Pickin' on Ol' Roy
Roy Williams might have done himself in as far as the Coach of the Year honors that he had seemed not that long ago to be an absolute lock for.
And no, it wasn't because his team lost to George Mason of the CAA in the second round this past weekend.
It was how they lost.
Williams seemed to be out of sorts in the second half of the 65-60 loss to the Patriots - at one point slamming a chair at courtside, and at another forgetting what the score was and calling a press defense out of a timeout that led to a foul and a pair of Mason free throws.
Ol' Roy was at his best in leading the upstart Tar Heels - who lost seven of their top eight scorers from last year's NCAA championship team - to a 22-7 record and a number-three seed in this year's Big Dance.
Seeing Ol' Roy at his worst on Sunday was reminiscent of the Coach Williams who couldn't quite get over the hump at Kansas.
- Chris Graham