| Name: | Phil Ford | | Hometown: | Rocky Mount, NC | | High School: | Rocky Mount | | Born: | February 9, 1956 (63) | | Height/Weight: | 6-2, 171 | | Position: | Guard | | Notes: | UNC Retired Jersey No. 12; 2x First-Team All-American; 1978 ACC POY; 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist; |
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Lucas: Us And ThemSunday at Carmichael was for us. It was for anyone who ever set their VCR to record the Dean Smith show or wore their socks...
Monday December 16, 2019
Carolina Insider Podcast: Wofford Preview, Phil Ford, Re-watch of a Classic Carmichael gameNorth Carolina is playing a regular-season game in Carmichael for the first time since the 1980s. Jones Angell and Adam Lucas get you ready with...
Friday December 13, 2019
Rasheed Wallace, Chucky Brown face off as high school basketball coaches
We 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...
Sunday November 24, 2019
The 25 Greatest Games in UNC Basketball History: No. 6 - The Walter Davis Shot
It 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...
Sunday July 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,...
Wednesday June 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...
Friday May 24, 2019
Coby White a Finalist for National Freshman of the YearThe 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...
Thursday March 21, 2019
Phil Ford excited about UNC’s chances
Phil Ford, who led UNC to the national championship game in 1977 and was the No. 2 selection in the 1978 NBA Draft, was at...
Monday March 18, 2019
Chansky’s Notebook: Developing Greatness
Think of freshman point guard Phil Ford, selfless shooting guard John Kuester, talented wing Walter Davis and versatile big man Mitch Kupchak. That was a...
Friday March 15, 2019
Video: Coby White - The Next Elite UNC Point Guard
Coby White is the next elite UNC point guard. White has led the Tar Heels in scoring 10 times this season and he's the first...
Wednesday March 6, 2019