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UNC Basketball: Five reasons why UNC can win a National Championship

By Alec Lasley

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 16: The North Carolina Tar Heels huddle before their game against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at the Dean Smith Center on November 16, 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 16: The North Carolina Tar Heels huddle before their game against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at the Dean Smith Center on November 16, 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, AZ – APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels cuts down the net after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels cuts down the net after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs 71-65. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

5. Roy Williams

Roy Williams is tied to winning, greatness, and consistency. He has always been that way, regular season or during tournament time.

Not only is he one of the best regular season coaches, but he’s one of, if not the best, NCAA Tournament coaches in history.

Since 2002, the start of KenPom era, Roy Williams averages over three NCAA Tournament wins per year, more than a half-game more than the next closest, shown by the graphic below.

In addition, Williams ranks second in NCAA history in tournament wins (78), but since his return to Chapel Hill (’03-’04), he has more NCAA Tournament wins, Final Fours and national titles than any other coach.

There is really nothing more you can say than that – or the fact he has been to the National Championship game in two of the last three years.

Give me Roy Williams over any other coach in the country when it comes to this time of year. I’ll take my “chances” with him.

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