It’s July, and there isn’t much going on in the college sports world. You’re most likely counting down the days until college football starts, or following former Tar Heels in the NBA Summer League. As you may have noticed, North Carolina did not have anybody selected in this year’s draft. As was pointed out by Dadgum Box Scores (a highly entertaining twitter account you should follow), this is only the fourth time that has happened since Roy Williams returned to Chapel Hill in 2003-2004.
2018 #NBADraft marks the 4th time in the Roy Williams era that a Carolina player was not drafted ('04, '08, '11, '18)
In each of the consecutive years after ('05, '09, '12), Tar Heels had 4 players selected in each of those drafts— Dadgum Box Scores (@dadgumboxscores) June 22, 2018As stated, 2004, 2008, and 2011 were the other three seasons when UNC did not have a player selected in the draft.