With the Tar Heels set to take on Wolfpack tomorrow night, we have been looking back on some of the great games these teams played in years past. When it really was a rivalry, a Carolina-State game always had meaning in the ACC race...and for bragging rights. Back in 1975, the Pack were reigning National Champs and were looking to make another deep run in the NCAA Tournament and the Heels were looking to recapture the conference crown. Enjoy this look back and see how the Heels were a real thorn in the side of the eventual ACC tournament champions and how the foundation for the next few years is already laid.
Wolfpack Beaten Out of Title Race
From Press Dispatches
North Carolina State's Wolfpack, the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, faltered again Tuesday night, and was eliminated from the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball race by North Carolina, 76-74, at Chapel Hill, N. C.
North Carolina, 13th and 14th ranked in the national polls, led 50-41 at the half and dominated the game until the final minutes when North Carolina State rallied behind David Thompson, who scored 32 points in the game.
Thompson made a shot with 27 seconds left that cut the Tar Heels' lead to 75-74, but then Mickey Bell made the first of two foul shots with nine seconds left to end the scoring. Tim Stoddard's last second shot for North Carolina State rimmed the basket but did not fall, and the Wolfpack, ranked sixth and seventh, slipped to a 19-6 record. North Carolina has a 17-7 record.
The victory was the first for North Carolina in its last 10 games against North Carolina State, and it was also the first time in three years that the Wolfpack had suffered consecutive defeats.
The Wolfpack's demise means that the ACC title will now go to the winner of Wednesday night's game between Clemson and Maryland at College Park, Md. And should the Wolfpack fall in the ACC tournament, which determines the NCAA representative, their record might not be good enough for an at large berth.
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