"Mike is great, don't get me wrong, but Phil Ford is the best to do it at Carolina ... and 1.7 steals per game at UNC. He earned two first-team All-American honors and was the ACC Player of ...

Phil Ford shoots against Wake Forest in the 1975 ACC Tournament. (Photo: Hugh Morton/N.C. Collection) The most famous, or possibly infamous, referee call in ACC history took place in UNC’s 1975 ...

UNC's Phil Ford shoots against Marquette in the 1977 national championship game. (Photo: NCAA) On the way to the 1977 NCAA championship game, the Tar Heels, with one starter out and two others ...