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North Carolina Tar Heels: Final Four Bracket Game 3

By John Woodcock

Dec 11, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Julius Peppers (56) during the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Green Bay won 38-10. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 11, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Julius Peppers (56) during the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Green Bay won 38-10. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 23, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Former North Carolina Tar Heel players Brendan Haywood (left) and Kenny Smith (right) with head coach Roy Williams during Late Night with Roy Williams at Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

The North Carolina Tar Heels Bracket continues with a matchup of the 1969 team against the 2000 Tar Heels.

A clash of North Carolina Tar Heels teams from different eras. The team that was not supposed to even qualify for the tournament versus the team with a future head college basketball coach and a Big Ten commissioner on the roster. Bill Guthridge’s last stand versus one of Smith’s first teams. Charlie Scott, who broke the color barrier, versus a team supplemented by Julius Peppers.

Yes, it is time for 1969 Heels versus the 2000 Heels. Two teams from two incredibly different eras.

No make matters worse, there is no simulator available this time either.

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The 2000 Heels were a group of underachievers. They were gifted the senior year of Ed Cota and the freshman year of Joe Forte. Brendan Haywood, all seven feet of him, was entering into his junior (and final) season. That should have been the formula for a good run, but it took a tortuous time to get it. Receiving an eight seed bid to the NCAA proved to be their redemption. Mark Madsen and Stanford did not know what hit them when they ran into Peppers in round two. Florida proved too much in the end.

The 1969 Heels were following in the recent success of the ’67 and ’68 teams. Charlie Scott was a big scorer from the backcourt but he was joined for most of the year by Dick Grubar. Senior Grubar was injured in the ACC Tournament and thus missed out on the NCAAs. It is fair to wonder what the 2nd team ACC player would have meant. Well, I’m putting him on this court. Grubar was one of a trio of seniors (Rusty Clark and Bill Bunting) that made this team a well-oiled machine. Eddie Fogler, Jim Delany, and a couple Tuttles were also on the roster. Their demise was their inability to put more than one defender on Rick Mount of Purdue and his shooting effort was decisive.

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