Lucas: Milestones

Posted Mar 23, 2013
Seven hundred is nice because it's a round number. But if 701 comes on Sunday, which one are most of us likely to remember more clearly? Eric Montross played in Dean Smith's 700th win, a 105-73 whipping of Maryland on January 10, 1991. Montross remembers very little about it. And why would he? This is how much credence Dean Smith gave the mark in the immediate aftermath of the game: (GoHeels.com)

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