team1983-84 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers First-team1984-85 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 76ers Second-team

1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1988-89 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1989-90 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1990-91 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1991-92 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1992-93 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1995-96 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1996-97 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-team1997-98 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls First-teamTotals: 19 All-Defensive Team Selections (17 first-team, two second-team)

ABA Most Valuable Player1972-73 Billy Cunningham Carolina Cougars

ABA Rookie of the Year1970-71 Charles Scott Virginia Squires

ABA Coach of the Year1972-73 Larry Brown Carolina Cougars1974-75 Larry Brown Denver Nuggets1975-76 Larry Brown Denver Nuggets

All-ABA Team SelectionsLarry Brown (2nd team)Billy Cunningham (1st team)Bobby Jones (2nd team)Doug Moe (1st team, 2nd team)Charles Scott (1st team, 2nd team)

Seven-time NBA All-Star James Worthy

NBA All-Star Game SelectionsPlayer Number (Years)Vince Carter 7 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)Billy Cunningham 4 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)Brad Daugherty 5 (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)Walter Davis 6 (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987)Antawn Jamison 1 (2005)Bobby Jones 4 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)Michael Jordan 14 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988*, 1989,

1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996*, 1997, 1998*, 2002, 2003)Robert McAdoo 5 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)Charles Scott 3 (1973, 1974, 1975)Lee Shaffer 1 (1963)Jerry Stackhouse 2 (2000, 2001)Rasheed Wallace 3 (2000, 2001, 2006)James Worthy 7 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)*Indicates NBA All-Star Game MVP

ABA All-Star Game SelectionsPlayer Number (Years)Larry Brown 3 (1968*, 1969, 1970)Billy Cunningham 1 (1973)Bobby Jones 1 (1976)Doug Moe 3 (1968, 1969, 1970)Charles Scott 2 (1971, 1972)*Indicates ABA All-Star Game MVP(source: NBA)

TAR HEEL ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCES

Player TeamBilly Cunningham (player and coach) Philadelphia 76ersBrad Daugherty Cleveland CavaliersWalter Davis Phoenix SunsBobby Jones Philadelphia 76ersMichael Jordan Chicago BullsDoug Moe (coach) Denver NuggetsJames Worthy Los Angeles Lakers

