Dang...I'd heard he hadn't been well, but still didn't expect this. "Classy" is overused, but that's what comes to mind when I think of him. As much as he won, it was hard to dislike the man.
When I was growing up and first getting into hoops, UNC was the college team I feared most. Always gave my Terps fits. When they gave him his first L in the Dean Dome I couldn't believe it, I respected him and his program that much. And then they beat them again in the ACC tourney! It was like Christmas for me.
BTW (dating myself I know), that '86 squad was slept on. Daugherty, Jet, Wolf, Lebo, Hale, and a solid bench...thought they could've played for the title.
Respect and strength to Tar Heel Nation. Been a rough couple months for y'all.