What Happened: Did UCLA Prevent a Dominant Era for UNC Basketball?

Posted Jul 12, 2025
UNC returned to the Final Four in 1972 for the fourth time in six years, further shaping North Carolina under Dean Smith as an elite program. But UNC was hardly the dominant team in college basketball. That distinction belonged to UCLA, which won six of its seven straight national championships as part of a never-to-be-duplicated reign of 10 titles in 12 years. (Inside Carolina)

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