Roy Williams discussed how UNC basketball is attempting to improve as a young basketball team while mitigating the risk of COVID on his radio show last night.
Roy discussed how the game schedule adjustment has been a challenge. UNC typically will have one or two exhibition games before kicking off the season, or a secret scrimmage against another power conference school (like Villanova) to get the players some game action under live fire.
That did not happen this year and Roy feels that it has shown up in how his young team has played to begin the season, saying, “With six freshmen that we’re playing a lot, not having maybe two exhibition games.