Mistakes are only good if you can learn from them.
So instead of running his players into the ground after Wednesday’s loss to Wofford, North Carolina coach Roy Williams had his team watch the game. The whole game, all the mistakes and missed plays, as a team together.
“Hopefully they learned something,” Williams said.
It certainly looked like it on Saturday in an 86-72 win over Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic. The fifth-ranked Tar Heels (11-2) shot a blistering 52 percent from behind the 3-point line, dominated on the glass and held the Buckeyes (10-4) under 40 percent shooting in the first half as they took control of the game.