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TAR HEELS IN THE NBA DRAFTYear Player NBA Team Round # Pick # Overall1948 Norman Kohler Indianapolis Olympians n/a n/a n/a1948 Bob Paxton Indianapolis Olympians n/a n/a n/a1957 Len Rosenbluth Philadelphia Warriors 1st 6 61958 Pete Brennan New York Knicks 1st 4 41958 Joe Quigg New York Knicks 2nd 4 121958 Tommy Kearns Syracuse Nationals 4th 6 291960 Lee Shaffer Syracuse Nationals 1st 5 51960 Doug Moe Detroit Pistons 7th 4 521961 York Larese Chicago Packers 2nd 11 201961 Doug Moe Chicago Packers 2nd 13 221961 Dick Kepley St. Louis Hawks 11th 7 981962 Jim Hudock Philadelphia Warriors 6th 7 501962 Ken McComb Philadelphia Warriors 10th 6 841962 Donnie Walsh Philadelphia Warriors 11th 5 891963 Larry Brown Baltimore Bullets 7th 2 551965 Billy Cunningham Philadelphia 76ers 1st 4 41966 Bob Bennett New York Knicks 13th 1 1011967 Bob Lewis San Francisco Warriors 4th 8 391967 Mark Mirken New York Knicks 11th 4 1171968 Larry Miller Philadelphia 76ers 5th 12 621969 Bill Bunting New York Knicks 2nd 11 261969 Dick Grubar Los Angeles Lakers 6th 12 831969 Rusty Clark Detroit Pistons 11th 4 1451970 Charles Scott Boston Celtics 7th 4 1061971 Lee Dedmon Los Angeles Lakers 5th 13 811972 Robert McAdoo Buffalo Braves 1st 2 21972 Dennis Wuycik Boston Celtics 2nd 14 271972 Bill Chamberlain Golden State Warriors 3rd 13 431972 Steve Previs Boston Celtics 7th 14 1111973 George Karl New York Knicks 4th 14 661973 Donn Johnston Buffalo Braves 18th 1 2071974 Bobby Jones Houston Rockets 1st 5 51974 Darrell Elston Atlanta Hawks 3rd 7 431974 John O’Donnell New York Knicks 10th 14 1741975 Donald Washington New York Knicks 5th 8 801975 Ed Stahl Kansas City-Omaha Kings 5th 13 851976 Mitch Kupchak Washington Bullets 1st 13 131977 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns 1st 5 51977 Tommy LaGarde Denver Nuggets 1st 9 91977 John Kuester Kansas City Kings 3rd 9 531977 Bruce Buckley San Antonio Spurs 6th 15 1251978 Phil Ford Kansas City Kings 1st 2 21978 Geff Crompton Kansas City Kings 4th 4 701978 Tom Zaliagiris Milwaukee Bucks 8th 12 1641979 Dudley Bradley Indiana Pacers 1st 13 131980 Mike O’Koren New Jersey Nets 1st 6 61980 John Virgil Golden State Warriors 3rd 3 491980 Rich Yonakor San Antonio Spurs 3rd 15 611980 Jeff Wolf Milwaukee Bucks 4th 17 861980 Dave Colescott Utah Jazz 7th 2 1401981 Al Wood Atlanta Hawks 1st 4 41981 Pete Budko Dallas Mavericks 5th 1 931981 Mike Pepper San Diego Clippers 6th 8 1231982 James Worthy Los Angeles Lakers 1st 1 11982 Jimmy Black New Jersey Nets 3rd 13 591982 Chris Brust Denver Nuggets 6th 16 1311982 Jeb Barlow Denver Nuggets 7th 15 1531983 Jimmy Braddock Denver Nuggets 5th 14 1071984 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 1st 3 31984 Sam Perkins Dallas Mavericks 1st 4 41984 Matt Doherty Cleveland Cavaliers 6th 8 1191984 Cecil Exum Denver Nuggets 9th 10 1941985 Buzz Peterson Cleveland Cavaliers 7th 8 1471986 Brad Daugherty Cleveland Cavaliers 1st 1 11986 Warren Martin Cleveland Cavaliers 4th 3 73

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Rick Fox, 1991 Pete Chilcutt, 1991 Hubert Davis, 1992 George Lynch, 1993

Jerry Stackhouse, 1995 Rasheed Wallace, 1995 Antawn Jamison,1998

Vince Carter, 1998

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Brendan Haywood,2001

Eric Montross, 1994

Joseph Forte, 2001 Marvin Williams, 2005 Raymond Felton, 2005 Sean May, 2005 Rashad McCants, 2005

Year Player NBA Team Round # Pick # Overall1986 Steve Hale New Jersey Nets 4th 11 811987 Kenny Smith Sacramento Kings 1st 6 61987 Joe Wolf Los Angeles Clippers 1st 13 131987 Dave Popson Detroit Pistons 4th 19 881987 Curtis Hunter Denver Nuggets 7th 18 1561989 J.R. Reid Charlotte Hornets 1st 5 51991 Rick Fox Boston Celtics 1st 24 241991 Pete Chilcutt Sacramento Kings 1st 27 271992 Hubert Davis New York Knicks 1st 20 201993 George Lynch Los Angeles Lakers 1st 12 121994 Eric Montross Boston Celtics 1st 9 91995 Jerry Stackhouse Philadelphia 76ers 1st 3 31995 Rasheed Wallace Washington Bullets 1st 4 41996 Jeff McInnis Denver Nuggets 2nd 8 371997 Serge Zwikker Houston Rockets 2nd 1 291998 Antawn Jamison Toronto Raptors 1st 4 41998 Vince Carter Golden State Warriors 1st 5 51998 Shammond Williams Chicago Bulls 2nd 5 342001 Brendan Haywood Cleveland Cavaliers 1st 20 202001 Joseph Forte Boston Celtics 1st 21 212005 Marvin Williams Atlanta Hawks 1st 2 22005 Raymond Felton Charlotte Bobcats 1st 5 52005 Sean May Charlotte Bobcats 1st 13 132005 Rashad McCants Minnesota Timberwolves 1st 14 142006 David Noel Milwaukee Bucks 2nd 9 39

