Biggest Wins in UNC History

JimmyNaismith · Apr 3, 2022

Now that the dust has settled, where does this win over Duke stand in the UNC's history of 3,161 games? I'm putting it 3rd.

1982 National Championship - UNC/Georgetown - Gtown was phenomenal. Game had Ewing, Jordan, and Dean wins his first
1993 National Championship - UNC/Michigan - Fab 5 goes down
2022 Final Four - UNC/Duke Final Four - Rivalry hits the big stage, K's final game

What are some other huge games that come to mind? Of course there are (not in order):

National Championship 1957
National Championship 2005
National Championship 2009
National Championship 2017.
Bloody Montross 1992,
ACC Tournament win over Duke 1991
ACC Tournament win over Duke 1989
ACC Tournament win over WFU 1993,
Luke Maye vs. Kentucky 2017,
Regional Finals win over Kentucky 1995,
Regional Finals win over Cincinnati 1993,
Sam Cassell's FSU (THE comeback) 1993,
Walter Davis' Duke game 1974
Final 32 win over Oklahoma 1989,
Final 32 win over Stanford 2000
National Championship buzzer beating loss to Villanova 2016,
Win over Ralph Sampson's UVA 1982
Win over Villanova in (?2009),
Duke in the Smith Center - Marvin Williams' putback - 2005
at Duke 1994
Duke at home 1990 - Hurley cries
Duke at home 1986 - Dean Dome opens
at Duke, Senior night for Redick, 2006
At Duke, K's final home game (with the greatest Duke players in attendance), 2022.

Anyone want to take a stab at ranking them? I'm weak with pre-1980, but I'm sure there are some barn burners from 1967-1972 that took Dean to 4 Final Fours in 6 years. Gotta say, though, this one last night tops all of those.

Wait. I'm pinching myself. Look at how long that list is! That's 27 enormous games off the top of my head and I'm only including 1 game in the period where we won 5 ACC Championships and went to 4 Final Fours? Incredible!

hogan3g · Apr 3, 2022