North Carolina Basketball: Tar Heels Who Went on to Win NBA Championships

Posted by Rollin Yeatts on May-19-2012 Add Comments

For the University of North Carolina, winning doesn't stop at the college level.

In the last 35 years, only 12 NBA championships have been won by teams that didn't have a former Tar Heel on the squad. UNC also produced eight players who are in the 2012 NBA Playoffs—two are still alive in the second round.

That's pretty impressive.

Through the entire history of the NBA, a total of 29 titles have been won by 14 former Tar Heels. According to Fox Sports Florida, that is the most by any college—above UCLA (26), O...

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