Roy doesn't care about the ACC Tournament....
and wishes UNC didn't have to play in it.
"In my mind the ACC Tourney is one of those "necessary evils". I really don't care if we win it, but at the same time I don't want to lose to any other teams. I honestly wish we could somehow opt to not participate, I wouldn't care what other team fans would say."
Roy without the ACC Tournament the ACC wouldn't be what it is now. If you don't want to be there go ahead and lose your first game. So you can go home, and let the teams that want to be the official champ of the ACC try and win it. Get out of here with that weaksauce.
Roy has said this over and over and over
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Classof06
Exactly, Roy could have kept this to himself. When you're the coach of arguably the league's most recognizable team, a flagship team no less, it just doesn't look good to say you really don't care about the conference tournament, one of the biggest events the conference holds. Especially in a conference like the ACC with such an illustrious history.
All I have to say is, can you imagine what ACC fans and the media would be saying if it was Krzyzewski that said this instead of Roy?
This is not Roy's first dissing of the ACC tournament. Usually, he saves saying for teams that he is certain are not going to win the ACC. He certainly said it in 2005. Also, if you look back at past champions since 1999, UNC has taken itself out of the tournament (with the exception of last year).
Look at these stats
YEAR WIN Runner up Location MVP
1999 Duke North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum Elton Brand, Duke
2000 Duke Maryland Charlotte Coliseum Jason Williams, Duke
2001 Duke North Carolina Georgia Dome Shane Battier, Duke
2002 Duke NC State Charlotte Coliseum Carlos Boozer, Duke
2003 Duke NC State Greensboro Coliseum Daniel Ewing, Duke
2004 MD Duke Greensboro Coliseum John Gilchrist, Maryland
2005 Duke Georgia Tech MCI Center J.J. Redick, Duke
2006 Duke Boston College Greensboro Coliseum J.J. Redick, Duke
2007 UNC NC State St. Pete Times Forum Brandan Wright, UNC
If there is anyone, anywhere who doesn't believe that Duke has been the major force in college basketball over the last decade, please send him or her this. :p