Lucas: The Texas Problem

Posted Dec 19, 2013
The Tar Heels have now missed 56 free throws in their three losses, which have come by a combined 10 points. So maybe now you know why, after proclaiming that his team would practice at the soonest possible time allowed by the NCAA--it turned out to be 5 a.m.--Roy Williams asked the Smith Center maintenance crew to have 16 baskets set up in time for that session. (GoHeels.com)

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