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4 unusual facts about North Carolina Tar Heels


Bynum Gymnasium

Bynum Gymnasium (now Bynum Hall) was the first home of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball.

C. J. Henry

He was also heavily recruited as a point guard and committed to play for the Kansas Jayhawks team on May 19, 2005, choosing the Jayhawks over North Carolina and Texas.

E:60

Many of the stories' subjects are of a serious nature, such as a story featured on the premiere show about Jason Ray, the student who portrayed the North Carolina Tar Heels' mascot Ramses, being killed after he was struck by a car.

Eddie Smith Field House

Eddie Smith Field House is the home of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the indoor track and field season, as well as an indoor training facility for Carolina football.


Free Expression Tunnel

Carolina Tar Heel fans have a long history of doing this prank as well as fans from East Carolina University.

Jacory Harris

Harris and the rest of the Miami Hurricanes went up to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Louisville–Memphis rivalry

Both schools were represented in a 2008 Sheraton commercial featuring fans of other college sport rivals such as Michigan/Ohio State, Duke/North Carolina, USC/UCLA, and Syracuse/Georgetown.

Nick Gilliam

Gilliam began his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he played for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's golf team for a single semester.


see also

Fog Bowl

The 1974 Sun Bowl played December 28, 1974 between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels

Harlan Sanborn

After Monk McDonald left as the North Carolina head coach, Sanborn became the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels.

High Point Panthers

HPU's men's basketball coach is Scott Cherry, who was a member of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' 1993 NCAA Championship team.