Key to Tar Heel success in Austin is simple

Posted Dec 11, 2015
North Carolina's Roy Williams believes the key to beating Texas Saturday is simple -- the No. 3 Tar Heels (7-1) have to shoot their shot. One of the most important of the keys, specifically, is Joel Berry III's three-point shooting which has already raised the Tar Heels' average number of long-shots made this year and Williams has a very simple explaination of how the sophomore improved so significantly after his rookie year -- "Sweat." (WRAL Sports Fan)

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