UNC Basketball History

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From 2022...

"Imagine graduating from [UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School](https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/) after having played junior varsity basketball for one of the best college programs in the world....Carolina alumnus Jake Mendys ’16 uses basketball and business to change lives from Rwanda to the NBA."

Taking hoops journey to Rwanda to make lives better | UNC-Chapel Hill

Carolina alumnus Jake Mendys ’16 uses basketball and business to change lives from Rwanda to the NBA.

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Bobby Lewis, a 6-3 junior forward scored 49 points in a 115-80 Carmichael Auditorium win over Florida State. The date was December 16, 1965. Carolina’s record was 4-2 and Lewis, averaging 36.2 points per game, was the nation’s leading scorer. Coach Smith subbed Lewis out with two minutes remaining in the game. Lewis also had 5 assists and 7 rebounds. At the time UNC employed a ‘stifling back-court press’ and was the #1 shooting team in the country. The Tar Heels finished the season with a record of 16-11, exiting the ACC Tournament with a controversial second round loss, 20-21, to #3 ranked and ACC regular season champion Duke (sic dook). 1965-66 was Coach Smith’s fifth season at Carolina - he was 66-47 at the time. The following year Carolina racked up a 26-6 record and lost in the Final Four to Dayton. In 1965-66 Lewis finished the year averaging 27.4 points per game. He was All-ACC and All-American in 1966 and ‘67. His #22 is in the rafters in The Dean E. Smith Center.