Chansky’s Notebook: Like It Was Yesterday

Posted Mar 13, 2019
It happened 50 years and three Charlotte Coliseums ago. The Tar Heels of Dean Smith went to the 1969 ACC tournament at the original Charlotte Coliseum on Independence Boulevard after having won their third consecutive outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship and were gunning for their third straight conference tournament title. (Chapelboro.com)

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