Kenny Smith played college basketball for the University of North Carolina , starring for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

He was a standout guard at UNC in the mid-1980s, earning consensus first- team All-American honors as a senior in 1987.

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  • College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (North Carolina Tar Heels).
  • Era: Early–mid 1980s, senior season 1986–87.
  • Honors:
    • Consensus first-team All-American (1987).
* National Player of the Year by Basketball Times (1987).

* First-team All-ACC (1987), with earlier second-team All-ACC nods.

UNC’s own records note that he finished his college career as the program’s all-time leader in assists and steals at the time, underscoring how central he was to those Tar Heel teams.

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