UNC, Duke take on each other’s style

Posted Jan 18, 2018
North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams is stubborn, He’ll tell you that himself, especially when it comes to his favored inside-out style of play. “I had three NBA coaches this summer tell me, ‘I hope you keep playing the same way you’re playing, because about everybody has gone to an open offense with nobody in the post,’” Williams said earlier this season. (North State Journal)

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