UNC, Duke veterans know pain of first-weekend NCAA Tournament exits

Posted Mar 19, 2019
The Blue Devils got pushed around in a second-round game against South Carolina in 2017, and the Tar Heels fell to Texas A&M last season. The abrupt ending was a wakeup call for Kenny Williams, who had never known anything other than the Final Four as a Tar Heel, winning a national title as a sophomore and finishing as runner-up as a freshman. (Greensboro News & Record)

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