Former UNC center Eric Montross remembers the timeout, 20 years later

Posted Apr 6, 2013
Friday was the 20th anniversary of that night in the New Orleans Superdome – the anniversary of Dean Smith’s second national championship, and of Chris Webber’s panicked plea for a timeout the Wolverines didn’t have. Had it really been that long since Montross and Donald Williams and George Lynch led the Tar Heels to their third national championship? (Charlotte Observer)

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