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Dean Smith Center
The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center (commonly known as the Dean Smith Center, Smith Center, or the Dean Dome) is a multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, used primarily as the home for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels men's basketball team. The university began to inquire about building a standalone arena for the men's basketball team beginning in the mid-1970s, but due to an ongoing university wide investigation, the fundraiser halted until its conclusion. In June 1980, the fundraising began with a goal of at least $30 million and a target completion date for the building of December 1984. It was initially planned to be called the Student Activities Center; however, after its announcement it began to be referred to as ''The Dean Dome'' and it was speculated it would be named for then coach Dean Smith. The fundraising concluded in August 1984 with over $33 million raised, but construction would not be finished until 1986. The day bef ...
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Carmichael Arena
William Donald Carmichael, Jr. Arena is a multi-purpose arena in on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. It is home to four Tar Heels athletic teams: women's basketball, volleyball, women's gymnastics, and wrestling. It is named for William Donald Carmichael, Jr., a popular former school vice-president and brother of All-America basketball player Cartwright Carmichael. Although there had been concerns as early as the late 1940s that the men's basketball team's needed a new home to replace 6,000-seat Woollen Gymnasium, the need for a larger arena had become acute by the 1960s with the team's growing popularity. The Tar Heels were forced to move home games to Charlotte or Greensboro, which were more than double Woollen's size. However, the state was unwilling to fund a completely new arena. As a result, Carmichael Auditorium was built as an annex to Woollen; it shares the older facility's eastern wall. It o ...
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1985–86 North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, holding the #1 ranking in the AP poll for 13 consecutive weeks, and reaching the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament before falling to eventual national champion, Louisville. On January 18, 1986, #1 North Carolina defeated #3 Duke 95–92 in the first game played at the Dean Smith Center. Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 , Regular Season , - , - !colspan=9 , ACC Tournament , - , - !colspan=9 , NCAA Tournament , - Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons Tar Tar North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina () is ...
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Black-tie
Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and American conventions for attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically by its principal element for men, the dinner suit or dinner jacket. In American English, the equivalent term tuxedo (or tux) is common. The dinner suit is a black, midnight blue or white two- or three-piece suit, distinguished by satin or grosgrain jacket lapels and similar stripes along the outseam of the trousers. It is worn with a white dress shirt with standing or turndown collar and link cuffs, a black bow tie, typically an evening waistcoat or a cummerbund, and black patent leather dress shoes or court pumps. Accessories may include a semi-formal homburg, bowler, or boater hat. For women, an evening gown or other fashionable evening attire may be worn. The first dinner jacket is traditionally traced to 1865 on the then Prince of Wales, later King ...
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1985–86 UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by freshman point guard Pooh Richardson and finished in 4th place in the conference with a 15–14 record. The Bruins played for the second time ever in the NIT but lost the game to the UC Irvine Anteaters in the first round. Starting lineup Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=9 style=, Source Schedule and results * November 24, 1985 – UCLA lost to North Carolina 107–70 in Chapel Hill. * December 21, 1985 – UCLA defeated Miami (Florida) 109–64 in Pauley Pavilion * March 13, 1986 – In the first-round game of the NIT, the Bruins were defeated 80–74 by UC Irvine. Reggie Miller scored 16 points. * The Bruins were 4th in the Pacific-10. Notes * Jack Haley died on March 16, 2015 at 51 years old. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985 ...
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1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball Team
The 1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented University of North Carolina. The team played its home games in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins and freshman Michael Jordan, the Tar Heels won the National Championship. It was head coach Dean Smith's first title. Roster Player stats Schedule , - !colspan=6 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=6 style=, ACC Tournament , - !colspan=6 style=, NCAA Tournament Awards and honors * Michael Jordan, ACC Rookie of the Year * James Worthy, NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player Team players drafted into the NBA References {{DEFAULTSORT:1981-82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball ...
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Ernie Williamson
Ernest Warriner Williamson (September 9, 1922 – March 6, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He play professional as a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Los Angeles Dons. Williamson played college football at the University of North Carolina. He served as the head football coach at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee from 1954 to 1956, compiling a record of 2–22–1. Early life and college career Williamson was born in Crewe, Virginia and attended Crewe High School. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy and became a member of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team and he played for coach Paul Brown. He served in the South Pacific during World War II. After attending The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia, Williamson attended and played college football at the University ...
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Rams Club
The Educational Foundation, Inc., better known as The Rams Club is the athletic booster club and scholarship organization of the North Carolina Tar Heels at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States .... The Rams Club was founded on December 7, 1938 and has approximately 17,000 members as of November, 2019. It is based at the Williamson Athletics Center, located next to the Dean E. Smith Center, named for former executive director Ernie Williamson. References External links The Rams Club 1936 establishments in North Carolina Sports foundations based in the United States Non-profit organizations based in North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels Organizations established in 1938 {{NorthCarolina-sport-stub ...
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Skipper Bowles
Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Jr. (November 16, 1919 – September 7, 1986) was an American Democratic politician and businessman, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Early life Hargrove Bowles Jr. was born on November 16, 1919 in Monroe, North Carolina. His father was a banker. When the bank he managed closed during the Great Depression, the Bowles family moved to Greensboro. Hargrove completed high school in Monroe, earning the nickname "Skipper" while he managed the school's football team. While in Monroe he befriended future politician Jesse Helms. Bowles enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1937 fall semester and briefly lived as a roommate of Terry Sanford. While a student he worked in a dining hall before becoming a manager of a clothing store in downtown Chapel Hill. Bowles also led a dance band in which he played the trumpet, served on the university's honor council, and was a staff member of the student humor magazine, ''The Buccaneer'' ...
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John Swofford
John Douglas Swofford is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1980 to 1997 and as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1997 to 2021. Early life and education Swofford was born on December 6, 1948, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. While at Wilkes Central High School, he played as a quarterback for the Wilkes Central Eagles football team and was twice selected to the all-state football team. He was awarded a prestigious Morehead Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, where he was part of Bill Dooley's first football recruiting class. He played quarterback and defensive back from 1969 to 1971. He earned a master's degree in sports management from Ohio University in 1973. Career Swofford began his first job as ticket manager and assistant director of athletic facili ...
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Bill Guthridge
William Wallace Guthridge (July 27, 1937 – May 12, 2015) was an American college basketball coach. Guthridge initially gained recognition after serving for thirty years as Dean Smith's assistant at the University of North Carolina and summing many wins as a result. Following Smith's retirement in 1997, Guthridge was head coach of the Tar Heels for three seasons. He took the team to the NCAA final Four twice and was named national coach of the year in 1998, before retiring in 2000. Background Born in Parsons, Kansas, Guthridge attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, and graduated with a B.S. in mathematics in 1960 and an M.A. in education in 1963. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. While a student at Kansas State, Guthridge played guard under head coach Fred "Tex" Winter, and helped the team advance to the 1958 Final Four. After graduating from Kansas State, he coached at Scott City High School in Kansas for two seasons before returning to his ...
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