90 Carolina players drafted by NBA teams 35 first-round picks

School First-Round Picks1. North Carolina............................................242. Duke ............................................................213. Kentucky ......................................................154. Michigan ......................................................14

Arizona ........................................................14Connecticut..................................................14

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ALL-TIME NBA ROSTERThe following is a list of players who played at least one regular-sea-

son game or appeared on a regular-season roster in either the NBA(1947-present), the ABA (1968-76) the Basketball Association of America(1947-49) or the National Basketball League (1938-49).(*Indicates active player/coach/administrator as of start of 2006-07

training camp)

Bradley, Dudley — Indiana, 1979-81; Phoenix, 1981-82; Chicago,1982-83; Washington, 1984-86; Milwaukee, 1986-88; New Jersey, 1987-88; Atlanta, 1988-89Brennan, Pete — New York, 1958-59Brown, Larry — Player: New Orleans (ABA), 1967-68; Oakland (ABA),

1968-69; Washington Capitols (ABA), 1969-70; Virginia Squires (ABA),1970-71; Virginia (ABA), 1970-71; Denver (ABA), 1970-72; Head Coach:Denver (ABA), 1974-76; Denver (NBA), 1976-79; New Jersey, 1981-83;San Antonio, 1988-1992; Los Angeles Clippers, 1992-93; Indiana, 1993-97; Philadelphia, 1997-2003; Detroit, 2003-2005; New York, 2005-06Bucknall, Steve — Los Angeles Lakers, 1989-90Bunting, Bill — Carolina (ABA), 1969-70; New Jersey (ABA), 1969-70;

Virginia (ABA), 1969-71*Carter, Vince — Toronto, 1998-2005; New Jersey, 2005-presentChamberlain, Bill — Kentucky (ABA), 1972-73; Memphis (ABA),

1972-73; Phoenix, 1973-74Chilcutt, Pete — Sacramento, 1991-94; Detroit, 1993-94; Houston,

1994-96; Vancouver, 1996-99; Utah, 1999-2000; Cleveland, 1999-2000;Los Angeles Clippers, 2000; Atlanta Hawks, 2000-01Crompton, Geff — Denver, 1978-79; Portland, 1980-81; Milwaukee,

1981-82; San Antonio, 1982-83; Cleveland, 1983-84Cunningham, Billy — Player: Philadelphia, 1965-72; Carolina (ABA),

1972-74; Philadelphia, 1974-76; Head Coach: Philadelphia, 1977-1985;Owner: Miami, 1988-1995Daugherty, Brad — Cleveland, 1986-1996Davis, Hubert — New York, 1992-96; Toronto, 1996-97; Dallas, 1997-

2001; Washington, 2001-2002; Detroit, 2002-2003; New Jersey, 2003-2004Davis, Walter — Phoenix, 1977-1988; Denver, 1988-1991; Portland,

1990-91; Denver, 1991-92; Advance Scout: Washington, 2000-2005Dedmon, Lee — Utah (ABA), 1971-72Dillon, John — Washington, 1949-50Elston, Darrell — Virginia (ABA), 1974-75; Indiana, 1976-77*Felton, Raymond — Charlotte, 2005-present*Ford, Phil — Kansas City, 1978-1982; New Jersey, 1982-83;

Milwaukee, 1982-83; Houston, 1983-85; Assistant Coach: Detroit, 2004-05; New York, 2005-presentForte, Joseph — Boston, 2001-02; Seattle, 2002-2003Fox, Rick — Boston, 1991-97; Los Angeles Lakers, 1997-2004Glamack, George — Akron, 1941-42 (NBL); Rochester, 1945-47

(NBL); Indianapolis Kautskys, 1947-48 (NBL); Hammond 1948-49 (NBL);Indianapolis Jets, 1948-49 (NBL)Grubar, Dick — Indiana (ABA), 1969-70*Hanners, Dave — Assistant Coach: Philadelphia, 2000-2003; Detroit,

