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Dean Smith, Rick Robey and the moment UNC and Kentucky became real rivals


It came in the 1977 NCAA Tournament. There were 22 seconds left in the NCAA East Regional championship game when charged all the way down the basketball floor of the University of Maryland's Cole Field House. The North Carolina coach had watched Kentucky power forward Rick Robey knock down Carolina guard with a forearm. (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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