“Years from now, when he’s won a bunch of rings, I want him to remember that it was this team that got him his first.”
So said Sean Gregory May on the eve of the 2005 Final Four. He was talking, of course, about Roy Williams and his long wait to finally win the Big One. His words seemed pretty bold at the time (Ringless Roy winning a ‘bunch?’) but time has proven him prophetic.
Younger Carolina fans may not appreciate just how hungry the Tar Heels, and Roy in particular, were for a title.