Jordan's career averages at Carolina were 17.7 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per contest from his big guard position. A consensus All-America in both 1983 and 1984, Jordan was first-team All-ACC both of those seasons. Jordan was famous at Carolina for providing late-game heroics that engineered Tar Heel victories. Besides the aforementioned NCAA title game, he led a momentous comeback against Virginia in 1983, clinching the game with a last-minute steal and dunk. That same season, he sent a game versus Tulane into overtime with a steal and a long jumper at the end of regulation as UNC went on to win in triple overtime.

In 1984, Jordan led the ACC in scoring with 19.4 points per game and was subsequently named ACC Player and Athlete of the Year. After being named National Player of the Year by the Sporting News in 1983, he was the unanimous choice for the award a year later. He was the leading scorer on both the 1983 U.S. Pan American Games team and the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, both of which won gold medals. Jordan passed up his final year of eligibility after consulting with Coach Smith and entered the NBA draft, where he was chosen third by the Chicago Bulls.

He went on to become a bona fide superstar in the pro ranks, being named the league's Rookie of the Year in 1985 and its Most Valuable Player in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1998. He led the Bulls to their first-ever championship in 1991 over the Los Angeles Lakers and then helped them successfully defend that title in 1992 by beating the Portland Trail Blazers. In the summer of 1992, Jordan was a member of the Olympic "Dream Team," a group of NBA all-stars who captured the gold medal in Barcelona. Jordan was named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals three years in a row and led the Bulls to their third consecutive world championship in 1993 over the Phoenix Suns. No team since the Boston Celtics of 1959-66 had won as many championships in a row.

His sudden retirement from the professional ranks in the fall of 1993, subsequent career in professional baseball and return to the NBA caused almost as much of a sensation as his on-court heroics. He returned to the Bulls late in the 1994-95 season and has since led Chicago to three straight NBA titles. Last year he led Chicago to its sixth NBA title while capturing the NBA Finals MVP Award for the sixth time.

Pete Brennan
Pete Brennan had a great career as a Tar Heel, averaging 16.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game for his career as a forward, but he is best remembered for a single play, a play that saved an NCAA title. The undefeated 1957 Carolina team was trailing Michigan State, 64-62, in the NCAA semifinals. There were only 11 seconds remaining in the first overtime period when the Spartans' Johnny Green missed a free throw and Brennan snared the rebound. Instead of making the outlet pass out to a guard as he ordinarily would have done, Brennan raced down court with the ball. Two Michigan State defenders got back to defend, so Brennan pulled up for a jump shot from the foul line. The jumper floated through the net with four seconds remaining, forcing another overtime period. UNC survived, downing the Spartans in triple overtime before subsequently defeating Kansas in triple overtime the next day in the title game of one of the most storied Final Fours in NCAA history. Brennan is still 10th in the Tar Heel record books in career rebounds. As a senior in 1958, he led the squad in scoring at a 21.3 clip, earning first-team All-America and ACC Player-of-the-Year honors.

Larry Brown
Larry Brown, an outstanding guard in the early 1960s, was the first Carolina player to compete in the Olympic Games. He was a member of the 1964 U.S. team that won the gold medal in Tokyo, Japan. Brown came off the bench in the gold medal game versus the Soviet Union and helped to spark a comeback win. He was known as a fine passer and ball-handler who could score when needed. As a junior in 1962, Dean Smith's first year as Carolina head coach, Brown led the squad in scoring with a 16.5 average. The following year marked the arrival of Billy Cunningham on the varsity team and Brown willingly sacrificed his own scoring numbers to distribute the ball to the future Hall-of-Famer. Brown's scoring average fell slightly that year, but he was named All-ACC nonetheless. Brown later served as an assistant coach under Smith before becoming a player and three-time all-star in the ABA. He won an NCAA championship in 1988 as the head coach at the University of Kansas and is now a successful head coaches in the NBA.

Cartwright Carmichael
Cartwright Carmichael earned first-team All-America honors in 1923, becoming the first UNC athlete to attain the honor in any sport. Regarded as an excellent shooter in his day and respected as a graceful player overall, Carmichael was tabbed as an All-America again in 1924 and garnered All-Southern Conference honors for three straight years from 1922-24. He was also named to the All-Southern Conference Tournament Team in 1924. During his three varsity seasons at Carolina, the Tar Heels were 56-7, and he led UNC teams to two Southern Conference regular-season championships and two Southern Conference tournament titles. Carmichael, who lettered on the 1922, 1923 and 1924 teams, led the Tar Heels to an undefeated season his senior year and to Carolina's first national championship as voted by the Helms Foundation. In 1922, Carmichael and his brother, Billy, became the first brothers to ever play together on the same Carolina basketball team. That feat was equaled in 1994-95 by Pat and Ryan Sullivan. A versatile athlete, Carmichael also lettered as an outfielder in baseball.

Vince Carter
A consensus second-team All-America selection in 1997-98, Vince Carter helped lead Carolina to consecutive ACC championships and Final Four appearances in 1997 and 1998. Carter may be the most prolific and spectacular dunker in Tar Heel history, and by the end of his three-year career had developed into an outstanding all-around player. Carter was once featured on ESPN's Plays of the Week six consecutive weeks for his incredible aerial displays. By his junior season Carter was also one of the nation's top defensive players.

The Daytona Beach, Fla., native was named first-team All-ACC as a junior after averaging 15.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and shooting an ACC-leading 59.1 percent from the field. He was sensational in the NCAA Tournament that year. He scored 24 points against UNC Charlotte, had 20 against Michigan State in the regional semifinal and had 21 against Utah in the Final Four.

He entered the NBA Draft after his junior season and was the fifth pick in the opening round. He is a rookie with the Toronto Raptors.

