Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 23 - 1996-97
Posted Jun 7, 2020
Sitting at 0-3 in the ACC and trailing N.C. State at home with just a few minutes left to play, the 1996-97 Tar Heels were at a crossroads in what would turn out to be Dean Smith's final season at UNC. A loss and an 0-4 start in the ACC and the Tar Heels may have never recovered. Carolina won out in the regular season and then captured the ACC Tournament.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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