His illness was recently documented with great reverence by the prolific sports journalist John Feinstein. Among the issues that Feinstein discusses regarding Dean Smith's deteriorating condition is the fact that one of the greatest assets the iconic coach had was an incredible memory that could remember every game, coaches, players, refs, and even specific plays. The column published in the Washington Post can be found here.
2010 UD UNC National Champs
Upper Deck came out with a 163 card set to take advantage of North Carolina's NCAA Championship triumph. There are a couple of similar releases I have seen out there including University of Texas and Oklahoma football sets.
The sets offer an interesting variety of subjects which for UNC includes Smith, Lots of Michael Jordan cards, and some guys with Philadelphia connection like Larry Brown, George Lynch and Doug Moe. It is not unusual to see blasters of these cards going for $5-10 within a few years of release.
Sources
Naismith Memorial Basketball HoF
John Feinstein Washington Post
Sports Card Radio
Sports-Ref/College Basketball
Alzheimer's Association
hat tip - Yankees blogger @StaceGots tweeted the WaPo link earlier today
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