Documentary chronicling the history of the UNC Tar Heels men's basketball program. Narrated by Jim Lampley. Originally produced by Raycom Video Enterprises. I do not claim ownership of this broadcast.
I wish they'd make an updated DVD of this that spans the late 90s to 2017 national championship. It would be interesting to know more about Dean's retirement to when Roy took over.
Wow, me too! I was watching college ball starting with the 85 tournament, wasn't really a unc fan. I became a huge fan when they landed jr ried and it was in a loss to notre dame that I became a fan.
I joined the US Coast Guard in 1992, my first duty station was in Michigan. I watched that national championship game in a sports bar in Michigan, being the only NC fan in the place, wearing my NC tar heels hat. Lets just say it was frosty the rest of the night. Inwardly, I was pretty happy but I was surrounded by pissed off Michigan fans.
Dean Smith had this kind of personality where his teams just wanted to GIVE IT EVERYTHING THEY HAD for the team... Dean Smith, IMO was 1 in a Million-!!! He was the kind of person where you couldn't help but to like him, and pull for him and his teams... He was the kind of Coach that could beat another team by 25 points and just make a few comments about his team in the victory, then talk for 20 minutes about how 'Great' his opponents team was but just 'Had a bad night'-??????? 🤔🤣✌
As a lifelong Tar Heel fan I bought this documentary on VHS, I still own it and not the VHS machine! LOL!!! I just found out Lennie Rosenbluth passed away in June of 2022. My heartfelt condolences to Lennie’s family, friends and Carolina Basketball family. Not sure if the Men’s team honored his memory for the 2022-2023, but I’m hoping a moment of remembrance and silence by the fans happened at The Dean Dome as they shined a light on his retired jersey in the rafters.
Uh, Frank McGuire resigned to go to Philly? OK, yeah, that is technically right. However, in truth he was pretty much chased out of Chapel Hill for landing the program on probation for recruiting violations. His situation there was further strained with accusations of excessive on-court fighting, and even possible gambling issues. If you are going to do an historical documentary, you need to be historical. And no, I'm not a Tar Heel hater, but rather class of '74 myself. I just believe in saying it like it is.
Yes, I know Coach mentioned it, just as I knew the "terms of his contract" a long time ago. But Jim Lampley did not say one word about the problems with McGuire, and as the narrator that was HIS job, not Dean's.
I wish they'd make an updated DVD of this that spans the late 90s to 2017 national championship. It would be interesting to know more about Dean's retirement to when Roy took over.
