Tudor: UNC's '77 loss to Marquette still stings

Posted Mar 24, 2011
Bruce Buckley will watch on television Friday night when his school, North Carolina, faces Marquette in the NCAA East semifinals at Newark's Prudential Center. While the Charlotte lawyer watches, he'll also remember. He'll think back to Atlanta and the 1977 national championship game between the same two schools. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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