sailordeac
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The older fans here remember when the ACCT was almost bigger to ACC schools than the NCAAT. Remember when only the ACCT winner went to the NCAAT?. ACCT tickets used to be among the most sought after events in sports.
I remember BKF #15. Dean said after that game it was the worst loss he ever had at home.
I was at that game. My God it was fun! That UNC team had James Worthy and Sam Perkins, and an excellent outside shooter named Al Wood. Doh also played on that UNC team as did an excellent little point guard named Jimmy Black. IIRC, earlier that season, that same Carolina team had beaten Indiana in Chapel Hill. I was also at that game and came away very impressed with Indiana (although they had lost at the end). I know a lot of people on these boards don't like Coach Knight but they probably never saw his teams play during his prime (mid '70s to @'90). They played about as beautiful a brand of basketball as one could imagine: excellent man-to-man defense, great movement and ball movement on offense, no bad shots, very disciplined, almost no mistakes. Gorgeous sight to behold! Later that year UNC played Indiana for the national championship (and Indiana avenged its earlier defeat to become NCAA champs).
Hard to imagine when we will be able to hang a loss like that on an excellent Carolina team on their home court again. We can always dream, I guess.