Triangle teams push the tempo in ACC basketball

Posted Oct 11, 2019
How do Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski, and Kevin Keatts get their teams to play consistently high-scoring games? Williams, whose team topped the ACC at nearly 86 points per game in 2019, says the Tar Heels can’t play fast enough to suit him: "It's hard. The young guys come in, and they get there and find out it's a lot harder to do it than to say it." (WRAL Sports Fan)

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