Incoming season: 1985-86
All-Americans: Steve Bucknall, Jeff Lebo, Kevin Madden.
Achievements: The trio helped UNC to a 116-25 mark during a four-year span, including regular-season ACC titles in 1987 and 1988, and made it to at the Elite Eight twice.
Incoming season: 1986-87
All-Americans: Pete Chilcutt, J.R. Reid, Scott Williams.
Achievements: Even though Chilcutt would redshirt his freshman year, he came back to help the 1988 ACC champion and Elite Eight team.
Incoming season: 1990-91
All-Americans: Eric Montross, Derrick Phelps, Brian Reese.
Achievements: This group was the core of Dean Smith's national championship team in 1993. The group won 114 games in its four years and played in two Final Fours, losing to Kansas in 1991 before defeating Michigan two years later.
Incoming season: 1993-94
All-Americans: Jeff McInnis, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace.
Achievements: The first class to come in after UNC's title year, McInnis, Stackhouse and Wallace led the Tar Heels to a Final Four in 1995. That year, North Carolina dropped its national semifinal game against Arkansas.
