Eric Montross passed away Sunday ... and it has since hung from the rafters of the Smith Center. Montross also earned first-team Academic All-America honors in 1994 and two Academic All-ACC ...

Eric Montross, a former North Carolina star and Toronto Raptors big man, has died after a cancer fight, his family said. He was 52. The school released the family's announcement Monday morning ...

It is also the birthday of former Boston big man Eric Montross, who was born this day in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1971.