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Ohio State Faced Michael Jordan's North Carolina Tar Heels in the 1983 Sweet 16

For many basketball fans, Michael Jordan is the best player ever.

Across 15 NBA seasons with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards, Jordan was a six-time champion, six-time Finals MVP, five-time regular-season MVP, 14-time All-Star, 10-time All-NBA first team, one-time All-NBA second team and nine-time NBA All-Defensive first team, among other impressive achievements.

But before all of those professional accomplishments and subsequent claims that he is the Greatest Of All Time, Jordan was a college basketball star for legendary head coach Dean Smith and North Carolina. And when he wore the Carolina Blue, the two-time All-American and ACC Player of the Year faced off with Ohio State once, a Sweet 16 battle in the 1983 NCAA Tournament.