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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.
 
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“On this day in 1924, @UNC_Basketball won the Southern Conference tournament by beating Alabama 26-18, earning their first national championship and capping off an undefeated 26-0 season. Not content to merely rush Franklin Street, students marched all the way to Durham to celebrate.” Why March to Durham? The reason was that both Cartwright Carmichael and Jack Cobb, the stars of this team of champions, were from the Bull City. Students had waited outside ‘Gooch’s Cafe’ on Franklin Street (approximately the location of ‘Johnny T-Shirt’ today) for notification of the final score in their game with Alabama. 3600 attended the championship game in Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium. Carolina defeated Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Mississippi A&M to reach the finals.

This game preceded the creation of the NCAA and was the culmination of all the madness that March provided in those days. The Tar Heels were named National Champions for 1924 in 1943 by the Helms Foundation. Retroactive championships were awarded for the 1919-1920 through 1942-1943 seasons at that time as well. (A second source asserts that the championship was awarded to UNC in 1936) Obviously without a nation-wide tournament the title could be disputed in much the way that college football crowns could be for decades. Carolina certainly can lay claim to being the legitimate Number One of 1924 and it is a strong one.

Angus ‘Monk’ McDonald joined Carmichael and Cobb in leading the 1924 team. McDonald was a shortstop for The Diamond Heels and the football quarterback as well. Coachless the previous two seasons, Norm Shepard, a Carolina grad returning to attend law school became the head coach for the ‘23-24 season, led the squad to the 26-0 tally, won the Southern Conference Tournament, then promptly moved to China. He returned several years later and coached at various schools until 1968, finishing with an overall career record of 323 wins and 277 losses. (In NC, Shepard also coached at Guilford and Davidson). His brother, Bo Shepard, also coached basketball at Carolina and his brothers Carlyle and Alex also played at UNC.

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UNC's first National Championship*

They didn't just take Franklin Street!!! They took durham too!!!
 
Another episode of The Dean Smith Show.


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Originally aired on February 6th, 1994. This episode features current player Ed Geth along with former player Curtis Hunter.

 


The stories about Dean Smith start at 49:09.



By R.L. Bynum

Karl Hess shared a couple of interesting Dean Smith stories during a radio interview, offering a rare look at how the Hall of Fame coach interacted with officials and his heat-of-the-moment choices.
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The former ACC referee suggested that he may have helped prevent then-UNC assistant coach Phil Ford and Clemson coach Rick Barnes from going after each other.

Hess, one of the most polarizing referees of his era, worked six Final Fours, including the 2007 national title game between Florida and Ohio State, before the ACC fired him in 2015.

He is also remembered for ejecting former Wolfpack stars Chris Corchiani and Tom Gugliotta from their courtside seats during State’s 113–69 win against Florida State on Feb. 18, 2012. He discussed the incident that led the ACC to reprimand him at 57:50 of the video below.

During a lengthy Thursday interview on Lynchburg, Va., radio station WLNI with host Rich Roth on “No Holds Barred,” he said he doesn’t miss officiating and thought his name was “MF,” given what fans called him.

His first Smith story began with respect and a jab.

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Karl Hess shared a couple of interesting Dean Smith stories during a radio interview, offering a rare look at how the Hall of Fame coach interacted with officials and his heat-of-the-moment choices. Hess suggested that he may have helped prevent then-UNC assistant coach Phil Ford and Clemson...
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55 years ago yesterday.

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Ah sports…There have been some crushing Down moments - the lows are always a danger when you truly care. The Ups can also be incredibly, well, high. Just the same. “Sportsball” isn’t everyone’s ’cup of tea’ - as an academic that is a life fact of which I am acutely aware. So many scholars sadly “Don’t get it.” Thankfully a lot do as well and it can be surprising who they are. Once in the days in the aftermath of a huge Carolina victory and the subsequent “Taking of Franklin Street” I was at a campus lecture the subject of which has been long forgotten but an exchange that I overheard there will be with me forever. A “sportsball-hater,” strident and feeling confident in their disdainful stance commented to a well-known faculty leftist’ “I can’t believe all the commotion in the streets after that ballgame the other night.” Awaiting confirmation from the professor the young scholar looked expectantly, sneaking a sideways glance at me, well-known as an unabashed “sportsball-lover.” To my eternal gratitude and great amusement, Lefty Prof replied: “It was a great win. To see such joy and solidarity lifts my heart.” “Sportsball-hater” shrunk away, disappointed, joyless, and bewildered.

