Veteran referee Ted Valentine made a mistake in turning his back to North Carolina guard Joel Berry in the second half of Wednesday’s game with Florida State, UNC coach Roy Williams said on Friday.
After seeing the topic hashed and rehashed on multiple ESPN talk shows, Williams was ready to move on.
“People make mistakes,” Williams said. “It didn’t look good. I don’t think the intention was there for it to look as bad as it did look.”
No. 12 UNC travels to No. 8 Virginia on Saturday but Williams met with the media on Friday and was asked about the minor controversy from the Tar Heels’ loss at FSU on Wednesday.