Bill Chamberlain
Bill Chamberlain was one of a string of players from the New York City area to play basketball at UNC and the second black player in Carolina history, following fellow New Yorker Charlie Scott. Chamberlain was the Tar Heel hero as a junior when Carolina won the 1971 NIT title. When All-ACC forward Dennis Wuycik went down with a knee injury in the tournament opener against Massachusetts, Chamberlain picked up the slack. He hit 10 of 15 shots and scored 24 points versus the Minutemen, while holding the great Julius Erving to just 13 points. Chamberlain had 19 points in the next game against Providence, 10 versus Duke in the semifinal and a career-high 34 in the title game as Carolina routed Georgia Tech, 84-66. He hit 13 of 18 shots from the field in the championship game while also grabbing 10 rebounds and the tournament MVP award. A 6-6 forward known for his quickness and all-around game, Chamberlain finished his career among the Tar Heel leaders in career field goal percentage at 54.0 percent. He was named a second-team All-America after his senior season.

Jack Cobb
UNC's first three-time All-America, Jack Cobb teamed with Cartwright Carmichael in 1924 to lead the Tar Heels to their first national championship. He captained the 1925 squad during his junior year and in 1926 garnered National Player-of-the-Year honors from the Helms Foundation. During his three varsity seasons, Cobb averaged 15 points per game in an era when the entire Tar Heel team averaged only about 35 points per contest. Known as "Mr. Basketball," Cobb was a 6-2 forward who could do it all. He was a slick passer and a great rebounder in addition to being a deadly scoring threat. Cobb was named to the All-Southern Conference Team in 1924, 1925 and 1926 and was first-team All-Southern Conference Tournament the latter two years. The three teams he played on went 66-10 and won three straight Southern Conference tournament and regular-season championships.

Shortly after he graduated from UNC, Cobb was involved in an automobile accident in which he lost part of his left leg. Nevertheless, he devoted most of his spare time to coaching Little League baseball teams. He died in 1966 at the age of 62. Cobb is a member of the Helms Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

Billy Cunningham
His exceptional leaping ability not only earned him the nickname "The Kangaroo Kid," it also enabled Billy Cunningham to win three Atlantic Coast Conference rebounding titles in a row. Cunningham is the third-leading rebounder in Tar Heel history. He was named ACC Player of the Year in 1965 and first-team All-ACC three years in a row. In 1963 and 1964, he was named first-team All-ACC Tournament despite the fact the Tar Heels didn't reach the finals either year. He was on the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-America team in 1964 and 1965 and on the Helms Foundation team his senior year. He led the ACC in scoring two years in a row with 26.0 points per game in 1964 and 25.4 in 1965. For his 69-game Carolina career, he averaged 24.8 points and 15.4 rebounds per game.

Cunningham was tabbed as Carolina's Most Valuable Player three straight years and he was an All-Academic ACC pick as a senior. In 1965, the College Sports Information Directors of America also named him to their Academic All-America team. Cunningham was picked in the first round of the NBA draft in 1965 by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played 11 years of professional basketball, including two years in the ABA and nine years in the NBA. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year with Philadelphia, the ABA Player of the Year with the Carolina Cougars and the NBA Coach of the Year with the 76ers. He played on a world championship team with the 76ers in 1967 and then coached Philadelphia to the NBA title in 1983. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., in 1985. He was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time in 1997.

Brad Daugherty
Brad Daugherty came to Carolina as a 16-year-old freshman with a big body and soft shooting touch and left four years later as one of the best players in Tar Heel history. He finished his career as UNC's alltime leader in career field goal percentage at .620, a record since broken by Rasheed Wallace. Daugherty is the eighth-leading scorer and sixth-leading rebounder in Carolina annals and was known for his solid post moves and tremendous work ethic. He entered Carolina as a freshman in the fall of 1982 and was a starter for the defending national champion Tar Heels by late December. He also was a member of the 1984 squad that posted a perfect 14-0 ACC mark. UNC went 111-26 overall during his four years in Chapel Hill. Daugherty scored in double figures in 32 of his 34 games and led the conference in both scoring and rebounding as a senior in 1986. For his efforts, he was named All-ACC for the second consecutive year, selected to several first- and second-team All-America squads and was a finalist for the Wooden Award as national player of the year. Daugherty capped his senior year by winning the Patterson Medal, the highest athletic award given annually at UNC to a Tar Heel senior who has demonstrated general excellence, sportsmanship, leadership and general conduct during his collegiate career. After the conclusion of his tenure in Carolina Blue, Daugherty was the first pick overall in the 1986 NBA draft, selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers. In 1997, the Cavaliers retired his jersey.

Walter Davis
A tremendous all-around player, Walter Davis played on ACC championship teams in 1975 and 1977. "Sweet D" played brilliantly in the 1975 ACC Tournament, hitting 22 of his 33 shots from the floor in the three-game affair. He scored 31 points against Wake Forest in the quarterfinals and held National Player of the Year David Thompson of N.C. State to a seven-for-21 shooting performance in the title game. Davis ensured his spot in the annals of the greatest plays in Tar Heel history as a freshman in 1974. He banked in a 35-foot shot at the buzzer against Duke in Carmichael Auditorium, tying the score and helping Carolina rally from an eight-point deficit in the game's final 17 seconds. Led by Davis' 31 points, UNC went on to win the game in overtime in one of the most famous installments in college basketball's most storied rivalries. Along with Mitch Kupchak, Tommy LaGarde and Phil Ford, Davis was one of four Tar Heels to play on the gold medal-winning 1976 Olympic squad for UNC head coach Dean Smith and assistant Bill Guthridge. Davis was a great shooter, tremendous passer, brilliant defender and solid rebounder. He still stands ninth in Tar Heel history in scoring and 11th in assists. He went on to be named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1978 and was a five-time all-star as a professional.

