Tar Heel Firsts: UNC baseball’s first trip to Omaha

Posted Jun 15, 2020
The 1960 Tar Heels were coming off a winning season under coach Walter Rabb. Since taking over in 1947, Rabb’s teams had generally put up winnings records, but had only made one NCAA Tournament trip in 1948. However, they got back in thanks to an ACC regular championship season in 1960. The were played in the District III regional in Gastonia. (Tar Heel Blog)

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