Tommy LaGarde Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Tommy LaGarde | | Hometown: | Detroit, MI | | High School: | Central Catholic | | Born: | February 10, 1955 (69) | | Height/Weight: | 6-10, 230 | | Position: | Center | | Notes: | 1976 Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist, 1977 All-American | | Related: | Tom Zaliagiris | Phil Ford | Dave Colescott | John Kuester |
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Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 19 - 1975-76A team with four gold-medal winning Olympians has to be pretty good, right? That was the case for the 1975-76 Tar Heels. Dean Smith was...
Thu Jun 11, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 26)March 26, 1977: UNC beats UNLV 84-83 to advance to Dean Smith's second national title game. Carolina trailed at the half - remember, this UNC...
Thu Mar 26, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 19)
March 19, 1977: North Carolina beats Kentucky 79-72 to advance to Dean Smith's fifth Final Four. UNC led by 12 at halftime but Kentucky rallied...
Thu Mar 19, 2020
The 25 Greatest Games in UNC Basketball History: No. 17 - The 1975 ACC Tournament Championship
The 1975 Tournament was perhaps the greatest in ACC history. UNC was a young team led by junior Mitch Kupchak, sophomores Walter Davis, Tommy LaGarde,...
Wed Jun 12, 2019
Greatest former UNC athlete by state (Michigan): Tommy LaGarde
Tommy LaGarde was a blue-collar player for Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1973-77. He played alongside highly acclaimed players such as Phil Ford and...
Fri May 24, 2019