The Great UNC Basketball Rivalry Game That Produced The 'Double Standard' Comment

Posted Jun 13, 2025
It may have been college basketball’s game of the year for the 1983-84 season. A No. 1 team, featuring the game’s greatest player and five top-13 NBA picks, was desperately fending off a rising rival program and its notorious fans. The game ended with a livid coach drawing a technical foul, then famously bringing that anger afterward into the media room. (Inside Carolina)

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