Thirty years removed from celebrating his first senior day as a head coach, back at Kansas in 1989, Roy Williams still remembers the emotions he felt.
That group of seniors, Williams said, gave him a chance. And in that way, they'll always be unique. But after watching 29 more senior classes depart – and with another preparing to play its last home game Saturday against Duke – he said senior day never gets easier.
"It's still emotional, it's draining," Williams told reporters during his pre-Duke, pre-senior day press conference on Thursday. "You think back to so many good times and some bad times.