North Carolina coach Roy Williams appeared on Andy Katz’s podcast this week to discuss the upcoming season and various changes in the ACC, including the league’s decision to move from 18 conference games to 20 conference games in 2019. Williams said adding two conference games would likely put an end to the North Carolina/Kentucky series because the Tarheels’ schedule would be too difficult.
“I asked one of those guys [in the NCAA Tournament selection committee] one time, ‘Would you rather have North Carolina vs. Kentucky or would you rather have North Carolina and whoever was last in the league?