Roy Williams plays mad at Kyrie Irving
Posted Jul 20, 2010
The Duke-UNC rivalry should be simmering once again this season as both programs reload with top recruiting classes. And it appears both teams have enough mutual respect for each other that they can kid about it. Take UNC coach Roy Williams, who joked to ZagsBlog.com that he's not real fond of Duke incoming freshman sensation Kyrie Irving -- for going to Duke in the first place and also for transferring to Dexter Strickland's high school and preventing the current Tar Heel from getting playing time at point guard there.
(ESPN.com)
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