2003-2005; New York, 2005-present*Haywood Brendan — Washington, 2001-present*Jamison, Antawn — Golden State, 1998-2003; Dallas, 2003-2004;

Washington, 2004-presentJones, Bobby — Denver (ABA), 1974-76; Denver (NBA), 1976-1978;

Philadelphia, 1978-1986Jordan, Michael — Chicago, 1984-93; 1994-98; Washington, 2001-

2003*Karl, George — Player: San Antonio (ABA), 1973-76; San Antonio

(NBA), 1976-78; Assistant Coach: San Antonio, 1978-80; Director ofPlayer Acquisition: Cleveland, 1983-84; Head Coach: Cleveland, 1984-86;Golden State, 1986-88; Seattle, 1991-98; Milwaukee, 1998-2003; Denver,2005-presentKearns, Tommy — Syracuse, 1958-59Kepley, Dick — St. Louis, 1961-62*Kuester, John — Player: Kansas City, 1977-78; Denver, 1978-79;

Indiana, 1979-80; Assistant Coach: Boston, 1996-97; Philadelphia, 1997-2003; Detroit, 2003-04; New Jersey, 2004-05; Philadelphia, 2005-06;Orlando, 2006-present*Kupchak, Mitch — Player: Washington, 1976-1981; Los Angeles

Name Affiliation Season TeamBilly Cunningham Player 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ersCharles Scott Player 1975-76 Boston CelticsMitch Kupchak Player 1977-78 Washington BulletsTommy LaGarde Player 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonicsMitch Kupchak Player 1981-82 Los Angeles LakersRobert McAdoo Player 1981-82 Los Angeles LakersBilly Cunningham Head Coach 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ersBobby Jones Player 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ersMitch Kupchak Player 1984-85 Los Angeles LakersRobert McAdoo Player 1984-85 Los Angeles LakersJames Worthy Player 1984-85 Los Angeles LakersMitch Kupchak Asst. GM 1986-87 Los Angeles LakersJames Worthy Player 1986-87 Los Angeles LakersMitch Kupchak Asst. GM 1987-88 Los Angeles LakersJames Worthy Player 1987-88 Los Angeles LakersMichael Jordan Player 1990-91 Chicago BullsScott Williams Player 1990-91 Chicago BullsMichael Jordan Player 1991-92 Chicago BullsScott Williams Player 1991-92 Chicago BullsMichael Jordan Player 1992-93 Chicago BullsScott Williams Player 1992-93 Chicago BullsKenny Smith Player 1993-94 Houston RocketsPete Chilcutt Player 1994-95 Houston RocketsKenny Smith Player 1994-95 Houston RocketsMichael Jordan Player 1995-96 Chicago BullsMichael Jordan Player 1996-97 Chicago BullsMichael Jordan Player 1997-98 Chicago BullsRick Fox Player 1999-00 Los Angeles LakersMitch Kupchack General Manager 1999-00 Los Angeles LakersRick Fox Player 2000-01 Los Angeles LakersMitch Kupchak General Manager 2000-01 Los Angeles LakersRick Fox Player 2001-02 Los Angeles LakersMitch Kupchak General Manager 2001-02 Los Angeles LakersLarry Brown Head Coach 2003-04 Detroit PistonsDave Hanners Assistant Coach 2003-04 Detroit PistonsJohn Kuester Assistant Coach 2003-04 Detroit PistonsPat Sullivan Video Coordinator 2003-04 Detroit PistonsRasheed Wallace Player 2003-04 Detroit PistonsRobert McAdoo Assistant Coach 2005-06 Miami Heat38 members of the last 31 NBA champions have been Carolina alumni.

