Feb. 24, 1979. High scoring Duke is favored at home over UNC. Coach Dean Smith decides to hold the ball and stall for the entire first half. His plan backfires as his team doesn’t score a point; Duke leads at halftime 7-0. Those seven points come back to haunt UNC as Duke wins by 7 points – 47-40. This game is credited with leading to the creation of the collegiate shot clock.
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No three point line! Western Carolina University was the first! GO WESTERN!
hey dukeheat!
spoken like a true dook fan… Just watch what Coach K does at the end of games to run the clock out. Looks a lot like Coach Smith's 4 corners. If u think he is an idiot for creating that strategy than you have no knowledge or respect for the game. Hate him or not, Coach Smith is one of the best of all time. Just about every coach in the game uses a lot of his strategies so make sure your comments make sense before they exit your brain.
@dukeheat who won the week after that ?
This would also be the game where the Cameron Crazies coined the phrase "air ball" when unc totally missed one of their rare first half shots.
i swear to god. art heymans my friends uncle, except he was adopted by my friends grandmother
I hate it when teams stall! I've been around that situation twice in my basketball career.
That was rediculous how he could even think of doing the 4 corners. It was effective in some games but it was cheap and was a desperate attempt to win ball games. It was a good thing they put in the shot clock though. Go Duke!!!