It has certainly been a memorable week for key figures of the Carolina basketball family. On Friday, we celebrated Sam Perkins’ selection into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Then yesterday, Charlie Scott heard his name called as a member of the 2018 class of honorees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Scott played for three seasons in Chapel Hill from 1968-1970, finishing with 2,007 points (freshmen were not allowed to play until 1972). He quickly helped UNC return to national prominence as a key member of the 1968 and 1969 Final Four teams that began Dean Smith’s ascension into the hallowed grounds as one of the greatest coaches of all time.