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: | John Virgil | Bruce Buckley | Ged Doughton | Tom Zaliagiris |
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Previewing EvansvilleWhile the UNC all-time scoring mark will be on everyone's mind Thursday night, with Tyler Hansbrough on the verge of passing Phil Ford, the Tar...
Thu Dec 18, 2008
Barry Jacobs: Hansbrough a welcome throwbackTim Duncan finished college [at Wake Forest] in 1997, and before long commentators sagely pronounced dead the era of four-year stardom in college basketball. But...
Thu Dec 18, 2008
Hansbrough on the brink of history
On Nov. 19, 2005, Tyler Hansbrough scored his first points in a North Carolina uniform against Gardner-Webb. On Thursday night against Evansville, the three-time All-American...
Thu Dec 18, 2008
Hansbrough: 'It'll be special'
Tyler Hansbrough said he won't be keeping track of his point total Thursday night as he shoots closer and closer to the school's career scoring...
Thu Dec 18, 2008
On Phil's Heels: Tyler Hansbrough is nine points from breaking Phil Ford's scoring record
One of the most prestigious individual records in North Carolina basketball history most likely will change hands Thursday. And the man about to lose it,...
Wed Dec 17, 2008