When legendary Coach Dean Smith suddenly retired just weeks before the start of the 1997 season the North Carolina Tar Heels knew replacing a Hall of Fame coach wouldn't be easy, if at all possible. UCLA never replaced Wooden. Kentucky has from time to time found temporary stewards for Rupp. With a season about to embark, UNC looked to long-time assistant Bill Guthridge to take on the program, but being a little long in the tooth himself, it would certainly be shortlived. During Coach "Gut's" tenure, ACC Conference play did not produce staggering results, but in four seasons he led Carolina to two Final Fours. Not bad at all. When he retired Carolina tapped former player and 1982 National Champion Matt Doherty, who in his first year was AP National Coach of the Year. But in year two, things went south finishing with just 8 wins in 28 games. They somewhat recovered in year three with a dynamic recruiting class, but the damage was done. That's when Roy Williams left Kansas to come home. In just his second year at the helm in Chapel Hill Roy Williams had molded Matt Doherty's recruits, added Marvin Williams, and took them to a National Championship game against the highly touted Illinois Illini. The game was dubbed "The team (Illinois) versus the talent (Carolina). In the end talent was the team to beat and Roy Williams finally got his first of three National Championships. Looking for new, unique, and out-of-production Tar Heel shirts and hoodies? Check out our store with Carolina gear you won't find anywhere else at https://crowdmade.com/collections/native-content. Explanation: This video features the audio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network a property of Sidearm Sports and Learfield. This channel is not affiliated with nor represents the Tar Heels Sports Network. This is a fan channel focused on the Tar Heel experience. All the game videos are designed to encourage you to turn down the TV and turn up the THSN audio. The Tar Heel Sports Network is currently best experienced through the Varsity App available on Apple and Android. For details on how to sync the audio with your TV please see my video at https://youtu.be/3iguf9D0q8I or visit http://syncmygame.com. Carolina Blue on Screen: If you notice different blues from our graphics versus the broadcaster's graphics on the screen note this. North Carolina athletics, my love, has had color durability and consistency issues from a marketing perspective for years. We use Nike’s version of Carolina Blue, hex code 85ADEA for all UNC video content on this channel because it matches the uniforms, shoes, court, etc. You will notice ESPN and indeed other media outlets use the branding standard hex code 7BAFD4 the Tar Heels publish but it does not match virtually anything other than Carolin's marketing guide and the basket supports in the Smith Center. The discrepancies you see with the content on this channel are not my own but North Carolina’s inability to commit to one blue. We will remain consistent with the 85ADEA color for matching purposes. Disclaimer Some of the videos, songs, images, graphics, and artwork used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. All content is non-monetized and is for entertainment purposes only. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be an infringement. This video is not monetized because it's not as a whole my original source content but does include my original artwork and my interpretation of how the events unfolded using THSN audio, ESPN video, my artwork, and my editing to compile it together. All of which to gather from our surroundings what was wanted and needed, and make of it something more. Something wholly original in its presentation and thereby a work of art. Any copyright claims are subsequently false, unfounded, and will not be honored by this channel and should not be honored by Rumble.

Every National Championship team has a little hiccup on the march to a title. For the 2004-2005 Tar Heels, they narrowly escaped with a win against Villanova in a tightly contested game. And the win didn’t come without some officiating controversy either, but the Heels prevailed nonetheless. Disclaimer All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. All content is non-monetized and is for entertainment purposes only. Copyright Disclaimer Under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be an infringement.