Tommy LaGarde Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Tommy LaGarde | | Hometown: | Detroit, MI | | High School: | Central Catholic | | Born: | February 10, 1955 (66) | | Height/Weight: | 6-10, 230 | | Position: | Center | | Notes: | 1976 Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist, 1977 All-American |
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Looking back at the 1977 UNC-Marquette national title gameUNC basketball coach Dean Smith's Tar Heels, though a slight favorite in the championship game, had to play without center Tommy LaGarde, who had blown...
Wed Feb 24, 2021
In 1976, Dean Smith coached U.S. Olympic team to win over Allentown Jets at Pennsylvania high school1976—A capacity crowd of 3,860 fills Liberty’s Memorial Gym to watch the 1976 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, coached by Dean Smith, run past the...
Sun Jul 26, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 9 - 1976-77
In the interesting list of "What Ifs" in UNC sports history, sitting at the top might be the 1977 national championship game. UNC's 1976-77 team...
Tue Jun 23, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 19 - 1975-76
A team with four gold-medal winning Olympians has to be pretty good, right? That was the case for the 1975-76 Tar Heels. Dean Smith was...
Thu Jun 11, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 26)
March 26, 1977: UNC beats UNLV 84-83 to advance to Dean Smith's second national title game. Carolina trailed at the half - remember, this UNC...
Thu Mar 26, 2020