The 25 Greatest Games in UNC Basketball History: No. 6 - The Walter Davis Shot

Posted Jul 21, 2019
It was 86-78 with 17 seconds remaining and Phil Ford had seen enough. The high school senior and Tar Heel commit, so disgusted that his future team was about to be knocked off on Senior Night by the hapless Duke Blue Devils, switched off his television set and went to go wash the family car. All he missed was the greatest moment in UNC-Duke history. (Tar Heel Blog)

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