Roy Williams reflects on milestone of 800th win after Syracuse game
A man won a basketball game — his 800th as a coach — and there was a celebration.
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A man won a basketball game — his 800th as a coach — and there was a celebration.
DURHAM — This procession was drawn-out, a prolonged march into the darkness.
Maybe it’s nothing.
There was no rah-rah, no spirited sermon. There was no change in the plan, no grand revelation or sense of reckoning.
The No. 18 North Carolina football team won its third straight game Saturday in Chapel Hill, knocking off Georgia Tech 48-20. The team also registered 636 total yards of offense — the most this season.
Junior guard Joel Berry, senior forward Isaiah Hicks and Coach Roy Williams traveled to Charlotte on Wednesday to represent the North Carolina men’s basketball team at ACC Operation Basketball.
TALLAHASSEE — This moment would be inscribed, for its ecstasy or its agony, in the folds of North Carolina football lore. It was simple, as black or white a situation as the team had faced in recent memory.
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — After seeing its three-score first-half lead sink away in the game's last minute, the North Carolina football team kicked a field goal as time expired to beat No. 12 Florida State, 37-35.
The blessing and the burden of the student-athlete, as North Carolina track and field coach Harlis Meaders called it, is all-encompassing.
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS — This moment demands description.
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS — The North Carolina football team beat Illinois 48-23 on Saturday night for its first win of the season.
When Illinois visited Chapel Hill last fall, the Fighting Illini showed little of their namesake in a 48-14 shellacking at the hands of the North Carolina football team. The game proved to be a turning point for both teams — UNC rattled off nine straight wins to win the ACC Coastal Division; Illinois lost six of its last nine contests.
Maybe this is all too much to handle, too lofty for a man with a mind he does not fully understand.
DURHAM — Marcus Paige likes brownies.
Define success.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five points.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nets are gone.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — He said it to himself, but everyone saw him mouth the words.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With six minutes and change to go in the first half, Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson made a layup. At that point, the North Carolina men’s basketball team led by one, 23-22.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story and headline incorrectly stated the nature of Kenny Williams' 3-pointer during North Carolina's game against Pittsburgh. This was Williams' first made 3-pointer. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.