UNC's Roy Williams 'Not Going to Do This Woe-Is-Me Type BS' After Duke Loss

North Carolina coach Roy Williams was still in a fighting mood when he addressed the press following UNC's see-it-to-believe-it loss to Duke Saturday. 

Amid a down year for the Tar Heels, Williams' team finally found the aggressiveness it's been lacking this season and the coach is ready to capitalize on it. 

"I still think good things are going to happen to this team," Williams said. "But I am not going to do this woe-is-me type BS." 

Rather than feeling discouraged after the team's 13th loss of the year, Williams feels his players finally showed up the way he knew they could. 

"Today I saw the team I thought we were going to have in the preseason," Williams said. 

UNC was ranked No. 9 to start the year before everything went haywire. In addition to a knee injury to star point guard Cole Anthony, the Tar Heels dropped non-conference games to Michigan, No. 11 Oregon, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 5 Virginia, Wofford and No. 2 Gonzaga. And that was all before a five-game losing streak in ACC play during January. 

The NCAA Tournament remains an extreme long-shot for UNC without a conference tournament title, but more improbable things have happened in college basketball.

First, the team needs to get back above .500 on the year. The Tar Heels (10-13, 3-9 ACC) have still have plenty of winnable games on their schedule including Syracuse, Notre Dame, Virginia and two against Wake Forest. 

With Anthony back in the lineup—and with the freshman posting 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists against the Blue Devils—a turnaround feels much more possible. 

A run in the ACC Tournament with the same type of intensity it displayed in Saturday's 98-96 loss to Duke will go a long way towards making a run in March. 

Williams apparently feels the same way. As he was leaving his postgame press conference, the Hall of Famer gave one parting message. 

"Old coach is not going to freaking quit," Williams said. "And they aren't either.