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"Sometimes the [Lincoln High School basketball] coaches would take the boys to a gym down on UNC campus to play...the Tin Can. They would take them down to practice. They never played a game there. All the games were played over here in our auditorium."

- Mary Norwood Jones

The Tin Can on the UNC campus was originally intended to be a temporary facility for hosting basketball games. The Tar Heels played there from 1924 to 1938. The building was later used for other sports, concerts, and even as a temporary dormitory. It became a popular spot for pick-up basketball games as well. Built in The Tin Can was demolished in 1977 to make way for Fetzer Hall.

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Citation: “Tin Can,” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/places/tin-can.

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