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‘That Lasts a Lifetime’: 50 Years Later, ACC Tournament Final Masterpiece Remains Poignant for Those Involved

NC State and Maryland played one of the greatest men’s college basketball games ever on March 9, 1974, in an era before conferences received multiple bids to the NCAA tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Lefty Driesell: Maryland Basketball Revolutionary and Hall of Famer

Learn about the legacy of legendary basketball coach Lefty Driesell, who elevated Maryland's program and left a lasting impact on college basketball history.

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The college basketball world mourned and remembered Lefty Driesell, the iconic Maryland coach

Driesell also coached Davidson, James Madison and Georgia State to NCAA Tournament appearances.

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Steve Hummer: The Kevin Harvick Saga runs its final laps in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Back on the Monday of March 12, 2001, Atlanta picked up its morning paper and read of many sporting splendors. Down in Florida, Braves pitcher John Smoltz made a second start in his recovery from elbow surgery. Lefty Driesell’s Georgia State basketball team had just earned an invite…

Tribune News Service

Luke DeCock: Terry Holland was Virginia’s gentleman, but a North Carolinian at heart

Terry Holland waited a long time in the west end zone of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, the celebration raging around him on the field, in the stands, as he stood alone. Players and coaches and staffers filtered past him, but Holland was waiting for one man.

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Longtime Virginia Men’s Basketball Coach Terry Holland Dies at 80

He led the school to two Final Four appearances.

Sports Illustrated

Scott Fowler: Charlie Scott on racism, trailblazing, Dean Smith and why he chose UNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlie Scott, this week’s star of the “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” series, was the first Black basketball player on scholarship at the University of North Carolina. In many ways, he was the Tar Heels’ version of baseball player Jackie Robinson, dealing with the racism inherent in…

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