John "Hook" Dillon
John Dillon gained national fame early in 1946 against New York University in Madison Square Garden by scoring 21 points, many on his deadly hook shot. The media at the game declared Dillon's patented shot to be among the best ever seen in the Garden and he since has been known as "Hook" Dillon. He earned All-America honors in both 1946 and 1947 and was the leading scorer on the 1946 squad, the first Carolina team to reach the NCAA Final Four. The '46 Tar Heels reached the national finals before losing to Oklahoma A&M. During that march to the NCAA title game, Dillon again turned in great performances in Madison Square Garden, scoring 16 points against NYU, 15 versus Ohio State and 16 in the finals against Oklahoma A&M and its powerful center, Bob Kurland. Dillon played for the Tar Heels from 1945 through 1948 after playing three years in the Savannah (Ga.) Ice Delivery city league and a time at the Benedictine Military Academy. Dillon was Carolina's second-leading scorer as a freshman behind All-America Jim Jordan.

Phil Ford
Phil Ford is a player sure to be included with college basketball's alltime greatest guards. The surgeon-like precision with which Ford captained Coach Dean Smith's famed "Four Corners Offense" is perhaps the talent for which he is best remembered. He is UNC's all-time leading scorer with 2,290 points and ranks second in assists with 753. In his 123 career games, Ford averaged 18.6 points and 6.1 assists per contest. A three-time first-team All-America in 1976, 1977 and 1978, Ford directed Carolina to three straight first-place ACC regular-season finishes as well as ACC Tournament titles in 1975 and 1977 and the NCAA championship game in 1977. Ford, who started at the point guard position four successive seasons, was named the National Player of the Year in 1978 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the National Association of Basketball Coaches and The Sporting News. That year, he also won the John Wooden Award. Ford played on the 1976 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team under the leadership of Coach Smith and was named to the All-Tournament team by UPI.

Ford, who won the Everett Case Award his freshman year for leading UNC to the ACC tournament title over defending national champion N.C. State, was named first-team All-ACC his final three years as a Tar Heel. He also was named first-team All-ACC Tournament three times. The ACC Athlete of the Year in 1977 and 1978 and the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year the latter season, Ford scored a career-high 34 points in a 1978 victory over Duke in his last regular-season game at Carmichael Auditorium, boosting Carolina to the ACC regular-season title in the process.

Ford's teams went 99-24 in his four seasons at UNC, while he compiled impressive shooting statistics of .527 from the field and .808 from the line. Ford played seven seasons in the NBA and was the league's Rookie of the Year in 1979 with the Kansas City Kings. Ford is currently serving his 11th year as a Tar Heel assistant coach.

George Glamack
Although his poor eyesight kept him from focusing on the rim of the basket, George Glamack overcame those odds and put together a remarkable college career. He shot the ball according to the lines painted on the court, earning the nickname "The Blind Bomber." In 1940 and 1941, he was named All-Southern Conference, All-America and National Player of the Year by the Helms Foundation. A master at maneuvering in the paint, Glamack had a deadly hook shot with either hand. In 1940, he was named first-team All-Southern Conference Tournament as he helped lead Carolina to the Southern Conference championship. As captain of the 1941 squad, he averaged 20.6 points per game, an incredible mark for the time. He led the 1941 team to the Southern Conference regular-season title and to UNC's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He played five seasons in the professional ranks in the 1940s with teams in Akron, Rochester, N.Y., Indianapolis and Hammond, Ind. Glamack always hoped his career would be an inspiration to other handicapped people who dreamed of participating in organized sports.

Antawn Jamison
One of the quickest and most relentless forwards ever to play at Carolina, Antawn Jamison burst onto the scene as a freshman and was a star for three spectacular seasons. Jamison came to UNC from Charlotte, N.C., and was an instant force. In his first season, he led the ACC in field goal percentage, something no freshman had ever done in league history, grabbed 20 rebounds in a win at Virginia and became the first Tar Heel freshman to earn first-team All-ACC honors. As a sophomore he led the Tar Heels with 19.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game and was among the top three in the ACC in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. He led UNC to ACC Tournament and NCAA East Regional titles.

As a junior, Jamison was the unanimous National Player of the Year. He was named Player of the Year by The Associated Press, NABC, Wooden Award, Naismith Award, USBWA, Sporting News, CBS and Basketball Times. He became the second Tar Heel and third player in ACC history to be named ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA Regional MVP and National Player of the Year in the same season. Jamison scored 822 points, the second-highest figure in UNC history, and grabbed a single-season UNC-record 389 rebounds. He averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds a contest, the first double-double by a Tar Heel since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. Jamison received the Patterson Medal as Carolina's top senior athlete and the McKevlin Award as the Top Male Athlete in the ACC.

Jamison is the only player in ACC history to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior. He scored 30 or more points four times as a junior, including a career-high matching 36 against Maryland.

In three career home games against Duke, Jamison averaged 30.3 points and 12.0 rebounds in three victories. Against Duke in the 1998 ACC Tournament final, Jamison overcame a leg muscle injury to score 22 points and pull down 18 rebounds.

Jamison is fourth in career rebounding at UNC with 1,027 and seventh in scoring with 1,974 points. He entered the NBA Draft after his junior year and was selected fourth overall. He is a rookie with the Golden State Warriors.

Bobby Jones
One of the most complete players in ACC history, Bobby Jones excelled at all areas of the game. As a sophomore, he rotated in and out of the lineup with Dennis Wuycik and Bill Chamberlain, averaging 10.2 points per game and hitting 66.8 of his field goals, still the ACC single-season record. Jones posted one of the best all-around seasons in Carolina history as a junior, averaging 15.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. He led the ACC in field goal percentage three times and stands fourth in UNC history in career field goal percentage at 60.8 percent. As a senior in 1974, Jones provided two of the most famous moments in Tar Heel lore. In a game at Duke, he stole a Blue Devil inbounds pass and dribbled the length of the floor for a layup at the buzzer to give Carolina a 73-71 victory. In the rematch at Carmichael Auditorium, Jones scored four points in an amazing Tar Heel rally from eight points down with 17 seconds left in regulation. He scored 24 points for the game and UNC won in overtime, 96-92. Jones earned a position on the 1972 Olympic Team after just his sophomore season, and he later earned All-America honors as a senior. He went on to be named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team eight consecutive years, won the NBA Sixth Man Award in 1983 and was a member of the world champion Philadelphia 76ers in 1983.

Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan was a star player who came to Carolina during World War II. He played at Mount St. Mary's College for one year and was the team's captain and leading scorer. The Navy transferred him to the ROTC unit at UNC and he became an immediate star for the Tar Heels, lifting Carolina to a 22-6 record. Jordan was the only unanimous selection to the All-Southern Conference team in 1945. A good shooter, Jordan also was a solid rebounder, ball-handler and the team's steadiest leader. When Coach Ben Carnevale would put in his second-stringers, he often would leave Jordan in the game to help calm them down. He was a star for the 1946 team that posted a 30-5 record and reached the NCAA finals before losing to Oklahoma A&M. The 1946 season marked Carolina's first NCAA Final Four appearance. Jordan was a second-team All-America choice in 1945 and a first-team selection in '46.

Mitch Kupchak
Mitch Kupchak was the first freshman to play basketball at Carolina after the freshman eligibility rule went into effect prior to the 1972-73 season. He was a top reserve that year, an alternate starter as a sophomore and one of the top players in the ACC as a junior and senior. Kupchak averaged double figures in both points and rebounds in both 1975 and '76. No Tar Heel player had posted a double-figure rebounding average after Kupchak until Antawn Jamison did in 1997-98. He is fifth in UNC history in career rebounds with 1,006. Kupchak was an All-ACC selection as both a junior and senior and an All-America choice as a senior in 1976. He was also the ACC Player of the Year in 1976 as he sparked Carolina to a 25-4 record. A fearless competitor, Kupchak played the game as hard as anyone. He dove for loose balls with abandon despite persistent back pain. He underwent surgery between his junior and senior seasons, forcing him to miss the 1975 Pan Am Games. Nonetheless, he battled back from his surgery to be the starting center on the gold-medal-winning 1976 U.S. Olympic Team and gain recognition on UPI's All-Olympic Team as one of the five best players in the entire Games. He joined fellow Tar Heels Walter Davis, Phil Ford and Tommy LaGarde on the '76 Olympic squad coached by UNC head coach Dean Smith and assistant Bill Guthridge. Kupchak went on to a successful professional career, playing on three NBA championship teams with the Washington Bullets and Los Angeles Lakers. He has worked in the Lakers' front office since the 1986-87 season, helping to put together Laker teams that won world titles in 1987 and '88.

Tommy LaGarde
One of the biggest "what ifs" in Carolina basketball history surrounds Tommy LaGarde. The Tar Heels were perhaps the hottest team in the nation midway through the 1976-77 season when LaGarde tore ligaments in his knee against Maryland and missed the remainder of the season. Carolina still reached the NCAA finals, but without LaGarde and with Phil Ford and Walter Davis hampered by injuries, the Tar Heels could not defeat Marquette in the championship game. Despite missing over a third of the season, LaGarde was still named second-team All-ACC and second-team All-America after averaging 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds and hitting 59.3 percent of his field goals before the injury. He also used his quickness and 6-10 size to form an imposing presence in the Tar Heel defense. As a junior he led the ACC in field goal percentage at 61.2 percent and was second in free throw percentage with an 80.9 mark. He is ninth in Carolina history in career field goal percentage at 58.3 percent. LaGarde joined fellow Tar Heels Walter Davis, Phil Ford and Mitch Kupchak on the gold-medal-winning 1976 U.S. Olympic team coached by UNC head coach Dean Smith and Carolina assistant Bill Guthridge. An excellent student, LaGarde was a two-time Academic All-America. He played six seasons in the NBA and was a member of the 1978-79 world champion Seattle SuperSonics.

York Larese
York Larese was one of the few players to be named All-ACC every year he was eligible, sweeping those honors in 1959, 1960 and 1961 in the final three years of the legendary Frank McGuire's coaching tenure at Carolina. He was also named second-team All-America as a senior. A 6-4 guard from New York City, Larese was a great shooter capable of scoring from anywhere on the court. He was especially deadly from the free throw line, leading the ACC in foul shooting in 1960 with a percentage of 86.8. That stood as the Carolina record for 25 years until it was broken by Steve Hale in 1985. Larese had an unusual free throw form, simply shooting the ball as quickly as an official handed it to him. Sometimes, the official couldn't even step back before the ball was in the air. In talking about Larese, former Duke coach Vic Bubas said, "I can't ever remember a better shooter in the league." York teamed with Doug Moe to give Carolina a solid one-two punch for three years. And for two of those seasons, the Tar Heels had All-America Lee Shaffer on the front line, forming a dangerous inside-outside combination. As a junior, Larese put on an incredible show against Duke, hitting 21 of 21 free-throw attempts, which still stands as a Tar Heel record for single-game free throws made.

Bob Lewis
The sharpshooting Bob Lewis played a number of roles during his Tar Heel career and played them all well. As a sophomore and junior, he was called upon to be a major scorer, and despite his 6-3 frame, to play in the frontcourt. He responded by averaging 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in 1965 and 27.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest in 1966. The 27.4 points per game he scored as a junior marks the second-highest single-season scoring average in Tar Heel history behind only the legendary Lennie Rosenbluth in the 1957 national championship season. As a senior, Lewis moved to his natural guard position. His scoring fell off, but he was surrounded by better talent and the team had a stellar season. Lewis' senior year, 1966-67, was the beginning of the golden era of Carolina basketball. The Tar Heels made the first of three consecutive NCAA Final Four trips and the first of three straight appearances in the top five of the final national polls that year. Since that season, UNC has won more games than any other college basketball program. Lewis was the MVP of the 1967 East Regional after scoring 31 points against Boston College in the regional championship game. An All-America in both 1966 and '67, Lewis scored 49 points versus Florida State on Dec. 16, 1965, the most points ever scored by a UNC player in a single game. He was no gunner, however, hitting 52.0 percent of his shots that season. Lewis' total of 1,836 points ranks 10th in UNC history. He was a two-time All-ACC selection.

