EDITOR'S NOTE — A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No. 9 and this game story was published in The Times-Tribune of Scranton (Pa.) on March 30, 1982
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AP Sports Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A national champion at last, North Carolina basketball Coach Dean Smith can finally say what he thinks about his critics.