Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 9 - 1976-77

Posted Jun 23, 2020
In the interesting list of "What Ifs" in UNC sports history, sitting at the top might be the 1977 national championship game. UNC's 1976-77 team was loaded when healthy. Missing over the last seven weeks was All-America center Tommy LaGarde, Phil Ford had about four ailments going into the Final Four, and Walter Davis' shooting hand was also banged up. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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