George Lynch
The heart and soul of the 1993 NCAA champion Tar Heels, George Lynch was the consummate team player who was deft at grabbing the clutch rebound or making the last-second steal to swipe a victory. Lynch's leadership and all-around game led his teammates to vote him the squad's most valuable player after the championship season. He finished his career as one of only two players in ACC history to compile at least 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 steals and 200 assists in his career. He ranks second in Carolina history in both rebounds and steals. One of the finest single games in Lynch's career came in the comeback win over Florida State in the Smith Center on January 27, 1993. He hit a three-pointer to ignite a comeback from a 19-point deficit with under nine minutes to play. Lynch then stole a cross-court pass and dunked for a 78-77 advantage with 1:41 left, UNC's first lead since the opening moments of the game. He finished the game with 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Lynch capped his career with a spectacular 1993 NCAA Tournament performance. He recorded double figures in both points and rebounds in each of Carolina's last four games during the title run, averaging 17.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in the wins over Arkansas, Cincinnati, Kansas and Michigan. He was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1993 NCAA East Regional and a member of the Final Four All-Tournament team. He also was named first-team All-ACC in 1993. Lynch was a first-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1993 NBA draft and now plays with the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Robert McAdoo
Robert McAdoo was the only junior college transfer ever awarded a scholarship by Dean Smith. He only played at Carolina one season, but he was a key performer on one of the best teams in school history. A Greensboro, N. C. native, McAdoo came to UNC from Vincennes Junior College and immediately stepped into the pivot and helped Carolina to a 26-5 record in 1971-72. The Tar Heels won the ACC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. McAdoo was the leading scorer (19.5 points per game) and rebounder (10.1 boards per contest) on a well-balanced squad that featured five players who scored in double figures. He was an All-ACC selection and an all-tournament choice at the ACC Tournament, the NCAA East Regional and the Final Four. He was also the MVP of the ACC Tournament. For a big man, he was an excellent shooter and his long-range scoring ability cleared out the lane for forwards Dennis Wuycik, Bill Chamberlain and Bobby Jones. McAdoo had such a tremendous season that Smith suggested he make himself eligible for the NBA draft, the first UNC player to enter the draft with college eligibility remaining. The move paid off as McAdoo was the NBA Rookie of the Year for the Buffalo Braves in 1973 and the league's MVP in 1975. A five-time all-star as a professional, McAdoo was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers during the world championship seasons of 1982 and 1985 and is now an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.

Larry Miller
Carolina reclaimed its basketball excellence in the late 1960s with the help of the talent and leadership of Larry Miller. A first-team All-America and ACC Player of the Year in 1967 and 1968, Miller was a key player on Carolina teams which won the ACC championship and went to the Final Four in both of those seasons. The McKevlin Award winner as the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1968, Miller is one of only two players to ever be named Most Valuable Player of the ACC Tournament on two occasions. He once scored in double figures a school-record 64 consecutive games and is still UNC's sixth-leading scorer and 11th-leading rebounder of all time. His rebounding statistics are even more impressive considering his 6-4 size.

Miller, who played on the U.S. team at the 1967 World University Games, was named to the NCAA All-East Regional team in both 1967 and 1968, and he was also on the all-tournament team at the 1968 Final Four. The Most Valuable Player of the 1967 Far West Classic, Miller was named second-team All-ACC in 1966 and first team in 1967 and 1968. He was first-team All-ACC Tournament twice as well. In his Carolina career, he scored 21.8 points and pulled down 9.2 rebounds per outing. He played one of the greatest games in ACC Tournament history in the 1967 finals, hitting 13 of 14 field goals and scoring 32 points in an 82-73 victory over Duke. Miller, a left-handed shooter, displayed his deadly outside shooting touch in the professional ranks, playing for seven seasons in the ABA. In the 1971-72 season, he averaged 18.4 points per game for the Carolina Cougars, including one game in which he scored an ABA-record 67 points.

Doug Moe
Doug Moe was a two-time All-ACC selection and a first-team All-America as a senior in 1961 in the last three years of the Frank McGuire era at Carolina. Moe averaged 20.4 points and 14.0 rebounds in his final season, and his career rebounding average was 10.6 per contest. Billy Cunningham is the only Tar Heel to have better season or career rebounding averages. The 6-5 Moe wasn't a tremendous leaper, but he had excellent timing around the backboard and boxed out taller opponents very well. He teamed with York Larese to give Carolina a potent, one-two scoring punch for three seasons. Moe may actually have been more valuable as a defensive player, however. In the Dixie Classic his senior year, Duke's Art Heyman exploded for 11 points in the first seven minutes of action. Moe was shifted to guard him and the Blue Devil star had just one basket and two free throws in the remainder of the game. Moe was named tourney MVP as Carolina won, 76-71. Moe had scored 22 points and snared 18 rebounds in the semifinal versus Villanova. In speaking of Moe, former N.C. State head coach Everett Case said, "He's the best ... at anything ... that's all there is to it." After leaving UNC, Moe played in Italy for two years and twice was European Player of the Year. He also was a three-time all-star in the ABA and a member of the 1968-69 ABA champion Oakland Oaks. Moe was a head coach in the professional ranks for 15 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers and was named NBA Coach of the Year while with the Nuggets in 1988.

