Dean Smith Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Dean Smith | | Hometown: | Emporia, KS | | High School: | Emporia | | Born: | February 28, 1931 | | Died: | February 7, 2015 | | Notes: | Basketball Hall of Fame, 4x NCAA Coach of the Year, 1982 NCAA Championship coach, 879 wins |
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Will Lefty Driesell ever get in the Hall of Fame?“He needs to be in the Hall of Fame,” ex-Georgetown coach John Thompson, one of Lefty Driesell’s great rivals, says. There are a million...
Tue Jan 3, 2017
Chansky’s Notebook: Tough Young CoachKing Rice was tough enough to make Bobby Hurley cry. When the emotional former Tar Heel apologized to his Monmouth team for criticizing the officials...
Thu Dec 29, 2016
Audio: Art Chansky - "Game Changers" tells the story of UNC basketball and the Civil Rights Movement
Art Chansky, veteran sportswriter and author of several books on UNC basketball, joins the Sports Shop crew to discuss his new book "Game Changers." The...
Wed Dec 28, 2016
For Monmouth's King Rice, emotions may play a role at UNC
This is not the first time King Rice will take his team to UNC (Wed., 7 PM, ESPNU), and it probably won't be the last...
Mon Dec 26, 2016
Monmouth, UNC will both look to play fast
Monmouth's next opponent, seventh-ranked North Carolina, averages that same number of possessions, but is getting more out of them, ranking in the top 10 nationally...
Sat Dec 24, 2016