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Greatest Games: Stunned Silence (UNC-NCSU, 1979)


’s club made the short trip to Raleigh minus a starter. Point guard injured an eye in the Duke win. was a freshman on that team but Smith elected to go with senior at the point. Doughton was an unlikely hero. Doughton started alongside a trio of future NBA players, , Mike O’Koren and . (Inside Carolina)

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