Tar Heels not using youth as excuse

Posted Jan 15, 2006

The excuse was hanging there like a shot teetering on the rim, just waiting to be used. Only Roy Williams wasn’t about to let it happen. His expectations for his North Carolina basketball team are much too high for that. The Tar Heels might be playing four freshmen, but to their coach that doesn’t excuse them for not playing well — or worse, not playing the way they were taught. (Fayetteville Observer)

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