Roy Williams acknowledges UNC's unusual use of transfers as a 'need,' not a priority
Posted Oct 12, 2019
North Carolina heads into the 2019-20 college basketball season with typical expectations for a Roy Williams team: compete for an ACC title and advance to the Final Four. How Williams plans to accomplish these goals, though, is unlike anything we’ve seen from him before. Enter Christian Keeling and Justin Pierce, a pair of mid-major grad transfers.
(Sporting News)
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