Life was much more enjoyable

http://www.duke.edu/~dwm2/Internetphotos2/Duke-UNC%20Bonfire%202003/duke_unc_scoreboard.jpg

 

Since you have only had a couple players in the NBA prior to 2002...we will start there even though it doesn't begin to tell the story of UNC's dominance.



15 Vince Carter G 6-6 225 1/26/1977 5 North Carolina TOR
44 Hubert Davis SG 6-5 183 5/17/1970 11 North Carolina DET
40 Joseph Forte G 6-4 194 3/23/1981 2 North Carolina SEA
17 Rick Fox F 6-7 235 7/24/1969 12 North Carolina LAL
00 Brendan Haywood C 7-0 268 11/11/1979 2 North Carolina WAS
33 Antawn Jamison F 6-9 223 6/12/1976 5 North Carolina GSW
23 Michael Jordan G 6-6 216 2/17/1963 15 North Carolina WAS
9 George Lynch F 6-8 235 9/3/1970 10 North Carolina NO
5 Jeff McInnis PG 6-4 179 10/22/1974 6 North Carolina POR
0 Eric Montross C 7-0 270 9/23/1971 9 North Carolina TOR
42 Jerry Stackhouse SG 6-6 218 11/5/1974 6 North Carolina WAS
30 Rasheed Wallace F 6-11 230 9/17/1974 7 North Carolina POR
47 Scott Williams F 6-10 260 3/21/1968 12 North Carolina PHO
11 Shammond Williams G 6-1 201 4/5/1975 4 North Carolina BOS


PUKES LIST

31 Shane Battier F 6-8 220 9/9/1978 2 Duke MEM
Carlos Boozer F 6-9 280 11/20/1981 R Duke CLE
42 Elton Brand F 6-8 265 3/11/1979 4 Duke LAC
Mike Dunleavy G 6-9 221 9/15/1980 R Duke GSW
35 Danny Ferry F 6-10 235 10/17/1966 13 Duke SAS
33 Grant Hill F 6-8 225 10/5/1972 9 Duke ORL
44 Christian Laettner C 6-11 245 8/17/1969 11 Duke WAS
50 Corey Maggette F 6-6 228 11/12/1979 4 Duke LAC
Cherokee Parks F 10/11/1972 8 Duke LAC
Jay Williams G 6-2 195 9/10/1981 R Duke CHI

 

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current, past, hof, future..it doesnt matter. Brand MAY be in the top 50.

 

Thats a laugh. Those UNC players in 2002 weren't dominating anything. Still aren't.

 

Ok, you're illerate about the current NBA. You are excused from this thread.

 

mcgrady
shaq
duncan
kobe
lebron
wade
yao
iverson
nowitzki
garnett
ray allen
stoudamire
jefferson
kidd
jermaine oneil
redd
martin
terry
marbury
francis
stojyakovic
webber


theres 22 off the top of my head that I'd take before any of those duke players.

maybe even vince carter

 

Thats great that you know their names. Now post their stats.

 

sorry I've got better things to do than go look up some nba crap....like nothing.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...this is just for the PUKEY reading pleasure..


Facts and Figures


1 - Carolina is the only public university in the country to be ranked in the top 10 in the country in both wins this decade and academic ranking by U.S. News and World Report. Carolina is third in the nation in wins in the 1990s and is ranked as the No. 3 public university in the nation.

1 - Antawn Jamison became the first player in ACC history to earn first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior. Jamison is one of only 20 players in league history, seven of whom are Tar Heels, to be named All-ACC three times.

1 - Carolina is ranked No. 1 in the country by Kiplinger magazine for best values at state universities.

1 - The Tar Heels have the best record in the country over the last 32 seasons, dating back to the 1966-67 season. In that span, Carolina has an 847-211 record, a winning percentage of .801. Carolina is the only school with more than 800 wins in that 32-year period.

2 - Carolina is one of only four schools in the country to play in two straight Final Fours under different head coaches. The Tar Heels accomplished the feat in 1997 under head coach Dean Smith and in 1998 under head coach Bill Guthridge.

3 - Carolina is the only school in the country to have three different players receive the John Wooden Award as the National Player of the Year. UNC's recipients include Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1984 and Antawn Jamison in 1998.

3 - The number of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players who played at North Carolina, making Carolina one of only three schools to have three players listed. The Tar Heels who made the list are Billy Cunningham, Michael Jordan and James Worthy. The list was selected in 1996 on behalf of the NBA by a panel of 50 former players and members of the media.

3 - Antawn Jamison is one of three players in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, ACC Male Athlete of the Year, NCAA Regional MVP and National Player of the Year in the same season. Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth (1957) and Duke's Christian Laettner (1992) are the only other players to accomplish the feat.

4 - The number of national championships North Carolina's basketball team has won. The Tar Heels have been crowned college basketball's best in 1924, 1957, 1982 and 1993.

4 - Carolina won a single-season school-record four overtime games in 1997-98.

4 - The number of former Tar Heels in the Basketball Hall of Fame - Coach Ben Carnevale, Billy Cunningham, Coach Frank McGuire and Coach Dean Smith.

4 - Carolina is one of four schools in the country to be ranked both in the Top 10 in college basketball victories in the 1990s and ranked among the Top 25 universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

5 - Number of Final Four appearances by Carolina in the 1990s, more than any other school and the most in any decade in school history. (UNC also had one appearance in the 1940s, one in the 1950s, three in the 1960s, two in the 1970s and two in the 1980s.)

