Roy Williams was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2007, and the Tate Smith Hall of Fame is not only for the NBA, but for all those around the world who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of basketball. This is also the reason why YAO was able to be inducted into the Hall of Fame a year later.

The threshold for induction into the Hall of Fame as a coach is more stringent than that of a player, because a coach needs to have more than 25 years of coaching experience to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, which can keep many people out.

Roy Williams has coached the team since 1973 and has coached two teams during his coaching career, the University of Kansas and North Carolina State University, and brought home an NCAA trophy for the University of Kansas in 2001-02.

This year has been a bad year for North Carolina, with a shortage of talent and no outstanding players, but despite this, Roy still led North Carolina to a 11-7 record from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the tournament, which made him feel that he was lucky, anything can happen after entering the tournament, after all, there are many fortuitous factors that can determine the outcome of a game, not to mention, North Carolina's first opponent is still from the weak Ivy League.

Since the announcement of the matchup list, Roy has watched the video of the Columbia Lions with the coaching staff, presumably the Lions' coaching staff, the North Carolina coaching staff have been working together for a much longer time, head coach Roy and head assistant coach Steve Robinson, offensive assistant coach CB McGrath have all worked together in North Carolina for 12 years, and defensive assistant coach Hubert Davis has also worked in North Carolina for six years, so they can know each other's thoughts with just one word, and they are full of tacit understanding.

The video is showing the Colombian Lions' Feb. 27 home game against Harvard University, a rare game in which Li Wu did not score 20 points.

Coach Roy said: "This Chinese boy only passes the ball to the German when he encounters a bag clip, and he doesn't have the ability to read the game and find gaps. ”

Hubert, assistant coach for defense: "I think he's often more of a threat off the ball than when he's on the ball. ”

Offensive assistant coach CB immediately nodded in agreement: "That's right, his off-ball running is very good, he can always easily shake off the players who follow him after using the pick-and-roll, his body seems to be lubricated, no matter what way the defender uses to carry out death entanglement, he has a way to get rid of it!" And his defensive ability outside the paint field is a nightmare for all teams! ”

Head Assistant Coach Steve thought for a moment and said, "My suggestion is that on the defensive end, if he's attacking with the ball, we can send Marcus Page and another wing player to pack him!" Because we don't have any players in our team who have the same mobility as Lee as Amak said, after all, he starts too quickly. ”

"If we're going to use a wing player to help Marcus flank him, we're going to have to empty an opposing wing player." Coach Roy said.

Steve immediately spoke: "Their main small forward Jeff Cobe and backup small forward Isaac Cohen are not shooting more than 40% from the field, we can leave this position empty, and the two of them have a 70% chance of hitting the basket after getting the ball, I believe in Kennedy's rim protection ability!" ”

Coach Roy nodded, Kennedy Meeks is 206cm tall and weighs 131 kilograms, with such a weight he has a good bounce, he is a very trustworthy traditional center inside, and he believes that few NCAA players can challenge the interior of North Carolina, which is why they can make it to the tournament this year when talent is dying.

Steve's suggestion was supported by Coach Roy, who immediately continued: "On the offensive end, my point is to use Kennedy because the Lions' two people at the No. 5 position, Corey Ossetkowski and center Connor Wirth, are a little worse than Kennedy, and they can't stop Kennedy from scoring under the basket!" ”

Offensive assistant coach CB immediately chimed in: "That's right, we need to reduce the frequency of passing the ball on the wing, this Chinese kid's tackling ability is amazing, I was impressed by the elbow steal against the Princeton Tigers, and his ability to steal the ball is also terrifying, even the most demanding referee can't jump out of any problems!" Kennedy, a kid who averaged about 11 points per game this year, hit about 56 from the field, and his ability to play alone with his back has improved a lot compared to last year. ”

Coach Roy thought for a while and said, "Our No. 4 Briss Johansen is also a status player, and although he is two centimeters shorter than the Lions' handling power forward, Luke Pedrasek, he weighs six kilograms and can still attack the basket. He's averaging about a point per game this season than Kenedy, and we can use two to attack the Lions' interior, and on the defensive end, we have to think about how to prevent him from running and playing without the ball. That's the trickiest problem, because our lads can't outrun him. ”

Hubert, assistant coach of the defense, said: "You can emulate the joint defensive tactics of the Amake bag and the ball-carrier. As soon as Lee got the ball, we let go of their number 3 to trap him and then keep an eye on Maodore. Cobe and Cohen: Let's let them shoot, and if they dare to hit the basket, let them taste Kennedy's block. ”

Coach Roy said: "That's a good suggestion, when they hit the basket at the No. 3 position, if it's Cobay, we'll let the No. 4 and No. 3 positions go back to the interior to protect the backcourt rebounds in advance, if Cohen is on the court, we have to wait until he makes a layup and then all the players go back inside to protect the rebound, because Cohen is one of the best passers on the Lions and can't give him a chance to break through the ball, and as for Cobe, he only has the basket in his eyes, so he doesn't need to worry." ”

North Carolina has been able to maintain a strong competitiveness for so many years, regardless of whether they have stars or not, but their coaching staff often has a comprehensive layout for opponents, and there are some details that perhaps even Coach Smith did not expect.

Now that North Carolina has found a way to limit the connection between Li Wu and Maodore, what the Lions can rely on is actually the last point, that is, Li Wu's ability to directly share the ball.