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Dean Smith Receives Naismith Sportsmanship Award

Video via WRAL. Also check out the other interviews with Charlie Scott and Phil Ford posted there.

The very beginning of the video is quite frankly enough to bring any Tar Heel fan to tears or close to it. Dean Smith looks so frail and the outpouring of applause from the crowd is incredible. [...]

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Three Heels named to NC Sports Hall of Fame

The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame has named its 2010 class and three Tar Heels are among this years honorees:

Don McCauley, still the gold standard among UNC running backs, was a two-time ACC player-of-the-year and was an All-American in 1970.  He played for the Baltimore Colts for over a decade and was inducted [...]

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Michael Jordan’s HOF Speech Was…Um…Interesting

According to some not a good “interesting” either.

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Michael Jordan’s HOF Induction

Tonight Michael Jordan goes into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame joining multiple players and coaches with UNC roots. In honor of the 1984 National Player of the Year I offer two videos for your viewing pleasure.  The first is Jordan dropping 39 on Georgia Tech in Greensboro during the 1983-84 season. UNC won 72-65.  [...]

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Legends

Via Sean May’s Twitter feed.

Coach Smith

During halftime of the Virginia game on Saturday, UNC raised a new banner to the rafters, this one honoring all of the Hall of Fame inductees who played or coached at North Carolina.  Among the individuals on hand were Billy Cunningham, James Worthy, Bob McAdoo and of course Dean Smith.  It was good to see [...]

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Congratulations to Roy Williams on his Induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Source: News and Observer

Roy Williams Hall of Fame Media Roundup

Today is the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the media outlets are flush with stories about Roy Williams. According to Inside Carolina, ESPN Classic will broadcast the ceremony live beginning at 7:30 EDT. A little later at 11 PM EDT, ESPN Classic will show a broadcast of the 2005 NCAA title game. [...]

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Roy Talks HOF With Dean

Roy Williams will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend.  On one level it is fairly amazing that UNC has had not just one HOF coach but three in the persons of Frank McGuire, Dean Smith and now Roy Williams.  Among those three coaches there are four NCAA titles, 1132 wins [...]

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Basketball Hall of Fame Information

I received an email from the Basketball Hall of Fame asking if I could post some information pertaining to the enshrinement activities coming up in September when Roy Williams will be inducted in the HOF.  I told them I would be happy to oblige as a public service to any Tar Heel fans who might [...]

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