Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s first NCAA Basketball Tournament
Posted Aug 9, 2019
In 1941, the third year of the NCAA tournament, the team now second all-time in tournament appearances, the North Carolina Tar Heels made their first ever trip to the “Big Dance.” Bill Lange had come to UNC in 1936 as an assistant football coach. Yet ahead of the 1939-40 season, he was given an additional role: head coach of the basketball team.
(Tar Heel Blog)
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