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Bob McKillop and Tubby Smith are forever connected to Dean Smith and North Carolina


Sometime in the late 70s, when he was the head coach at Hoke County High School in rural North Carolina, Tubby Smith received something in the mail. It was a check. It was from . Tubby Smith had sent his son, G.G., to attend ’s basketball camp on UNC’s campus a few weeks prior. The check, as Tubby Smith remembers, was “a refund.” (MSN.com)

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Bob McKillop and Tubby Smith are forever connected to Dean Smith and North Carolina