From UNC to Hall of Fame under Dean Smith
Posted Feb 16, 2015
UNC has honored the jerseys of 35 former players in the rafters at the Dean E. Smith Center. Among that group, five who played for Dean Smith were later enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Four of those players (all but Larry Brown) were enshrined primarily for playing careers. Here is a look at those four players:
(Durham Herald-Sun)
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