“I heard a quote that Dean Smith many years ago ... He said, ‘I’m the same coach today as I was yesterday. We just got a championship,'" Fangio said Sunday night, via Jeff McLane.

1997 — North Carolina’s Dean Smith becomes the career victory leader when the Tar Heels beat Colorado 73-56. Smith, with 877 victories, passes Kentucky coaching legend Adolph Rupp.

at North Carolina State and Dean Smith up the road in Chapel Hill ... But the Big East had coaching stars who shone brighter than anyone. Four of them landed in the Hall of Fame — Lou Carnesecca ...

“I will say this,” UNC head coach Hubert Davis told reporters when asked his preference on the topic in October. “I love every day walking into this building and it says, ‘The Dean Smith ...