Lucas: Tar Heels Mull Defenses

Posted Dec 7, 2012
It was a little stunning at his radio show this week when Roy Williams casually mentioned, "We may play more zone. You've got to find something the kids can do and that's one of the things we've been working on the last couple of days." On the one hand, sure, Dean Smith's book was called Multiple Offenses and Defenses, not Man-to-Man Defenses. But on the other, Roy Williams...zone? (GoHeels.com)

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