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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OSU's Shannon Scott steeped in Carolina blue growing upThe earliest memory Shannon Scott has of the history facing him today was his bedroom motif. "The walls were Carolina blue,” he said. So were...
Sat Dec 20, 2014
Lucas: Gate CitySomething happens when the Tar Heels play in the Gate City. The love affair between the city and the team was established sometime during the...
Wed Dec 17, 2014
2,182 Students Turn Their Tassels at UNC Winter Commencement
Family, friends and alumni filled the stands at the Dean Smith Center on Sunday afternoon to see 2,182 students receive their hard-earned degrees at the...
Mon Dec 15, 2014
Dean Smith, Rick Robey and the moment UNC and Kentucky became real rivals
It came in the 1977 NCAA Tournament. There were 22 seconds left in the NCAA East Regional championship game when Dean Smith charged all the...
Sat Dec 13, 2014
Hawkeyes view Tar Heels clash as opportunity
The Iowa basketball team faces another of those yardstick games tonight. The Hawkeyes will be going against one of the nation’s most storied programs in...
Wed Dec 3, 2014