The Dean's Lists: 36 Ways to Remember the 36-Year Smith Era, in List of Five Format

by Thad Williamson

Best quotes from Dean

1. "Discipline is Freedom" 2. "If You're Late, You're Saying Your Time is More Important Than Someone Else's" 3. "Everything I Say I Believe, But I Don't Always Say Everything I Think" 4. "Can You Believe the Nerve of Me?" (after interrupting Bill Clinton at the White House to allow George Lynch to give the President a Tar Heels jersey, April 1993.) 5. "Well, they played Clemson to overtime down there and we lost by 17, so add 10 points for home court and they should be favored by 27." (Dean's pre-game analysis of a trip to Duke in January 1980. Carolina won the game, 82-67.)

Key Defensive Principles

1. Man-you-ball 2. Overplay when your man is one pass away 3. Force the dribbler to the baseline 4. Give help against the dribble drive 5. If you want to play, take a charge!!

Overall Strategic Principles

1. Multiple offenses 2 .Multiple defenses 3. Frequent Substitutions 4. Save your timeouts 5. Focus on what Carolina is doing, not what the opposition is

Offensive Guidelines

1. Always pass ahead on the fast break 2. Pass and move away from the ball 3. Get to the foul line as often as possible 4. Shooter hold follow through 'till ball goes in 5. Make extra pass when available

Dean's record in games with:

1. Final margin of 25 or more points: 156-5 2. Games decided by exactly one point: 22-21 3. Games decided by exactly two points: 36-22 4. All Overtime games (one or more): 30-19 5. Two or more overtime games: 8-4

Most ridiculous come-from-behind wins

1. Duke, 1974 2. James Madison, 1989 3. Wake, 1975 4. Florida State, 1993 5. Wake, 1996

Best 5 point guards

1. Phil Ford 2. Kenny Smith 3. Derrick Phelps 4. Dick Grubar 5. Ed Cota

Best 5 shooting guards

1. Michael Jordan 2. Charlie Scott 3. Al Wood 4. Bob Lewis 5. Donald Williams

Best 5 small forwards

1. Walter Davis 2. Bobby Jones 3. Billy Cunningham 4. Larry Miller 5. Jerry Stackhouse

Best 5 power forwards (it's crowded here!)

1. Sam Perkins 2. James Worthy 3. Mike O'Koren 4. Bob McAdoo 5. Rasheed Wallace

Best 5 centers

1. Mitch Kupchack 2. Brad Daugherty 3. Tommy LaGarde 4. Eric Montross 5. Rusty Clark

Top 5 Ethnic Backgrounds of Recruited Players (1966-2001)

1. White (77) 2. African-American (44) 3. European (5) (Zwikker, Rodl, Makkonen, Bucknall, Evtimov) 4. Carribbean (3) (Wiel, Fox, Melendez) 5. African (2) (Ndiyae, Okulaja)

5 Worst Losses at the end of the game

1. South Carolina, 1971 2. Georgia Tech, 1989 3. Maryland, 1986 (overtime) 4. Clemson, 1996 5. Syracuse, 1975

5 Most Disappointing Losses

1. Marquette, 1977 2. Boston College, 1994 3. Indiana, 1984 4. Syracuse, 1987 5. Kansas, 1991

5 Most Humilitating Regular Season Losses

1. Duke, 1964 (home) 2. Georgia Tech, 1990 3. Wake, 1996 4. Wake, 1981 (home) 4. State, 1962 (away)

3 Teams It's Hard to Believe Dean Smith Lost To

1. William and Mary 2. Furman (twice) 3. Miami, Ohio

5 Rules Variations Smith Coached Under

1. Dunking/no dunking 2. Shot clock/no shot clock 3. 3-point shot/no 3 point-shot 4. 5-second closely guarded rule/unlimited dribbling 5. Jump ball/no jump ball

5 Issues Dean Signed On To

1. Civil Rights 2. Nuclear Freeze 3. Anti-Death Penalty 4. Opposing alcohol advertisements in college sports 5. Questioning SATs as racially biased

5 Things Dean is Now Free to Talk About With Abandon

1. Cheating in division one recruiting 2. Influence of money and TV on college sports 3. What he really thinks about college basketball's officiating 4. Misplaced priority on sports in society 5. All the issues just above

