North Carolina hosts Marquette at the Dean E. Smith Center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24. ESPN2 will televise the game. Roy Williams is 899-260 in 33 seasons as a head coach. With UNC's next win, Williams will become the fourth Division I coach to win 900 games. Carolina is 4-1 all-time against Marquette, who last visited Chapel Hill in 2001. (GoHeels.com) Looking back at the 1977 UNC-Marquette national title game
UNC basketball coach Dean Smith's Tar Heels, though a slight favorite in the championship game, had to play without center Tommy LaGarde, who had blown.