Dean Smith is remembered for bringing four future U.S. Olympians to face Yale in 1974

Posted Feb 14, 2015
The passing last week of Dean Smith recalled, for this writer, the time in 1974 when that legendary college basketball coach brought his star studded North Carolina Tar Heels to New Haven, and left with some complimentary thoughts about the Yale team they faced on the Saturday afternoon of December 22, 1974. It was no average North Carolina squad, even by Smith’s own high standards. (WTNH)

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