Roy Williams takes another new group of Tar Heels in search of a crown

Posted Nov 6, 2009
A fifth NCAA Tournament championship banner hangs in North Carolina's Smith Center, the spoils of four years of determination, hard work and personal suffering. Six players instrumental in last season's title run are gone, four swept away in June's NBA Draft. Coach Roy Williams will craft another team, built on holdovers from last season and a freshman class rated among the nation's best. Williams has dealt with change before. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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