RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina coach Roy Williams doesn’t like to stray from the formula he’s known to work all these years and that includes tinkering with a traditional lineup.
In other words, Ol’ Roy isn’t very big on going small.
Yet that’s exactly what was necessary in the first half against Providence. The Friars played 12 minutes without its playmaker in Kris Dunn, who sat out with two fouls. But the Friars still managed to carve up the Tar Heels defensively taking advantage of mismatches.
Carolina centers Kennedy Meeks and Joel James were no good trying to chase Ben Bentil on the perimeter.