CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams has made a habit of spitting in the Mississippi River for luck during the NCAA tournament -- he did it in 1982 as an assistant coach, when the Tar Heels won the national championship in New Orleans, and again in 2005, when he led UNC to his first national title as a head coach in St. Louis.
So will he do it this week, when North Carolina plays the Sweet 16 in Memphis?
"I'll have to look back on it and see if I've been successful,'' he said. "St Louis -- that one worked pretty good. Yeah, probably."
His real conundrum is whether to add a new superstition — and throw of the dice — to the mix.
"I'm just trying to think if I should go shoot craps,'' he said. "I shot craps in Detroit [earlier this season], and we played pretty well against Michigan State. Shot craps in Reno and we won. And Tunica's 30 miles south of Memphis, so I've got to decide that. Somebody will say, 'Oh, you shouldn't be doing that.' But I don't sleep anyways, so I might as well do something."
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Whatever it takes coach, we need to keep this ball rolling...Go HEELS...
Or maybe mix in a time out?
Gambling, spitting, dropping f-bombs on live TV...kids, this is NOT who you want to look up to! Go Pack!
Yeah, go Pack..... go home and sit on the coach and watch us play this weekend.
Hey, 10:43am, don't forget "choking down the stretch with championsip-caliber talent".
Did you really so go pack? Hahhahhahhahahah!!! Now that was funny!
Hey PACK fan - Herb Sendeck got his team in the NCAA tournament! Do you miss him now, since your team has hit a new lowe?
Roy neeeds to do something new, he won as an Assistant with Dean and then won with Matt's players. Has Roy won a National Championship with his players, I don't think so. As far as the Go Pack, I could not agree with you more. So until Roy can get over the hump with his players just that Dean and Matt for those banners because Roy did not and has yet to get the job done with his on.
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