Lawson at the wheel for speedy Tar Heels

Posted Apr 3, 2008

If you're a basketball coach and you care a lot about what you do, there's a real problem with your job. It never ends. That's why Roy Williams found himself in the backseat of a car in early April 2005, trying to get some sleep. Only hours before, he had returned to Chapel Hill after winning his first national championship. Now, he was recruiting the point guard he hoped would direct him to his second title: Ty Lawson. (Charlotte Observer)

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