Video: UNC Beats Louisville For Dean Smith's Final Win - March 23, 1997
Posted Mar 23, 2018
Shammond Williams scores 22 points and Vince Carter adds 18 as North Carolina beats Louisville, 97-74, in the Elite Eight on March 23, 1997, to send Dean Smith to his 11th Final Four. Smith would coach his final game, a 66-58 loss to Arizona, in Indianapolis on March 29, 1997.
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