This 18 x 36 Carolina Blue wool felt banner features the 1924 championship year basketball schedule and the results. NORTH CAROLINA is written in white across the top in large block letters. 1924 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS is written underneath. Then it lists the coach (Norman Shepard) and the schedule and results from the season and the Southern Conference Tournament. The first of Carolina's national championships came long before the term "March Madness" became an annual rite of spring. In fact, when Carolina won the 1924 national championship with a 26-0 record, there was'nt even an NCAA Tournament. The Helms Foundation voted the Tar Heels as national champions after their perfect season, as there was no post-season tournament. Carolina defeated Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Alabama en route to the Southern Conference championship. Cartwright Carmichael, Jack Cobb, Bill Dodderer and Monk McDonald led the Tar Heel squad directed by first-year coach Norman Shepard. Carolina played its home games in the Indoor Athletic Center, also known as the Tin Can. The championship season was also Shepard's last at the helm of the Tar Heels, as McDonald took over as head coach the following season.