6 - Number of times the Tar Heels have finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in one of the major polls. That includes the 1957, 1982, 1984, 1993, 1994 and 1998 seasons.

6 - The number of Tar Heel players who went on to have their jersey numbers retired by NBA franchises, the most of any school. They include Billy Cunningham (Philadelphia 76ers), Brad Daugherty (Cleveland Cavaliers), Walter Davis (Phoenix Suns), Bobby Jones (Philadelpha 76ers), Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) and James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers).

8 - The number of Atlantic Coast Conference opponents against which the Tar Heels have winning series records. That translates to every team in the league. UNC also holds a 56-21 series edge over former conference member South Carolina. The ACC was founded in 1953 and has been college basketball's best conference for more than four decades. Carolina has dominated play in the conference since the beginning. In fact, the closest series Carolina has with any league foe is against Duke. Beginning with the ACC's founding prior to the 1953-54 season, the Tar Heels are 76-45 against the Blue Devils, a winning percentage of .628.

9 - Number of National Players of the Year who have worn Carolina uniforms, the latest being Jerry Stackhouse, as named by Sports Illustrated in 1995, and Antawn Jamison, a consensus selection in 1998.

9 - Number of UNC players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in the 1990s.

9 - Number of wins by Carolina against the No. 1 team in the country. UNC and Notre Dame share the top spot for most wins against No. 1 ranked teams.

11 - Number of NCAA regional championships won by Carolina under former head coach Dean Smith. That figure is exceeded only by former UCLA coach John Wooden's 12 NCAA Final Four appearances.

13 - UNC won 13 ACC Tournament championships under Dean Smith. That's the most in league history for any coach. Everett Case of N.C. State and Vic Bubas of Duke rank second with four each.

14 - Number of times Carolina has reached the NCAA Final Four in its history. Only UCLA, with 14 appearances, has been to the Final Four as often.

15 - Number of ACC Tournament championships the Tar Heels have captured. N.C. State owns the second-best total in the league with 10. Last year, Bill Guthridge led the Tar Heels to the ACC title in his first year as a head coach.

16 - Number of times Carolina has advanced to the Final 16 of the NCAA Tournament in the last 18 years. Carolina reached the Final 16 in 13 consecutive years, from 1981 to 1993, equalling the longest streak in NCAA history (UCLA also went 13 straight years from 1967-79).

16 - Times Carolina has reached the Final Eight of the NCAA Tournament over the past 32 years. UNC is tied with Kentucky for the most Final Eight appearances during that period of time.

16 - Times in the last 32 years the Tar Heels have been ranked among the top four teams in the country by at least one of the two major polls.

17 - Number of times Carolina won the ACC regular-season championship under coach Dean Smith. The late Frank McGuire's six regular-season titles in coaching stints at North Carolina and South Carolina and Mike Krzyzewski's six at Duke share the second-highest total.

22 - In the 45-year history of the ACC, Carolina has nabbed the regular-season championship 22 times. That's almost 50 percent of the time in a nine-member league. Duke is second with 13 regular-season titles.

22 - In 36 years as head coach at Carolina, Dean Smith led his team to 25 or more wins in a season 22 times. That is an NCAA record for 25-win seasons by a coach. Fresno State coach Jerry Tarkanian ranks second with 14 25-win seasons and former UCLA coach John Wooden is third with 11.

24 - Number of consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament made by North Carolina, a streak still going strong. That's the longest streak in NCAA Tournament history. Georgetown (1979-92) and Arizona (current) share the second-longest streak in history at 14.

24 - The number of times in the last 28 years Carolina has shot 50 percent or better from the field as a team.

25 - Number of times Carolina has finished in the Top 10 of a major wire service poll (media or coaches) in the last 32 seasons. Kentucky is second with 21 appearances. Carolina has been in at least one Top 10 in 21 of the last 25 seasons and in both Top 10 rankings in 15 of the last 18 campaigns. Dean Smith had more teams post Top 10 finishes (25) than any other coach in history. Adolph Rupp of Kentucky is second with 18.

27 - Number of times Dean Smith led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Tournament. That's the most in tournament history. Indiana's Bob Knight has led the Hoosiers to the tournament 22 times.

28 - Number of consecutive years in which Carolina has won at least 21 basketball games. That is an NCAA record for most successive 20-win seasons.

30 - The number of 20-win seasons Dean Smith posted as head coach at North Carolina. That's the most in college basketball history. Current Fresno State coach Jerry Tarkanian is second with 25.

30 - Number of Tar Heel players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, almost twice as many as any other ACC school. Duke is second with 16. In 1998, Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter were picked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the draft. Overall, 83 UNC players have been chosen in all rounds of the NBA Draft.

32 - Number of postseason tournament bids Carolina has garnered in the last 32 seasons. Twenty-eight of those trips have been to the NCAA Tournament and four were to the NIT. The four NIT trips and four of the NCAA appearances came in an era when only the winner of the ACC Tournament was eligible to receive an NCAA bid.

34 - Number of years in a row that Carolina has finished at least third in the ACC regular-season standings, a streak still intact. In those 34 seasons, Carolina has finished first 17 times, second 12 times and third five times.

34 - Wins by the Tar Heels in 1997-98, making Bill Guthridge the winningest first-year head coach in Division I men's basketball history

36 - Number of times in history that Carolina has finished the season ranked in the Top 25 of one of the two major polls. That includes 28 Top 10 finishes. The media poll began in 1949 and the coaches poll in 1951.

38 - Total number of Carolina players who have been named All-Americas, the latest being Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter in 1998.