Eric Montross
A two-time second-team All-America selection and member of the 1994 John Wooden All-America team, Eric Montross was the starting center for the 1993 Tar Heel squad that won the NCAA championship. He averaged 15.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game that year and was named first-team All-ACC. He teamed with George Lynch to give Carolina a powerful inside combination to complement the outside shooting of Donald Williams on the way to the national title. Montross was named to the all-tournament teams at the ACC Tournament, NCAA East Regional and NCAA Final Four in 1993. His mammoth size and solid basketball fundamentals made him a force in the pivot for Carolina for four seasons. One of the most memorable moments from Montross' career came in 1992 in the Smith Center versus defending nationa

Mike O'Koren
Mike O'Koren seemed to be able to do everything, as affirmed by his ranking among school leaders in scoring (12th), rebounding (13th), assists (16th), field goal shooting (13th) and steals (sixth). He won first-team All-America honors in 1978, 1979 and 1980. A multi-faceted forward, O'Koren's 64.3 percent field goal shooting as a sophomore led the ACC and ranked second nationally. The Jersey City, N.J., native was named first-team All-ACC in 1978 and 1980 and second-team in 1979.

A four-year starter, he scored 21 points in the 1977 ACC Tournament final against Virginia to lead the Tar Heels to a 75-69 victory, and he poured in a career-high 31 points against UNLV in the semifinals of the 1977 NCAA Final Four as the Tar Heels edged the Running Rebels by a single point. A 1977 and 1979 All-ACC Tournament selection, O'Koren had a sensational game against Duke on January 13, 1979 at Carmichael Auditorium. His totals in that game included 17 points, 20 rebounds, seven assists and four steals and he held Blue Devil star Gene Banks scoreless in the second half of the 74-68 UNC victory. O'Koren co-captained the 1979 U.S. Pan American Games team which captured the gold medal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He finished his UNC career with averages of 15.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per contest. O'Koren played eight seasons in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets and the Washington Bullets.

Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins excelled as a 6-9 center/forward who played like a 7-footer with the help of his incredibly long arms and accompanying mind-boggling reach. His silky smooth touch around the basket and innate radar for the ball enabled Perkins to become Carolina's alltime leading rebounder and its second-leading scorer. He is one of only four Tar Heels to be a first-team All-America three times, the others being Jack Cobb, Phil Ford and Mike O'Koren. Perkins was also a three-time first-team All-ACC selection from 1982-84 and was ACC Rookie of the Year and MVP of the ACC Tournament in 1981.

Perkins started on Tar Heel teams which won three ACC regular-season championships, two ACC Tournament crowns and went to the Final Four in both 1981 and 1982, winning the NCAA title the latter season. He was named to All-Tournament teams at the 1981 NCAA West Regional, the 1982 NCAA East Regional and the 1982 NCAA Final Four. Twice named first-team All-ACC Tournament, he was the MVP at the Stanford Invitational and the ECAC Holiday Festival his senior year. He concluded his Carolina career by averaging 15.9 points per game and 8.6 rebounds an outing.

Two of the four Carolina teams he played on finished No. 1 in the AP and UPI polls. He played with Tar Heel teammate Michael Jordan on the 1983 U.S. Pan American Games team and the 1984 Olympic Team, both of which won gold medals. Perkins played his first six NBA seasons with the Dallas Mavericks before joining former Tar Heel teammate James Worthy with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1990. Perkins' addition to the roster was a great spark as the Lakers returned to the NBA Finals in 1991 after losing in the conference semifinals the previous season. Perkins has moved on to be a solid member of the Seattle SuperSonics, which reached the NBA Finals in 1996.

J.R. Reid
J.R. Reid came to Carolina as one of the most heralded high school stars in the nation and lived up to his advance billing. He was the 1987 ACC Rookie of the Year, scoring 528 points and snaring 268 rebounds. He twice scored 31 points in a game that season, hitting 13 of 14 field goals against N.C. State and going 15 of 18 from the floor in the NCAA Tournament versus Notre Dame. During one stretch of the year, he hit 35 of 40 field goal attempts. The best was yet to come, however, as Reid was a consensus All-America in 1988, only the fifth UNC sophomore to be so honored, joining Jack Cobb, Phil Ford, Michael Jordan and Perkins. He averaged 18.0 points and 8.9 rebounds, while shooting 60.7 percent from the field. Following that season, he was selected to the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea. Reid missed the first nine games of his junior campaign with a foot injury, but he fought back valiantly. His numbers weren't as high as his sophomore season, but he was a better player. He was the MVP of the 1989 ACC Tournament, scoring 48 points and playing sensational defense over the three games as Carolina won its first conference title since 1982. Reid's defense was absolutely essential to the Tar Heel effort in an epic win over Duke in the final. He was an all-regional choice in the NCAA Tournament for three consecutive years. Reid finished his career with a field goal percentage of 60.1, the fourth-best mark in school history. In 1989, Reid became the fourth Carolina player to enter the NBA draft with college eligibility remaining. He was the fifth pick overall by the Charlotte Hornets and earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors in 1990. In 1997, Reid played professionally in France, but he is currently a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

Lennie Rosenbluth
Lennie Rosenbluth set and still holds Carolina's records for single-season and career scoring average. The Helms Foundation's 1957 National Player of the Year averaged 28.0 points per game in 1957 and 26.9 points per game in his esteemed career. A member of UNC's undefeated 1957 squad, he led the Tar Heels to the national championship in a triple-overtime victory over the Kansas Jayhawks and their star, Wilt Chamberlain. His 2,045 career points o third in Carolina history o was tops in the Tar Heel record books for 21 years. Among the other Carolina records still held by Rosenbluth are points in a season, field goals attempted in a season and free throws made and attempted in both a season and a career.

