3-point shots, no longer 'fool's gold,' now valuable at UNC
Posted Jan 17, 2019
Twelve seconds into North Carolina’s win over Notre Dame, Coby White knocked down his team’s first shot, a three-pointer – nothing special in the grand scheme of things, but a symbol of change in UNC’s offense the last four seasons. That change? Pyrite is now a precious metal in Chapel Hill. Roy Williams once famously referred to three-point shots as “fool’s gold.”
(WRAL Sports Fan)
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