In the old days, and those days aren’t that far removed, Roy Williams admits he would have responded to a loss as infuriating as Monday’s no-show at Virginia Tech by running his team until “seven guys threw up.”
“But I’ve matured,” Williams said.
Williams once had to instruct Jackie Manuel in the proper etiquette for mid-practice vomiting, but a self-proclaimed “mellower” Williams gave the team its NCAA-mandated off day on Tuesday and went recruiting, then left the trainer and strength coach in charge of Wednesday’s practice, not that the players took any solace in that.
“A little nervous walking in,” Luke Maye said.