CHAPEL HILL
North Carolina coach Roy Williams has been there. He has been in the same position that Louisville coach Rick Pitino found himself in on Friday, having to go before his players and tell them that they weren't going to be able to play in the NCAA tournament because of a postseason ban.
Pitino did that on Friday after Louisville decided to self-impose a postseason ban this season amid an NCAA investigation involving the use of strippers and prostitutes in the team's recruiting. Pitino has maintained that he had no knowledge of the alleged improprieties.