Retro Lucas: '93 Carolina 80, Arkansas 74
Posted Mar 26, 2013
Twenty years ago on this day, Dean Smith's Tar Heels beat Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament round of 16. I watched that game at home with my dad, slapping joyous high fives when Lynch hit Williams for the game's key backdoor layup. But here's what I think I would've written if I'd been doing postgame columns on March 26, 1993.
(Tar Heel Monthly)
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