After every season, North Carolina coach Roy Williams typically sits down with his players for their exit interviews and discusses the past season.
This year, things went a little differently. Conversations have shifted.
With the threat of the coronavirus canceling all sports and just about everything else for the near future, these days Williams has been focused on the health of his players and future prospects and their families instead.
"Everybody so far, knock on wood, no one has been touched by (COVID-19) in their immediate family," Williams said of his players. "That's a blessing, and hopefully it stays that way.
"But that is the first question I ask, and every player responded to that. It's so weird, you can't see it, you don't know what to fight."
Williams spoke with the media via a Zoom video call on Tuesdayfor the first time since the Tar Heels lost to Syracuse in the second round of the ACC tournament on March 11. The rest of the ACC tournament was canceled the following day to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Since the governor and counties implemented stay-at-home orders across the state, Williams said he's tried to stay away from other people and heed the advice of medical experts. He said he's spent most of his time at his home in the mountains with his wife.
Williams talked about a variety of things on the call, from trying to stay safe, to trying to recruit on the phone, to what went wrong last season, to the uncertainty of the upcoming college basketball season.
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