Podcast: AJ & Barry Jacobs Discuss Michael Jordan's UNC Days

Posted Apr 22, 2020
Longtime ACC writer Barry Jacobs tells stories about when he saw early greatness in Michael Jordan, the Dean Smith effect, how Jordan assimilated when he arrived in Chapel Hill, his growth as a player and as a young man, and why he doesn’t think Indiana's Dan Dakich deserves so much credit for shutting down Jordan in his final college game. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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