Sam Perkins Basketball News & Bio

Name: Sam Perkins Hometown: Latham, NY High School: Shaker Born: June 14, 1961 (64) Height/Weight: 6-9, 235 Position: C/F Notes: Basketball, 1980 McDonald's All-American Related: Matt Doherty | Jimmy Black | Mike Pepper | Eric Kenny

The Best That Never Was?
The 1983-1984 Tar Heels were arguably the best team Dean Smith put on the floor in his 36 years in Chapel Hill. That UNC team...
Mon Feb 10, 2014

The Strange Tale of Patrick Ewing’s Recruitment to UNC
Patrick Ewing's college decision would shape basketball history, and his claim that the KKK precluded him from committing to North Carolina — where he would...
Wed Jan 22, 2014

15 Best Teams That Never Won the NCAA Tournament
5. 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels (28–3, 14–0 ACC) Lost to Indiana in Sweet 16; On paper, this was Dean Smith’s most talented team. National...
Thu Apr 4, 2013

NCAA Tournament at 75: Ranking the Champions
6. North Carolina, 1982 James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan. Does much more need to be written? The junior-sophomore-freshman trio combined to give coach...
Thu Mar 14, 2013

Michael Jordan: An oral history
The first time I saw him, the summer before his freshman year, we were playing pickup games on campus. We all knew about him, but...
Fri Feb 15, 2013

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