Rosenbluth was a three-time All-ACC selection and was tabbed ACC Player and Athlete of the Year in 1957. He was twice All-ACC Tournament, the MVP of the 1957 ACC tourney and a member of the All-Tournament team at the Final Four in 1957 and at three Dixie Classics. As a junior, Rosenbluth made several second and third team All-America squads, but he was a consensus first-team pick as a senior, being chosen by AP, UPI, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Helms Foundation, Converse, Collier's Magazine and the National Education Association. Born in the Bronx in 1933, Rosenbluth chose to attend UNC in large measure because Carolina head coach Frank McGuire was also from New York City. After his career as a Tar Heel, he played for a brief time in the NBA before becoming a high school teacher and basketball coach in Florida.

Rosenbluth, Antawn Jamison and Duke's Christian Laettner are the only players to be named ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA regional MVP and National Player of the Year in the same season.

Charlie Scott
Charlie Scott was a pioneer among black athletes nationally when, in 1966, he became one of the first black athletes to earn an athletic scholarship at a Southern school. A native of New York City, Scott guided UNC to its second and third straight Final Fours in 1968 and 1969. In each of those years, Carolina won the ACC regular-season and tournament championships. He was a first-team All-America in 1969 and 1970 and a three-time All-ACC selection. He was also selected UNC's team MVP his junior and senior years, MVP of the NCAA East Regional in 1969 and co-ACC Athlete of the Year in 1970. Scott is UNC's fifth-leading career scorer. For his career at Carolina, Scott played in 91 games and averaged 22.1 points per game and 7.1 rebounds. In one of Carolina's greatest comebacks ever, Scott scored 40 points in the 1969 ACC Tournament finals against Duke, rallying Carolina from a nine-point halftime deficit to an 11-point victory. For that effort, he was given the Everett Case Award as the tournament's MVP. A week later, his long jump shot at the buzzer gave Carolina a heartstopping 87-85 triumph over Davidson in the championship game of the East Regional as the Tar Heels advanced to their third straight Final Four. In 1970, he led the ACC in scoring with 27.1 points per game and was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America Team. Scott, who played for the 1968 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team at Mexico City, spent 10 seasons in the professional ranks. He was the ABA Rookie of the Year with the Virginia Squires in 1971 and he won an NBA world championship with the Boston Celtics in 1976.

Lee Shaffer
Lee Shaffer averaged in double figures in scoring for three consecutive seasons at Carolina, including a team- and ACC-high mark of 18.2 points per game in his senior year of 1960. Not only did he top the Tar Heel scoring attack that season, but he also pulled down 11.2 rebounds per game, including 20 versus Notre Dame on Jan. 2, 1960. Shaffer was named ACC Player of the Year in 1960. He also won first-team All-ACC and All-America honors his final season. He had been a second-team all-conference choice in 1959. He was an All-ACC Tournament choice as both a junior and senior, scoring 21, 23, 11, 29 and 21 points in five conference tournament games over those two seasons. He was twice named to the All-Dixie Classic Team and an all-tournament selection at the Kentucky Invitational during his senior year. Throughout his career, Shaffer was effective around the boards tipping in missed shots, but also possessed a soft touch on jump shots from the corner and baseline. His son, Lee Jr., was a star linebacker on Tar Heel football teams which went to three bowl games from 1979 to 1981.

Kenny Smith
Known for his exceptional quickness, blazing speed and dead-eye pull-up jumper, Kenny Smith was named the Basketball Times' National Player of the Year in 1987. That same year, Smith was a consensus All-America and first-team All-ACC choice, leading the Tar Heels in scoring with 16.9 points per game as well as in assists with 209. He had been named second-team All-ACC as a sophomore and a junior. One of only 10 freshmen under coach Dean Smith to start the first game of his career, he had 86 assists in NCAA Tournament play, which at the time was the most in that storied event's history. In 127 games as a collegian, he averaged 12.9 points per game and 6.0 assists per contest while running Carolina's offense to masterful perfection from his point guard spot. Smith led UNC to undefeated ACC marks in both 1984 and 1987, and he poured in a career-high 41 points during that 1987 season in a 108-99 comeback win at Clemson. Smith finished his career as Carolina's alltime assist leader with 768, breaking the record of current Tar Heel assistant coach Phil Ford.

Smith's total of 195 steals was a Carolina record at the end of his college career and is still good enough to rank fourth. His game-high 23 points against the Soviet Union in the championship game of the FIBA World Championships propelled the U.S. team to a gold medal-clinching victory in 1986. Smith won the Patterson Medal, the highest athletic award at Carolina, as the top senior athlete in 1987. After playing his first three years with the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks, Smith played four seasons with the Houston Rockets and was the starting point guard for the Rockets' 1994 and 1995 world championship teams. Smith is now an NBA Television Analyst for Turner Sports.

Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Stackhouse entered Carolina with high expectations from his prep career in Kinston. He did not disappoint, demonstrating fantastic athleticism and steady play throughout his career. The 6-6 forward had a solid freshman campaign, averaging 12.2 points and five rebounds per game. He scored a season-high 23 points against LSU in the Superdome. In the postseason, Stackhouse showed flashes of brilliance, leading Carolina to the ACC Tournament Championship. Following a 14-point, seven-rebound effort in the final against Virginia, Stackhouse was named the ACC Tournament's Most Valuable Player. Stackhouse, a natural wing player, was called on to play power forward his sophomore year, but he never looked out of place. He led the team in scoring average at 19.2 points and in steals with 50. Stackhouse shot 51.7 percent from the field and 41.1 percent from the three-point line. In postseason tournament play, Stackhouse continued to shine. He had another successful ACC Tournament and was named to the All-ACC Tournament team. In the NCAA Tournament, Stackhouse was an essential key to Carolina's march to the Final Four. He posted a double-double against Kentucky in the Southeast Regional Final, finishing with 18 points and 12 rebounds. In 1995, Stackhouse was Sports Illustrated's National College Player of the Year and earned first-team All-America and All-ACC honors. Stackhouse chose to forego his final two years of eligibility at Carolina. He was the third player chosen overall in the 1995 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers and was named to the 1996 NBA All-Rookie team.