5 Top Recruiting Destinations

1. Piedmont (aka Rocky Mount) 2. Eastern North Carolina (aka Wilmington/Kinston) 3. Western North Carolina (aka Gastonia/Charlotte) 4. New York City 5. New Jersey

5 Favorite Buildings

1. Carmichael Auditorium 2. Smith Center 3. Greensboro Coliseum 4. Charlotte Coliseum (I and II) 5. Louisiana Superdome

5 Most Epic Games (wins)

1. Tulane, 1976 2. Duke, 1995 3. Tulane, 1982 4. Virginia, 1991 5. Duke, 1984

Most Epic Games (losses)

1. Duke, 1968 2. Clemson, 1963-64 3. Virginia, 1981 (home) 4. NCSU, 1983 (ACC) 5. Texas A&M, 1980

5 Critical Statistics

1. Points per possession, offensively (.85 or better desirable) 2. Points per possession, opponents (.75 or less desirable) 3. Assists/ "Good plays" 4. Charges Taken 5. Steals/Deflections

5 Wonderful Things About Dean's Last Year

1. Heels beat everybody in the ACC in Dean's last go-round 2. Smith turned in perhaps best coaching job yet 3. Winning the ACC and the East Region 4. Breaking the Rupp record with all the former players present 5. Playing a game in the throw-back environment of Princeton, and Smith enjoying every minute of it

5 Core Values Smith Leaves Behind

1. Integrity 2. Loyalty 3. Competitiveness/never say die 4. Respect for all 5. It's just a game

6 Things We'd Like to See Dean Do in Retirement

1. Write a book on his organizational philosophy that ties together basketball, theology, etc. 2. Push NCAA reform 3. Serve on some kind of state commission on educational policy, or a related subject 4. Spend lots of time with kids/grandkids 5. Spend time talking informally in front of the camera, relating anecdotes from career 6. Teach that course on basketball for UNC undergrads

3 Things We'd Be Nervous About Dean Trying to Do

1. Full-time television commentator 2. PGA Senior Golf Tour 3. Getting sucked into a fund-raising position for the university

5 Sweetest non-conference wins (regular season)

1. Michigan State, 1978-79 2. UCLA, 1985-86 3. Kentucky, 1981-82 4. Kentucky, 1962-63 5. Utah, 1967-68 (big comeback)

5 Sweetest wins over Duke

1. 1989 ACC Final 2. 1969 ACC Final 3. 1979 ACC Final 4. 1991 ACC Final 5. 1994 at Duke

5 Sweetest Wins Over Virginia

1. 1983 home 2. 1982 ACC Final 3. 1982 home 4. 1983 away 5. 1980 home (the Jeff Wolf game)

5 Sweetest Wins Over N.C. State

1. 1975 ACC Final 2. 1968 ACC Final 3. 1997 ACC Final 4. 1979 away 5. 1975 home

5 Sweetest Wins Over Wake Forest

1. 1997 ACC Semifinal 2. 1981 ACC Semifinal 3. 1984 home (serious butt-kicking of a good team) 4. 1994 ACC Semifinal 5. 1997 home (the Vince Carter Game)

5 Sweetest Wins over Maryland

1. 1981 ACC Final 2. 1984 Away 3. 1981 Away 4. 1996 Away 5. 1995 ACC Semifinal

5 Sweetest Wins Over Georgia Tech/South Carolina/Florida State

1. 1986 Tech away (overtime classic) 2. 1972 South Carolina, NCAA Tournament 3. 1993 FSU home 4. 1990 Tech home 5. 1987 Tech home (major blowout with Lebo on bench)

5 Things Carolina Fans Should be Most Grateful to Dean Smith For

1. Making it possible to root for the team and believe that you were supporting something with a larger moral purpose and meaning 2. Creating an almost mystical sense of self-belief, that Carolina could pull it out, among players and fans alike 3. Tolerating the boosters, the journalists, the everyday demands, and the nuts for as long as he actually did. 4. Being an excellent judge of character in selecting both staff and players, and being willing to work with and stand by players who showed bad judgement either at Carolina or in later life. 5. Having the courage to quite while still at the peak of his skills, and leaving the program in grade A condition.