The Dean Smith Tar Heels would return to the Final Four 10 more times, winning it all in 1982 and 1993, each featuring rather bizarre endings in which the Heels were clinging to a lead when a member of the opposing team did something inexplicably awful.
Val Lauder, a former reporter for the Chicago Daily News and lecturer at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of "The Back Page: The Personal Face of History." The opinions
In the wake of legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith's passing this weekend, University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino on Monday spoke at length about Smith's humble nature despite his long list of coaching accomplishments. Smith won
Former University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith died on Saturday night in his home, surrounded by family and friends. He was 83 years old. Smith coached the Tar Heels from 1961-1997, and he
(CNN)Legendary University of North Carolina head basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday evening at the age of 83, according to the University of North Carolina's official athletics website. “Coach Dean Smith passed