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Lakers, 1981-86; Assistant General Manager: Los Angeles Lakers, 1986-92; General Manager: Los Angeles Lakers, 1992-presentLaGarde, Tommy — Denver, 1977-78; Seattle, 1978-80; Dallas, 1980-

82; New Jersey, 1984-85Larese, York — Player: Chicago Packers, 1961-62; Philadelphia

Warriors, 1961-62; Head Coach: New York Nets (ABA), 1969-70Lebo, Jeff — San Antonio, 1989-90Lewis, Bob — San Francisco, 1967-70; Cleveland, 1970-71Lynch, George — Los Angeles Lakers, 1993-96; Vancouver, 1996-98;

Philadelphia 1998-2001; Charlotte/New Orleans, 2001-05*May, Sean — Charlotte, 2005-present*McAdoo, Robert — Player: Buffalo, 1972-1977; New York, 1977-78;

Boston, 1978-79; Detroit, 1979-81; New Jersey, 1980-81; Los AngelesLakers, 1981-1985; Philadelphia, 1985-86; Assistant Coach: Miami, 1995-present*McCants, Rashad — Minnesota, 2005-presentMcGuire, Frank — Head Coach: Philadelphia Warriors, 1961-62*McInnis, Jeff — Denver, 1996-97; Washington, 1998-99; Los Angeles

Clippers, 2000-2002; Portland, 2002-2004; Cleveland, 2004-2005; NewJersey, 2005-presentMcKinney, Horace (Bones) — Player: Washington, 1946-51; Head

Coach: Washington, 1950-51; Boston, 1950-52Miller, Larry — Los Angeles Stars (ABA), 1968-70; Carolina (ABA),

1969-72; San Diego (ABA), 1972-74; Virginia (ABA), 1973-74; Utah(ABA), 1974-75*Moe, Doug — Player: New Orleans (ABA), 1967-68; Oakland (ABA),

1968-69; Carolina (ABA), 1969-70; Virginia (ABA), 1970-72; AssistantCoach: Carolina (ABA), 1972-74; Denver (ABA), 1974-76, 1979-80; HeadCoach: San Antonio, 1976-80; Denver, 1980-90; Philadelphia, 1992-93;Assistant Coach: Denver, 2005-presentMontross, Eric — Boston, 1994-96; Dallas, 1996-97; New Jersey,

1996-97; Philadelphia, 1997-98; Detroit, 1998-2001; Toronto, 2001-2003Ndiaye, Makhtar — Vancouver, 1998-99*Noel, David — Milwaukee, 2006-present

2004 NBA champion Rasheed Wallace

Larry Brown: Head Coach: Denver (ABA), 1974-76; Denver (NBA),1976-79; New Jersey, 1981-83; San Antonio, 1988-1992; Los AngelesClippers, 1992-93; Indiana, 1993-97; Philadelphia, 1997-2003; Detroit,2003-2005; New York, 2005-06Billy Cunningham: Head Coach: Philadelphia, 1977-1985; Owner:

Miami, 1988-1995Walter Davis: Advance Scout: Washington, 2000-2004Phil Ford: Assistant Coach: Detroit, 2004-2005; New York, 2005-

presentDave Hanners: Advance Scout/Assistant Coach: Philadelphia,

2000-2003; Assistant Coach: Detroit, 2003-2005; New York, 2005-pres-entMichael Jordan: Part Owner & President: Washington Wizards,

2000-03; Owner: Charlotte Bobcats, 2006-presentGeorge Karl: Assistant Coach: San Antonio, 1978-80; Director of

Player Acquisition: Cleveland, 1983-84; Head Coach: Cleveland, 1984-86; Golden State, 1986-88; Seattle, 1991-98; Milwaukee, 1998-2003;Denver, 2005-presentJohn Kuester: Assistant Coach: Boston, 1996-97; Philadelphia,

1997-2003; Detroit, 2003-2004; New Jersey, 2004-06; Orlando, 2006-presentMitch Kupchak: Assistant General Manager: Los Angeles Lakers,

1986-92; General Manager: Los Angeles Lakers, 1992-presentYork Larese: Head Coach: New York Nets (ABA), 1969-70Robert McAdoo: Assistant Coach: Miami, 1995-presentFrank McGuire: Head Coach: Philadelphia Warriors, 1961-62Horace (Bones) McKinney: Head Coach: Washington, 1950-51;

Boston, 1950-52Doug Moe: Assistant Coach: Carolina (ABA), 1972-74; Denver

(ABA), 1974-76, 1979-80; Head Coach: San Antonio, 1976-80; Denver,1980-90; Philadelphia, 1992-93; Assistant Coach: Denver, 2005-pres-entMike O’Koren: Assistant Coach: New Jersey, 1999-2003;

