The North Carolina Tarheel Basketball team rolled away with its 5th NCAA basketball championship in 2009, and for Coach Roy Williams this was especially sweet as it marked the second as a Tarheel headmaster for the Hall of Fame coach.
The University of North Carolina Tarheel Basketball team has a great tradition in the world of NCAA college basketball. The Heels have 5 National Titles 4 and that places them 3rd only behind leader UCLA (John Wooden Dynasty) and Kansas.
Today we will take a look back and a walk on Tobacco Road as we reminisce about one of the most storied NCAA basketball programs ever to grace the hardwood courts of this nation, the University of North Carolina Tarheel basketball program.
Location of University
A big part of Carolina’s success comes from the very location of the University and the area in which they can recruit, and recruit heavily from, Tobacco Road. Famous Tobacco Road is so named because of all of the tobacco farmers in the state of North Carolina and refers to 4 outstanding scholastic as well as athletic universities in the Tar Heel state. The North Carolina State Wolfpack, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the North Carolina Tar heels and the Duke University Blue Devils.
Greatness
North Carolina Tarheel Basketball was seemingly forever- coached by the legendary Dean Smith who won two NCAA National Titles. Dean Smith invented the 4 corners offense which kept the other team from getting the ball and outscoring the Tar Heels on many frustrating for the other team’s occasions.
The invention and the subjugation of the shot clock effectively killed the infamous for others famous for the Heels 4 corners offense. The Tarheel basketball program receives a ton of media attention and this comes from the winning tradition that the school has enjoyed almost every year.
NBA Draftees
Please have a look at a listing of the past North Carolina Tarheel Basketball program stars that went on to the ranks of the NBA. We think you will recognize at the very least three or four and most-definitely one in particular.
1948 Norman Kohler
1948 Bob Paxton
1948 Hook Dillon
1957 Lennie Rosenbluth
1958 Pete Brennan
1958 Joe Quigg
1958 Tommy Kearns
1960 Lee Shaffer
1960 Doug Moe
1961 York Larese
1961 Doug Moe
1961 Dick Kepley
1962 Jim Hudock
1962 Ken McComb
1962 Donnie Walsh
1963 Larry Brown
1965 Billy Cunningham
1966 Bob Bennett
1967 Bob Lewis
1967 Mark Mirken
1968 Larry Miller
1969 Bill Bunting
1969 Dick Grubar
1969 Rusty Clark
1970 Charles Scott
1971 Lee Dedmon
1972 Robert McAdoo
1972 Dennis Wuycik
1972 Bill Chamberlain
1972 Steve Pervis
1973 George Karl
1973 Donn Johnson
1974 Bobby Jones
1974 Darrell Elston
1974 John O’Donnell
1975 Donald Washington
1975 Ed Stahl
1976 Mitch Kupchak
1977 Walter Davis 1st
1977 Tommy LaGarde
1977 John Kuester
1977 Bruce Buckley
1978 Phil Ford
1978 Geff Crompton
1978 Tom Zaliagris
1979 Dudley Bradley
1980 Mike O’Koren
1980 John Virgil
1980 Rich Yonakor
1980 Jeff Wolf
1980 Dave Colescott
1981 Al Wood
1981 Pete Budko
1981 Mike Pepper
1982 James Worthy
1982 Jimmy Black
1982 Chris Brust
1982 Jeb Barlow
1983 Jimmy Braddock
1984 Michael Jordan
1984 Sam Perkins
1984 Matt Doherty
1984 Cecil Exum
1985 Buzz Peterson
1986 Brad Daugherty
1986 Warren Martin
1986 Steve Hale
1987 Kenny Smith
1987 Joe Wolf
1987 Dave Popson
1987 Curtis Hunter
1989 J.R. Reid
1991 Rick Fox
1991 Pete Chilcutt
1992 Hubert Davis
1993 George Lynch
1994 Eric Montross
1995 Jerry Stackhouse
1995 Rasheed Wallace
1996 Jeff McInnis
1997 Serge Zwikker
1998 Antawn Jamison
1998 Vince Carter
1998 Shammond Williams
2001 Brendan Haywood
2001 Joseph Forte
2005 Marvin Williams
2005 Raymond Felton
2005 Sean May
2005 Rashad McCants
2006 David Noel
2007 Brandan Wright
2007 Reyshawn Terry
2009 Tyler Hansbrough
2009 Ty Lawson
2009 Wayne Ellington
2009 Danny Green
2010 Ed Davis
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