Kenny Williams was in limbo for North Carolina’s 2017 NCAA championship run – part of it and yet not part of it, on the bench cheering with a torn-up knee when he wanted to be on the court playing.
So while North Carolina’s 84-66 win over Lipscomb Friday afternoon at the Spectrum Center was fairly routine as far as first-round NCAA tournament wins go, for Williams it was anything but.
“To be able to make an impact on this stage – a stage you watched your whole life, dreaming of getting to play on – it’s big for me and big for the team also,” Williams said after he led the Tar Heels with 18 points.