MEMPHIS — Add Roy Williams to a list that includes Oprah Winfrey, Emeril Lagasse, Joan Collins, Molly Ringwald, Chris Matthews, Paula Deen, Larry King and Kevin Bacon.
After Thursday, all have been official Honorary Duckmasters at the famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
This morning on ESPN, UNC coach Roy Williams assessed injured point guard Ty Lawson's preparation for the Tar Heels' third-round game Friday in the NCAA Tournament.
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 Carolina plays the Sweet 16 in Memphis?
North Carolina goes into today's game against LSU with a 26-1 record in NCAA Tournament games played within the state.
Roy Williams knows as well as anyone not to take that record for granted.
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North Carolina goes into today's game against LSU with a 26-1 record in NCAA Tournament games played within the state.
Roy Williams knows as well as anyone not to take that record for granted.
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GREENSBORO — North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson will be a game-time decision for Saturday's second-round NCAA Tournament game with Louisiana State, coach Roy Williams said Friday afternoon.
Lawson has missed the last three games with a jammed right big toe.
GREENSBORO — North Carolina coach Roy Williams said Thursday that he has no idea whether point guard Ty Lawson will play in a second-round NCAA Tournament game Saturday against Louisiana State.
Lawson has missed three straight games with a jammed right big toe.
Staff photo by Robert Willett
• See images from Wednesday's practices in Greensboro
GREENSBORO - Tyler Hansbrough waved his arms to incite a spirited crowd that filled about two-thirds of the seats in the lower bowl at the Greensboro Coliseum.
During open practice for the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday afternoon, North Carolina's players had been showing off their best dunks to a crowd of more than 6,000.
Staff photo by Robert Willett
• See images from Wednesday's practices in Greensboro
GREENSBORO — North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson is unlikely to play in Thursday's NCAA Tournament opener against Radford because of his jammed right big toe, coach Roy Williams said Wednesday.
"There's a huge, huge probability that Ty will not play," Williams said.
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina coach Roy Williams reiterated that point guard Ty Lawson needs to be able to practice today and Wednesday in order to play in Thursday’s NCAA first round game against Radford. But even if he does, the speedy junior won’t be 100 percent.
