151; -- On that March 1997 day he supplanted Adolph Rupp as the most prolific major college winner of them all, Dean Smith ... the ball. "I wasn't trying to make a legacy," Smith said.

He never stopped being Dean Smith. That was enough. That will always be enough. Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana ...

When sportswriter John Feinstein set out to write a profile of North Carolina’s Dean Smith in 1981 ... usually the point guard – handled the ball, playing keep away from the defense.

During a third-of-a-century of college basketball domination, Dean Smith's UNC powerhouses won ... then attempted to throw the ball to teammate Sleepy Floyd. Only Floyd wasn't standing where ...