NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Ideal matchup has a little of everything; Does Williams 'have' to win?

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: April 4, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ST. LOUIS - There is no such thing as a must-win game.

Keep that in mind when somebody carries on about how much Roy Williams needs to win the national championship when his North Carolina team faces Illinois. By the same token, nobody who's owned a television set the past 15 years should question how much Williams wants to win.

He would love to do it for the people of the state he grew up in, and for the program that gave him his first break. He'd love to win for the mother who took a second job ironing shirts in her home so Williams would have enough change in his pocket to join the rest of ...

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