Washington, 2003-presentPat Sullivan: Video Coordinator: Detroit, 2003-2004; Assistant

Coach: Detroit, 2004-2005; New Jersey, 2005-presentDonnie Walsh: Assistant Coach: Denver, 1978-81; Indiana, 1984-

86; General Manager: Indiana, 1985-88; President: Indiana, 1988-2003;CEO, 2003-present

TAR HEELS IN NBA ADMINISTRATION

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ALL-TIME NBA ROSTER

First RoundLennie Rosenbluth, 1957Pete Brennan, 1958Lee Shaffer, 1960Billy Cunningham, 1965Robert McAdoo, 1972Bobby Jones, 1974Mitch Kupchak, 1976Walter Davis, 1977Tommy LaGarde, 1977Phil Ford, 1978Dudley Bradley, 1979Mike O’Koren, 1980Al Wood, 1981James Worthy, 1982Michael Jordan, 1984Sam Perkins, 1984Brad Daugherty, 1986Kenny Smith, 1987Joe Wolf, 1987J.R. Reid, 1989Rick Fox, 1991Pete Chilcutt, 1991Hubert Davis, 1992George Lynch, 1993Eric Montross, 1994Jerry Stackhouse, 1995Rasheed Wallace, 1995Antawn Jamison, 1998Vince Carter, 1998Brendan Haywood, 2001Joseph Forte, 2001Marvin Williams, 2005Raymond Felton, 2005Sean May, 2005Rashad McCants, 2005

Second RoundJoe Quigg, 1958York Laresse, 1961Doug Moe, 1961 (ABA)Bill Bunting, 1969Dennis Wuycik, 1972Jeff McInnis, 1996Serge Zwikker, 1997Shammond Williams, 1998David Noel, 2006

Third RoundBill Chamberlain, 1972Darrell Elston, 1974John Kuester, 1977John Virgil, 1980Rich Yonaker, 1980Jimmy Black, 1982

Fourth RoundTommy Kearns, 1958Bob Lewis, 1967George Karl, 1973Geff Crompton, 1978Jeff Wolf, 1980Warren Martin, 1986Steve Hale, 1986Dave Popson, 1987

Fifth RoundLarry Miller, 1968Lee Dedmon, 1971Donald Washington, 1975Ed Stahl, 1975Pete Budko, 1981Jimmy Braddock, 1983

Sixth RoundJim Hudock, 1962Bruce Buckley, 1977Dick Grubar, 1969Mike Pepper, 1981Chris Brust, 1982Matt Doherty, 1984

Seventh RoundDoug Moe, 1960 (NBA)Larry Brown, 1963Charlie Scott, 1970Steve Previs, 1972Dave Colescott, 1980Jeb Barlow, 1982Buzz Peterson, 1985Curtis Hunter, 1987

Eighth RoundTom Zaliagiris, 1978

Ninth RoundCecil Exum, 1984

Tenth RoundKen McComb, 1962John O’Donnell, 1974

Eleventh RoundDick Kepley, 1961Donnie Walsh, 1962Mark Mirken, 1967 Rusty Clark, 1969

Thirteenth RoundBob Bennett, 1966

Eighteenth RoundDonn Johnston, 1973

CAROLINA IN THE NBA DRAFT (By round)

School Number of Players Total NumberWith NBA Rings of NBA Rings

North Carolina 13 29Virginia 3 4NC State 3 3Maryland 3 3Clemson 2 5Florida State 2 4Wake Forest 2 5Duke 2 2Georgia Tech 1 4Miami 1 1Virginia Tech 1 1Boston College 1 1

*O’Koren, Mike — New Jersey, 1980-86, Washington, 1986-87; NewJersey, 1987-88; Assistant Coach: New Jersey, 1999-2003; Washington,2003-presentPerkins, Sam — Dallas, 1984-90; Los Angeles Lakers, 1990-93;

