Greatest Games: The Comeback (UNC-FSU, 1993)

Posted Jan 27, 2023
The game was at 9 o’clock on a Wednesday, nationally televised on ESPN, played in front of a sell-out crowd. It all looked so good. And then the game began. There were some valid reasons for the poor start. Derrick Phelps, Brian Reese, and Donald Williams had been two minutes late for the 5 p.m. pre-game meal and were held out of the starting lineup. (Inside Carolina)

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