This past-ACC tourney loss - it was Clemson this year - was a Giant Down in the Great Cycle of Joy and Solidarity. It’ll make the next Great High better. My first true memory in that Ever-Lasting Roundabout came just over 55 years ago - March 13, 1971 was the night that 6-3 South Carolina Gamecock Kevin Joyce went up against 6-10 Tar Heel Lee Dedmon in a jumpball with 3.5 seconds to go, a trip to the then 32 team NCAA tournament hanging in the balance - amazingly Dedmon “missed it” and in a moment - the exactness of which remains in dispute to this day - the enemy Tom Owens grabbed the tipped ball and scored a lay up - sending USC to the NCAA tournament and UNC home in defeat.

Despite averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds per game on a 26–6 (11–3 ACC) squad - one that took the championship of the consolation National Invitational Tournament - Dedmon has forever been remembered by all but the most understanding of The Tar Heel Faithful as the guy who lost the ACC Tournament to the hateful Gamecocks. And believe me, the enmity felt for South Carolina in those days in North Carolina arenas, dens, and taverns - even places of worship - eclipsed anything felt today between Blue, Red, or Black and Gold fanbases.

Dedmon’s Coach, Dean Smith, stood beside him as did his teammates - indeed, they pulled together and played their way to that NIT Crown - and I know at least one fan, albeit only 12 years old, who did forgive and forget, and remembers that season and that team for so much more. Steve Previs, George Karl, Bill Chamberlain, Dennis Wuycik, and Lee Dedmon. Evidence might be that there is nary a pause nor a hesitation as those names from 50 plus years past spill forth with ease. Indeed, Dave Chadwick, Donn Johnston, Kim Huband, Craig Corson, and Bill Chambers come to mind pretty easily as well. That crew of Tar Heels were my undisputed heroes in the rural, small-town, #DeepChatham County world. And so they remain as do all those young men who have donned the Sky Blue and sweated and bled for Carolina.

They’re my team every year through thick and thin. Ups and Downs, Highs and Lows. As for mistakes, a great philosopher* once said…”recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”

*Dean Smith
 
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#OTD in 1952 reserve guard Dean Smith entered the game for the final 29 seconds...Kansas beat St. John's 80-63 for the NCAA Championship that night. Phog Allen was the Kansas coach. Years later Dean Smith quipped, "I should have fouled, then I would have been in the box score." He did not actually appear in the box scores published in newspapers the next day.
 
Friend of mine, now passed on, Madison Taylor, wrote this #OTD in 2017.

“When Mark Maye was a high school football player in Charlotte he was probably the most highly recruited player in the state and among the most sought after in the nation. He was the prominent schoolboy quarterback prospect of his time. That he decided to go to the University of North Carolina was seen as a coup for a school with a mixed history of developing top-flight signal callers. He was to be a game-changing recruit.
The state media, of which I was a part at the time, certainly treated him that way. Every move he made was heavily dissected in sports sections and debated among fans. The fanfare was such that he could probably never live up to it -- even under perfect circumstances.
And these weren't really perfect circumstances.
Mark Maye suffered a torn labrum and missed one season. When he returned it was to widespread speculation and second-guessing by fans and the media. It became so intense that then-coach Dick Crum, at a postgame press conference I attended, expressed exasperation with all the "Mark Maye experts out there." Crum was already an embattled coach and the Maye story was a part of it.
In my first encounter with Mark Maye, at about the time of Crum's postgame criticism, I was astonished. He didn't seem like a major college athlete. He was very quiet, shy and had a slight speech issue (an occasional stutter). As he was surrounded by TV reporters with their glaring lights and print reporters with tape recorders stuck in his face, I could tell he was uncomfortable. I felt bad for the guy. It was the first of many learning experiences I would have about life, misconceptions and assumptions.
Mark Maye managed to lead UNC to an Aloha Bowl but more injuries kept him from accomplishing much more. He finished his career in Chapel Hill with more interceptions than touchdown passes. But he left UNC with a lot more, a stellar academic record and an MBA.
Today I watched Mark Maye's son hit the shot that beat the University of Kentucky in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, sending the Tar Heels to the Final four. He was named Most Outstanding Player from the Sweet 16 rounds even though he plays in a reserve role.
Luke Maye arrived at UNC without nearly the fanfare his father did. He was a walk-on who earned a scholarship. He wasn't recruited by UNC but was offered scholarships to Clemson and Davidson. He wanted to play in Chapel Hill - and made it happen.
As I watched the Tar Heels celebrate and noted the name Luke Maye going into UNC basketball lore, I couldn't help but think about the weight of great expectations. I also thought that sometimes, the universe repays its debts.”
 