Seattle, 1993-98; Indiana, 1998-2001Phelps, Derrick — Sacramento, 1994-95Popson, Dave — Los Angeles Clippers, 1988-89; Miami, 1988-89;

Boston, 1990-91; Milwaukee, 1991-92Previs, Steve — Carolina (ABA), 1972-73Quigg, Joe — New York, 1958-59Reid, J.R. — Charlotte, 1989-93; San Antonio, 1992-96; New York,

1995-96; Charlotte, 1997-99; Los Angeles Lakers, 1999; Milwaukee,1999-2000; Cleveland, 2000-2001Rosenbluth, Lennie — Philadelphia Warriors, 1957-59Rozier, Clifford — Golden State, 1994-96; Orlando, 1996-97; Toronto,

1996-97; Minnesota, 1997-98Salvadori, Kevin — Sacramento, 1996-98Scott, Charles — Virginia (ABA), 1970-72; Phoenix, 1971-75; Boston,

1975-78; Los Angeles Lakers, 1977-78; Denver, 1978-80Shaffer, Lee — Syracuse, 1961-63; Philadelphia, 1963-64Smith, Kenny — Sacramanto, 1987-90; Atlanta, 1989-90; Houston,

1990-96; Denver, 1996-97; Detroit, 1996-97*Stackhouse, Jerry — Philadelphia, 1995-98; Detroit, 1998-2002;

Washington, 2002-2004; Dallas, 2004-present*Sullivan, Pat — Video Coordinator: Detroit, 2003-2004; Assistant

Coach: Detroit, 2004-2005; New Jersey, 2005-present*Wallace, Rasheed — Washington, 1995-96; Portland, 1996-present;

Atlanta, 2004; Detroit, 2004-present*Walsh, Donnie — Assistant Coach: Denver, 1978-81; Indiana, 1984-

86; General Manager: Indiana, 1985-88; President: Indiana, 1988-2003;CEO: 2003-presentWashington, Donald — Denver (ABA), 1974-75; Utah (ABA), 1975-76Wenstrom, Matt — Boston, 1993-94*Williams, Marvin — Atlanta, 2005-present*Williams, Scott — Chicago, 1990-94; Philadelphia, 1994-99;

Milwaukee, 1999-2001; Denver, 2001-02; Phoenix, 2002-2004; Dallas,2004; Phoenix, 2004; Cleveland, 2004-presentWilliams, Shammond — Atlanta, 1998-99; Seattle, 1999-2002;

Boston, 2002-2003; Denver, 2003; New Orleans, 2004Wolf, Joe — Los Angeles Clippers, 1987-90; Denver, 1990-92; Boston,

1992-93; Portland, 1992-93; Charlotte, 1994-96; Orlando, 1995-96;Milwaukee, 1996-97; Denver, 1997-98; Charlotte, 1998-99Wood, Al — Atlanta, 1981-82; San Diego, 1981-83; Seattle, 1983-86;

Dallas, 1986-87Worthy, James — Los Angeles Lakers, 1982-94Wuycik, Dennis — Carolina (ABA), 1972-74; St. Louis (ABA), 1974-75Yonakor, Rich — San Antonio, 1981-82Zwikker, Serge — Houston, 1997-98

ACC PLAYERS WITH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS

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DEAN SMITH — coached more wins than any coach in NCAADivision I men’s basketball history.

“The Kangaroo Kid” BILLY CUNNINGHAM — anAcademic All-America at UNC and one of the NBA’stop 50 players of all-time.

BEN CARNEVALE led Carolina to the 1946Final Four and later coached 20 seasons atNavy.

FRANK McGUIRE won the first NCAAchampionship in ACC history atCarolina in 1957.

ROBERT McADOO — wonthe NBA Most ValuablePlayer award in 1974-75

LARRY BROWN —with the DetroitPistons’ NBA title in2004, he became theonly coach to winNCAA and NBA cham-pionships.

“Big Game” JAMES WORTHY— 1982 Final Four MVP,seven-time NBA All-Star

Larry Brown (coach)Ben Carnevale (coach)

Billy Cunningham (player/coach)Robert McAdoo (player)Frank McGuire (coach)

Dean Smith (coach)James Worthy (player)

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