Today In NCAA History: UNC 79, Oklahoma 77

Posted Mar 17, 2014
With an eighth seed, Carolina was supposed to have a struggle with ninth-seeded Southwest Missouri State, and then was supposed to be fodder for top-seeded and top-ranked Oklahoma. Under the direction of Billy Tubbs, the Sooners were a high-octane scoring machine; they had won at least 30 games for two seasons in a row and were the national runner-up to Kansas in 1988. (GoHeels.com)

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