YouTube Gold: The Ernie Graham Game

Ernie Graham, former Maryland player from the late 70’s and early 80’s, waves to the crowd as he had a jersey raised in his honor in the rafters of the Comcast Center in College Park, Maryland, prior to a game against Boston College on Thursday, February 16, 2012.People today would have a hard time believing it, but for most of the 1970’s, UNC, NC State and Maryland were the dominant teams in the ACC.

It was a seven-league team then which also featured Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia and Clemson. Georgia Tech had joined but would not play until 1979.

Dean Smith was 18 years in at UNC and had built a dynasty. Norm Sloan had won the ACC’s second national championship in 1974 and while Lefty…