The No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels fell to the Texas Longhorns 86-83 thanks in large part to atrocious foul shooting in the Dean Smith Center Wednesday night.
Head Coach Roy Williams says it has been a “terrible time for Leslie and his family and our basketball team.” But Coach Williams says he’s happy to get McDonald back in the lineup and improve Carolina’s depth.
“Our kids are pretty sharp. They understand that Texas beat us by eight million points down there last year. We mentioned that once,” Coach Williams says.
The No. 21 North Carolina Tar Heels scraped their way to a gritty 82-77 victory over the No.10 Kentucky Wildcats in a raucous atmosphere inside the Dean Smith Center Saturday evening to improve to 7-2 on the year.
“Nowadays, it’s not as important as it was five years ago, 10 years ago, and 20 years ago. In those times, you didn’t see these kinds of match-ups. Now with the tournaments going on, you see these kinds of match-ups in exempt...