How Deep Is North Carolina's Basketball History?

Posted May 15, 2024
Hubert Davis is the second individual to play in a Final Four and be the head coach of the same school in the Final Four (Dick Harp of Kansas is the other; Harp was also an admininistraive assistant to Dean Smith when Davis was a freshman at UNC in 1988-89). Tyler Hansbrough is the only player in ACC history to earn first-team All-America honors four times. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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