Roy Williams: Tar Heels’ victory over Cavs ‘one of the ugliest’ he has seen

Posted Jan 9, 2011
UNC coach Roy Williams could not wait to get out of John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday. Even though his team shot 26.9 percent in the second half, they rallied from an 11-point deficit and made some critical free throws down the stretch to grind out a 62-56 win over Virginia in their ACC opener. “I feel (like) I’ve been inside the cookie store, and I stole every cookie out of the jar, and I want to get out of town as fast as I can,” Williams said. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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