Clip Reel: The Tar Heels

If they don't win it all, it's a huge letdown. Right?

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"And I'm singing 'uh oh' on a Friday night."

What is "Clip Reel?"

ESPN The Magazine contributor Matt Meyers caused some comment board fury at the beginning of this season when he claimed that Dean Smith's two titles came on fluke plays (Georgetown throwing the ball away in '82 and Chris Webber's timeout in '93). The rebuttal from our friend who grew up in NC: "Dean Smith could win Governor or a Senate seat down there in a landslide today." UNC hoops is one of the foremost programs in college basketball history. Here's a question: is this the most important year for Tar Heel basketball ever? They gotta go out and get this done, right? Whew. Big couple of weeks. Here's a deeper look.

COUPLE OF ALL-TIME CLIPS
Here's the end of that '82 title game.
And here's the 1993 game with Webber.
"The only guy that could hold Jordan to less than 30 is Dean Smith."
Nice and short Dean Smith profile.
Couple of Phil Ford clips. Possibly the most underrated Heel ever.
Because we can: Eric Montross.
Possibly one of the best clips on YouTube: "Rasheed Wallace UNC Dunk Reel."
"Vince Carter's Top 10 Dunks at UNC" could be even better.
Nice news report on Chapel Hill as the mecca of hoops history.
A 4:15 clip of the best moments in Tar Heel history.

COUPLE OF CURRENT HEEL CLIPS
Long Tyler Hansbrough clip.
Ty Lawson mix.
"Ol' Roy's ties."
UNC 2007-2008: Where Amazing Happens.
A faux movie trailer for this season.
Hansbrough and Bobby Frasor playing ping pong.
Hansbrough and Frasor leaping off the frat house (w/video).
Detailed video look at their roster.
A look back at the top five plays of last season.
And, uh, the moment they need to avoid this season.

We'll end on a good note: a six-minute clip of the most amazing plays in UNC history. It's a must watch (it opens with the Jordan dunk against Maryland!)

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