Carolina thriving with returnees, thanks to low draft prospects
Posted Apr 2, 2009
Roy Williams is not just a very good basketball coach, he's a fortunate one, blessed for the second time by circumstance. Williams takes North Carolina to the NCAA Final Four this week with four starters who could have left school last spring with aspirations of playing in the NBA. All of them chose another year of college, three after determining their value to NBA teams was not as high as they had hoped.
(Austin American-Statesman)
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