Tudor: Ol' Roy comes up short on new list

Posted Jul 30, 2009
For a guy whose North Carolina basketball team just ran away with the NCAA championship and cranked out enough NBA draft picks to qualify for expansion franchise consideration, Roy Williams is getting zero respect these days. The latest blow landed Wednesday, when The Sporting News revealed its 50 all-time greatest coaches and Ol' Roy was no more on the list than Patrick Roy. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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