and he put UNC players Phil Ford, Walter Davis, Mitch Kupchak and Tom LaGarde on the roster to help him do that. The team went 7-0 and won the gold medal in dominating fashion, 95-74 over Yugoslavia.

On hand for the ceremony were former UNC All-America Phil Ford, former UNC athletic director Dick Baddour, retired UNC baseball coach Mike Fox and Eddie Fogler, a former college head coach who onc ...

UNC's Phil Ford shoots against Marquette in the 1977 national championship game. (Photo: NCAA) On the way to the 1977 NCAA championship game, the Tar Heels, with one starter out and two others ...