Jacobs: Roy Williams sticks to the Dean Smith way

Posted Feb 28, 2016
When post player Kennedy Meeks was sidelined by a bruised knee a month into the season, someone in the Smith Center press room wondered aloud who would start against Tulane in the junior’s place. To those who’d watched North Carolina basketball for any length of time, and certainly since the reign of Dean Smith, there was never any doubt. (Charlotte Observer)

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