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James Worthy

1961– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. UNC men’s basketball wins the 1982 NCAA national championship UNC defeated Georgetown, 63–62, to win the national title. People: Dean Smith, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Matt DohertySearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I men’s basketball

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North Carolina flashback : #1 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. #2 Virginia Cavaliers : January 9, 1982.

2005 · Computer Group Inc

Full broadcast of the January 9, 1982 basketball game between top ranked North Carolina and second ranked Virginia, as NBC originally aired it, released on videodisc in 2005 by Computer Group of Hilliard, Ohio. Subjects include Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins for Carolina and Ralph Sampson for Virginia. About ninety-seven minutes in color.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Worthy, James, 1961-.

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