Bracket shakes out to pit Roy Williams against ex-team

Posted Mar 31, 2008

The best of times and the strangest of times for North Carolina coach Roy Williams. He's back in the Final Four with the Tar Heels. The bracket says Kansas is the next opponent. Williams spent 15 years as the coach at Kansas before returning to his alma mater. This is a game he would never schedule. "I will never play Kansas in a regular-season game," Williams said. "It will have to be a tournament." (Burlington Times News)

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