SI Vault: North Carolina defeats Kentucky in the 1977 Elite Eight
Posted Sep 14, 2015
The manner in which North Carolina disposed of Kentucky 79-72 at the East regional in College Park, Md., may have set back the cause of run-and-gun basketball as many as 50 years. With only five minutes gone in the second half, Coach Dean Smith sent his Tar Heels into their celebrated four-corners offense, gambling that a slowdown would protect a dwindling 59-53 Carolina lead.
(Sports Illustrated)
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