Sunday, March 3, 2013

Roy Williams Is A Class Act

When Roy Williams had his press conference immediately following the 'Heels 79-58 win over Florida State, his first thought were of Florida State's coach Leonard Hamilton and the passing of his 96 year old mother. Not many high profile coaches would have done that. The game itself was impressive. P. J. Hairston had an impressive shooting game hitting 4 of 6 three pointers and finishing with 16 points. James Michael McAdoo led the way with 21, 17 of those in the first half, and Reggie Bullock had 20. That may have been the Tarheels most impressive performance of the season, especially the way they closed out the first half scoring on 13 of their final 14 posessions. Marcus Paige had an impressive game running the show with 9 assists and 3 turnovers. That moves the 'Heels to 21-8 with games remaining at Maryland and the season finale at home against Duke. About three weeks ago there were questions about the 'Heels ability to even make the NCAA tournament and now the 'Heels are closing in on a first round bye in the ACC tournament.