Michael Jordan Moment 23

UNC vs. Georgia Tech, Jan 29, 1983

By Bobby Cremins, former Georgia Tech coach

It was Mark Price's freshman year, and we were a young team still trying to build a program at that time. I remember we played North Carolina fairly decently that night in Greensboro which, was kind of a moral victory for us.

We knew going in that Michael Jordan was special. But even after he scored 39 points on us that night, I don't think any coach in the ACC had a clue that he'd wind up being the greatest player of all time. He played in the team-oriented system at North Carolina.

We just couldn't stop him that night. A lot of times, you would give him that outside shot because he was so tremendous driving to the hole. But he killed us in every way that night. We just had no answer for him.