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Dean Edwards
Smith was the head basketball coach
at the University of North Carolina from 1961 to
1997. During his tenure he took the Tarheels to a record 32 consecutive NCAA Tournament
appearances, including 13 consecutive Sweet
Sixteens, and had amassed a total of 879 wins,
making him second only to Bobby Knight on the
list of all-time wins. |
James
Naismith invented basketball in 1891
as a game "that would be interesting, easy
to learn, and easy to play in the winter and by
artificial light." By 1892 it was being
played in college gymnasiums across the United
States. |
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