WILMINGTON—As Carolina disembarked the team bus outside sold-out Trask Coliseum, a throng of Seahawk students who had begun gathering at 7 a.m. Friday morning greeted the Tar Heels with some lusty boos.
Roy Williams grinned.
This is exactly why the Hall of Fame head coach brings his team—no matter how inexperienced, no matter how many injuries—on the road in November and December every season. We've grown so accustomed to these types of games that sometimes we forget that virtually no other coach in the country makes these types of contests part of his regular season preparation.