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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Hawkeyes view Tar Heels clash as opportunityThe 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
UNC's Marcus Paige eager to face IowaIowa doesn't create much of a rise from North Carolina fans -- not even those who remember a referee's mistake that allowed Roy Marble to...
Wed Dec 3, 2014
Marcus Paige builds a legacy at North Carolina
History surrounds Marcus Paige as he sits near the court at the Dean Smith Center. National championship banners, jerseys honored and numbers retired hang from...
Wed Dec 3, 2014
UNC professor Christopher Armitage takes teaching ‘seriously, not solemnly’
The teaching awards line the corner office in Greenlaw Hall like wallpaper, but it is the unusual picture above the desk that rivets the eye...
Wed Nov 19, 2014
Lucas: All About Ball
For a couple of hours, everything was perfect and the Final Four seemed tangible and maybe J.P. Tokoto really has transformed into Ed Cota. It...
Sun Nov 16, 2014