Phil Ford Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Phil Ford | | Hometown: | Rocky Mount, NC | | High School: | Rocky Mount | | Born: | February 9, 1956 (69) | | Height/Weight: | 6-2, 171 | | Position: | Guard | | Notes: | UNC Basketball Retired Jersey No. 12; 2x All-American; 1978 ACC POY; 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist | | Related: | Tommy LaGarde | Randy Wiel | Tom Zaliagiris | Walter Davis |
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Rasheed Wallace, Chucky Brown face off as high school basketball coachesWe covered Rasheed Wallace and Chucky Brown's press conferences when they were hired, and Friday we had the only TV cameras in the house as...
Sun Nov 24, 2019
The 25 Greatest Games in UNC Basketball History: No. 6 - The Walter Davis ShotIt was 86-78 with 17 seconds remaining and Phil Ford had seen enough. The high school senior and Tar Heel commit, so disgusted that his...
Sun Jul 21, 2019
The 25 Greatest Games in UNC Basketball History: No. 17 - The 1975 ACC Tournament Championship
The 1975 Tournament was perhaps the greatest in ACC history. UNC was a young team led by junior Mitch Kupchak, sophomores Walter Davis, Tommy LaGarde,...
Wed Jun 12, 2019
Greatest former UNC athlete by state (Michigan): Tommy LaGarde
Tommy LaGarde was a blue-collar player for Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1973-77. He played alongside highly acclaimed players such as Phil Ford and...
Fri May 24, 2019
Coby White a Finalist for National Freshman of the Year
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected four finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award and UNC's Coby White is on the...
Thu Mar 21, 2019