Rasheed Wallace
One of Carolina's most agile and dominating big men, Rasheed Wallace showcased amazing abilities to run the court and control a game. The 6-10 native of Philadelphia averaged 9.5 points per game as a freshman. He pulled down 6.6 rebounds per game and led the team with 63 blocks. Wallace worked even harder in the post-season, garnering 17 points and 16 boards in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals against Florida State. He was named to the ACC's All-Freshman Team and the All-ACC Tournament Team. As a sophomore, Wallace continued to play brilliantly, averaging 16.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Wallace led the ACC in field goal percentage (65.4 percent), improving his career field goal percentage to an ACC career recordo64.9 percent. His deft touch, coupled with tremendous dunks, made Wallace a favorite of the fans and the scouts. He was named first team All-ACC and second team AP All-America. Wallace also was a finalist for the Naismith award. He opted to enter the draft following his second year at Carolina and was drafted by the Washington Bullets in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft. He is now with the Portland Trailblazers.

Shammond Williams
Coming out of high school, the only scholarship offer Shammond Williams had was from a junior college in South Carolina. He finished his career at Carolina, however, as the school's alltime leading three-point shooter, alltime leading free throw shooter and an ACC Tournament and NCAA Regional Most Valuable Player.

Williams set an ACC single-season record as a senior when he converted 91.1 percent from the free throw line. he made an incredible 133 of 146 free throw attempts that year. He finished his career shooting a school-record 84.9 percent from the free throw line.

Williams made a UNC record 233 three-point baskets. He connected on a single-game record-equalling eight three-pointers in a dizzying 42-point effort in a 107-100, double overtime win at Georgia Tech.

A second-team All-ACC selection as a senior, Williams was the only player in the conference to finish in the top 10 in scoring and assists. As a junior, only Williams and Wake Forest's National Player of the Year Tim Duncan were the only players in the top 10 in those categories.

Williams is 25th in career scoring at UNC with 1,445 points and 12th in assists with 399.

In 1997, he was MVP of the ACC Tournament after he averaged 20.0 points and 5.0 assists in leading UNC to the title. He netted 24 points against Wake Forest in the semifinal and 23 against N.C. State in the final. He was MVP of the NCAA East Regional after he scored 22 points against Louisville to reach the Final Four.

He set a UNC postseason record with six three-pointers and scored 32 points against UNC Charlotte in the second round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

Al Wood
Al Wood possessed one of the sweetest jump shots in ACC history and led Carolina in scoring in each of his final three years as a Tar Heel with averages of 17.8, 19.0 and 18.1 points per game in 1979-81. Wood was named first-team All-America in 1981 after he led UNC to the NCAA finals versus Indiana. He played brilliantly throughout the '81 postseason, earning MVP honors at the West Regional. He capped off his senior campaign with 39 points, an NCAA semifinal record, and 10 rebounds in a 78-65 win over Virginia in the Final Four. Wood is fourth in Tar Heel history in scoring with 2,015 points, one of only five Carolina players to compile at least 2,000 points. Dramatic highlights filled his career. Always a clutch performer, as a sophomore he hit a dramatic, long jumper with three seconds to play that gave the Tar Heels a 54-53 win at Maryland. As a senior, he totaled 25 points and 17 rebounds in a victory over previously undefeated Wake Forest and had 33 points and six steals against top-ranked Virginia. Wood never missed a game in his UNC career, playing in 126. He was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team.

James Worthy
As Carolina conquered Georgetown to win the national championship in 1982, James Worthy led the way, scoring 28 points in the 63-62 victory over the Hoyas. That season, he was named MVP of the ACC Tournament, the NCAA East Regional and the NCAA Final Four. A first-team All-America choice in both 1981 and 1982, and a consensus selection the latter year, Worthy was named co-National Player of the Year by the Helms Foundation in 1982. A starter from the beginning of his freshman year, he averaged 14.5 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per contest in an 84-game Tar Heel career. Worthy missed the second half of his freshman year with a broken ankle, but he came back to average 14.2 points per game and finish third in the ACC in rebounding as a sophomore. He helped Carolina reach the national championship game that season with his outstanding play as the Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament and NCAA West Regional crowns. That merely set the stage for his magnificent junior year when the Tar Heels won it all. Worthy won the McKevlin Award as the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1982 and was named second-team All-ACC in 1981 and first team in 1982. After consulting with Coach Smith, Worthy passed up his final year of eligibility to become the first player selected in the 1982 NBA draft, chosen by the Los Angeles Lakers. He went on to become a seven-time All-Star in the NBA, playing on world championship teams with the Lakers in 1985, 1987 and 1988. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1988 NBA Finals against Detroit. He retired from professional basketball in the fall of 1994. He is currently a basketball analyst for Fox Sports.

Dennis Wuycik
One of the finest shooters ever to play at Carolina, Dennis Wuycik was a rugged forward with a great outside touch and powerful moves around the basket. Although a bit undersized at 6-6 to play inside, his strength allowed him to muscle in shots against taller opponents. Wuycik led the ACC in field goal percentage in 1971 with a mark of 60.7 percent and then shot a conference-best 85.4 percent from the free throw line in 1972 as a senior. He led Carolina in scoring both years with averages of 18.4 and 18.0 points per game, twice winning All-ACC honors. He was named All-America as a senior by both the Helms Foundation and Basketball Weekly. He was also an Academic All-America that year. Wuycik was tremendous in the 1972 ACC Touranment final, scoring 24 points versus Maryland as the Tar Heels won the championship. He was the MVP of the NCAA East Regional that year and scored 47 points in two games at the Final Four. In fact, Wuycik scored in double figures in 28 of 31 games as a senior. His career scoring high came as a junior when he poured in 39 against Creighton, making 10 of 13 field goal attempts and 19 of 22 free throw tries. He ranks fourth in Carolina history in free throw percentage at 83.4 percent and sixth in career field goal percentage with a 59.0 clip.