The tournament was played over a three-day period every December, just after Christmas, on North Carolina State's home court.

"[5] Famed Indiana high school coach Case was hired after the war ended and first demanded they redesign their in construction arena.

[6] As the arena had a steel frame already built, to increase capacity, they extended the building to have larger end zones behind the baskets.

[6] As the coliseum was being finished, football in the state was immensely successful with Duke Blue Devils football coach Wallace Wade leading the Blue Devils to success, multi–position Charlie Justice at North Carolina, and Wake Forest coach Peahead Walker leading the team to bowl games.

[8] Football's regular season in 1949 came to an end on November 19, when the Tar Heels played the Blue Devils in front of a state record crowd of 57,500.

[8] Case desired to create the Christmas holiday tournament as he felt North Carolina was ignored in national sports coverage.

[9] In advance of the first edition, The News and Observer speculated that the event would increase statewide interest in basketball, along with showing how other areas teams play the sport.

[15] At the behest of President Friday and chancellors from both NC State and North Carolina, the Dixie Classic was cancelled after twelve years.

[15] Other penalties included the prevention of players participating in summer basketball leagues and limiting the number of recruits from outside the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) territory to two.

[15] By 1962, the point shaving scandal could be traced through 50 players at 25 different schools involving at least 54 games as part of a larger gambling scheme across the NCAA University Division, orchestrated by Jack Molinas and other former college athletes.

[15] Four Wolfpack players and one Tar Heel were charged with bribery and then granted immunity in the Wake County Superior Court because they testified against the conspirators.

[1] In our minds, we were dealing with protection of human life of an innocent college kid that, because he had exceptional skills, had gotten all his fame.