Roy Williams Addresses New Team's Inexperience, AFAM Scandal

Anne Brenner Reporting

CHAPEL HILL-Head UNC basketball coach Roy Williams addressed a variety of topics during his summer press conference last week—and some of his most talked-about remarks had nothing to do with his own sport.

Williams spoke briefly on the scandal surrounding UNC’s African Studies Department that has plagued the university’s football program. Although small number of basketball players were purportedly enrolled in the questionable courses, Williams says he doesn’t think the scandal is relevant to the university’s basketball program as a whole.

“It’s a very sad time,” he says. “But I strongly feel that it’s not a basketball issue. Regardless of what comes out, I’m going to be interested, and I’ll be sad if something negative comes out, but I’m worried about it from a university standpoint, not from a basketball standpoint.”


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