No frills for North Carolina in new-look NCAA Tournament

Posted Mar 18, 2021
Welcome to the no-frills NCAA Tournament, where UNC's first practice session involves a two-and-a-half hour round trip bus ride to West Lafayette just to put up shots. Otherwise, it's just been a lot of sitting around. "We're sitting in a room with 10 tables, it's closed up," UNC head coach Roy Williams describes of his press conference surroundings. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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