The Biorhythms for a memorable game in 2022...

North Carolina (28-9, 15-5 ACC) vs. Duke (32-6, 16-4 ACC)
New Orleans – Caesars Superdome
Saturday, April 2 -- approx. 8:49 p.m. ET
TBS (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson)

UNC Tar Heels:
45 Brady Manek P = 85, E = 40, I = 30, X = 55
5 Armando Bacot P = 45, E = 30, I = 100, X = 70
2 Caleb Love P = 0, E = 30, I = 60, X = 30
1 Leaky Black P = 80, E = 80, I = 90, X = 85
4 RJ Davis P = 0, E = 0, I = 100, X = 50
24 Kerwin Walton P = 0, E = 0, I = 95, X = 45
22 Justin McKoy P = 95, E = 40, I = 50, X = 70
14 Puff Johnson P = 50, E = 85, I = 10, X = 30
3 Dontrez Styles P = 25, E = 10, I = 0, X = 15
11 DeMarco Dunn P = 95, E = 60, I = 95, X = 95

Coach Hubert Davis Wisdom = 50

dook blue devils
2 Roach P = 100, E = 95, I = 40, X = 70
5 Banchero P = 15, E = 20, I = 25, X = 20
0 Moore P = 85, E = 20, I = 100, X = 90
21 Griffin P = 70, E = 5, I = 25, X = 45
15 Williams P = 100, E = 0, I = 20, X = 60
1 Keels P = 80, E = 10, I = 15, X = 45
34 Jones P = 80, E = 0, I = 90, X = 85
13 Baker P = 100, E = 85, I = 45, X = 70
12 John P = 5, E = 20, I = 100, X = 50

Rat Wisdom = 50

BIG Game, BIG Stage. What’s it going to be? Heart? Mind? Body? History? Numbers? Everybody has their way. We’ve all got our “go where we go” and know when to do it. My Aunt Irma is 100 and the other day she told me that Carolina/dook has ALWAYS been a thing. She grew up on a farm on one of the state’s East-West running roads. That highway wouldn’t have been much in the days of her childhood on the farm just outside of Siler City along Blood Run Creek but getting from Charlotte or Winston-Salem and other points west to Chapel Hill or Durham would have very likely taken you right past her home. She says that the traffic was something to see when Carolina and dook were set to play. Fortunately she also related to me that we have forever been Carolina folks (there are, sadly, on both sides of my family some followers of other schools). Still, there are divided houses. If yours is one I fervently hope that tomorrow the dook rooms in it are sad and draped in gloom, sadness, and mourning.

To talk about the play of these Tar Heel Knights in Shining Armor, The Iron Five, and the stratagems of their Leader Coach Davis seems almost silly at this point. What remains is to play it. Carolina and dook have split this season – each taking a turn at walloping the other. Of course the early season blue devil win in Chapel Hill stung mightily as a loss to them always does but the Tar Heel Triumph in The Cameron Tool Box on the Very Day of the Consecration of Saint Rat is a Sweet, Sweet Forever and Ever Thing. May that Recollection always Roll through the Hearts and Minds of Tar Heels as we Shout that final refrain, so historical, so traditional, of “Hark The Sound.”You know those words don’t you? Go ahead and say it out loud right now too. GTHD.

Frontcourt: Bacot is an Einstein while Manek resides in Herculean territory today. Justin McKoy is ready.

Wings: Leaky Black has it all and Puff Johnson brings great positive energy and solid physical. Styles has low rhythms. Kerwin Walton joins Bacot in the Mensa Club.

Guards: Smart is the way to describe Love and Davis. Dunn is soaring.

Overall: This does look to be a battle. The dook players have some very high physicals – Roach, Moore, Griffin, Williams, and Keels each are in the upper third. Energy is low on the other hand and Intel is also weak. They’re athletic today but presence of mind and passion appear to be flagged. Banchero looks down while Moore and Roach have superior overall looks.

