Jimmy Black Basketball News & Bio
UNC Basketball Re-Creates Iconic Sports Illustrated 1981-82 Cover PhotoAfter being announced as the Associated Press preseason No. 1 team Monday, UNC Basketball released a recreation of the iconic Sports Illustrated cover from the...
Tue Oct 18, 2022
Greatest Games: Stunned Silence (UNC-NCSU, 1979)Dean Smith’s club made the short trip to Raleigh minus a starter. Point guard Dave Colescott injured an eye in the Duke win. Jimmy Black...
Fri May 1, 2020
The exact moment Michael Jordan went from ‘Mike’ to ‘Michael’
In 1982, Michael Jordan and UNC were pitted against Patrick Ewing and Georgetown inside the Superdome for the NCAA championship. With time running out and...
Sat Apr 18, 2020
Chansky’s Notebook: Chapel Hill Was Still
The big one in the Big Easy was pretty hard. The 1982 Tar Heels were No. 1 in the country for all but five weeks...
Wed Apr 8, 2020
Jimmy Black, Roy Williams reflect on UNC basketball’s time at Carmichael
The flip-card scoreboard, the crazy comebacks, a few thousand fans, Dean Smith, and a list of legendary players. For 21 seasons, North Carolinas men’s basketball...
Sun Dec 15, 2019