A tribute to the iconic local personalities that make ACC basketball a nationwide phenomenon. Plus: Our teams, by the numbers.
UNC head coach Roy Williams, left, and N.C. State head coach Kevin Keatts. Williams coached the Tar Heels to three national championships in 12 years. Keatts took over the Wolfpack in 2017, and led the team to the 2018 NCAA tournament.
SCOREBOARD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Duke head coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski, left, chats with former N.C. State head coach James Valvano, aka Jimmy V. Coach K has over 1,100 victories with the Blue Devils, the most in NCAA history. Valvano led N.C. State’s “Cardiac Pack” to an unprecedented championship victory at the NCAA tournament in 1983.
NCSU: 2 UNC: 6 Duke: 5
ACC TOURNEY WINS NCSU: 10 UNC: 18 Duke: 14
RETIRED JERSEYS NCSU: 11 UNC: 8 Duke: 13 Michael Jordan (23) playing for the Tar Heels in 1982. The Wilmington native went on to play in the NBA for almost two decades, and he's just one of 309 players from ACC teams in North Carolina who've been drafted to the NBA. (He now owns the Charlotte Hornets.)
UNC VS.DUKE 137-111* STADIUM CAPACITIES PNC Arena: 19,772 The Dean Dome: 21,750 Cameron Indoor Stadium: 9,314
Former UNC head coach Dean Smith, left, with then assistant coach Roy Williams. Smith led the Tar Heels to two NCAA championship titles in 1982 and 1993, 13 ACC Tournament titles and 11 Final Four appearances.
*Statisitics current at press time; information courtesy NCAA, ACC, ESPN, Duke University, N.C. State University, UNC Chapel Hill
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Robert Willett (WILLIAMS, KEATTS); Scott Sharpe (JORDAN); Chris Seward (JIMMY V., COACH K.); Ed Reinke (SMITH, WILLIAMS)
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