Carolina is clever, bright, sharp – Indeed, thinking, reasoning, and creativity are a strong suit for the Heels. Bacot leads that charge but Black, Davis, and Love all bear the mark of masterminds as well. Manek IS Physical. Black should be a key element in every facet of the game. A smart Bacot meets a robust Williams in the paint while a more than normal quicker, faster, and agile Manek meets a seemingly down Banchero. Jeremy Roach looks like trouble as does Charlottean Wendell Moore. A physically primed but dull Keels needs to be checked – he’s a chucker of little conscience. For the good guys Puff Johnson ought to contribute today and Justin McKoy should respond when called.

Las Vegas has dook by 4. The Biorhythms find that the exact opposite should be the result. Carolina by 4. Heart and Mind friends. Heart and Mind
 
Ten Years Ago Today - The Biorhythms.

North Carolina (33-6) vs. Villanova (34-5)
Houston, Tex. – NRG Stadium
Monday, 9:19 p.m. ET
TBS (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson)

UNC Tar Heels:
Johnson P = 0, E = 50, I = 45, X = 20
Jackson P = 5, E = 100, I = 5, X = 5
Meeks P = 60, E = 60, I = 100, X = 80
Berry P = 10, E = 75, I = 40, X = 25
Paige P = 95, E = 95, I = 0, X = 45
Pinson P = 95, E = 100, I = 30, X = 60
James P = 45, E = 30, I = 0, X = 20
Britt P = 25, E = 20, I = 40, X = 30
Hicks P = 30, E = 60, I = 90, X = 60
Williams P = 5, E = 0, I = 60, X = 30

Coach Wisdom = 15

Villanova Wildcats
Jenkins P = 100, E = 5, I = 15, X = 55
Ochefu P = 95, E = 25, I = 5, X = 50
Hart P = 0, E = 50, I = 95, X = 45
Arcidiacono P = 0, E = 95, I = 0, X = 0
Brunson P = 85, E = 25, I = 10, X = 45
Booth P = 0, E = 100, I = 100, X = 50
Bridges P = 95, E = 20, I = 15, X = 55
Reynolds P = 25, E = 95, I = 0, X = 10

Coach Wright Wisdom = 30

Frontline: Brice Johnson is fire and ice with solid Emotion, good Intel and bottomed Physical while Isaiah Hicks is smart and steady. Joel James brings enough and Kennedy Meeks is brilliant.

Backcourt and Wings: Guards are led by Marcus Paige’s high physical and emotion and the quiet fire of Joel Berry. Nate Britt brings just shy of middlin’ arcs. The wings are flying with Justin Jackson and Theo Pinson both sporting topped out Emotion Arcs. Pinson adds an excellent Physical to his profile.

Overall: Villanova brings a balanced set of biorhythms to the court tonight. Jenkins and Ochefu are both high physically but tempered by low Intel. Brunson also brings a good P-Arc. Arcicdiacono is the fire but is bottomed otherwise. Hart is the smart man along with Booth. In the main this team shows both low Intel in key spots and not too much energy. Nevertheless, the X-Factors are generally solid. This looks like a team effort with no true shining star.

This is Jay Wright’s George Clooney Moment and he’s bound to “do something.” Odds are a packed-in zone is one of the wrinkles he’ll throw – daring the Tar Heels to shoot the jumper and filling the lane with rebounders could work to keep the Bigs off the offensive boards. It could work.

Carolina is as fired as perhaps anytime this season – the E-Arcs are outstanding. Intel could be better but high marks there for Meeks and Hicks bode some smart interior play. Paige is zero on the Smarts as is Brice Johnson on the Physical. While troubling, these are young men who own those categories. What Marcus has is a goodly portion of is the motivation to act and to win over complex challenges. Berry brings excellent decision-making to the game. And watch for the Fire on the Wings from Pinson and Jackson – chaos and calm. Brice will be Brice. Here too a team effort appears to be the most likely scenario – but the seniors will have their say.

The biorhythms are as close as possible really and multiple X-Factors seem in play. Will it be poignant? Fitting? Destiny?

A real knock-down-drag-out in store. Carolina by two.

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Almost Got That One.
 
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