Mike O'Koren Basketball News & Bio

Name: Mike O'Koren Hometown: Jersey City, NJ High School: Hudson Catholic Born: February 7, 1958 (67) Height/Weight: 6-7, 207 Position: Forward Notes: Basketball Related: Jeff Wolf | Steve Krafcisin | Ged Doughton | Bruce Buckley

Ranking The Top Two UNC Basketball Teams In Each Decade: 1970s
UNC Basketball's 1976-77 national runner-up team was loaded when healthy. All-America center Tommy LaGarde missed the last seven weeks, Phil Ford had several ailments going...
Sun May 11, 2025

Chansky’s Notebook: ‘OK Kid’ Feted
Mike O'Koren received the honor still closest to his heart. If you are 50 or older and a Tar Heel fan, you remember O’Koren as...
Mon Aug 21, 2023

Podcast: Interview With Mike O'Koren
Former North Carolina Basketball All-American, Nets player, broadcaster, assistant coach, and New Jersey native Mike O'Koren brings a little Jersey flavor to the show as...
Thu Aug 11, 2022

Blood or family? For Jersey City great Mike O'Koren, UNC vs. Saint Peter’s is a win-win deal
His phone started buzzing soon after the two college basketball teams closest to his heart pulled off back-to-back Sweet 16 upsets. A few wanted to...
Sun Mar 27, 2022

Lucas: Board Work
There are schools where three straight double-doubles as a freshman would be celebrated. Armando Bacot is only the third Tar Heel freshman to ever achieve...
Wed Nov 27, 2019

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