Roy Williams rips Trump’s ‘BS’ in response to Boeheim’s ACC dig

Here’s a stunner: North Carolina coach Roy Williams has no problem with the ACC holding its tournament in Greensboro, NC, as well as New York.

One day after Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim fervently stressed his belief in the value of a big-city venue for the tournament, Williams begged to differ. Don’t forget your roots, Williams said. New York is nice, but it’s not the end-all. It’s value as a media capital has been lessened through social media, especially when “our president tweets out more (BS) than anybody.”

So take that, Boeheim.

“This is America. Everybody’s got the right to their opinion. I don’t agree with [Boeheim],” Williams said after his top-seed Tar Heels beat Miami, 78-53. “I love moving the tournament around. I think it’s good. But the Masters was played at Augusta National. Augusta’s not a very big town. We keep taking the tournament back there. I still think it’s good for us to move around. I loved Washington, D.C., last year. New York is doing a great job. I love Greensboro.”

Williams, born in North Carolina, stressed his home.

“Don’t ever forget your roots,” Williams said. “We have tremendous history in this league. But Jimmy’s got the right to have his opinion. It doesn’t mean that he’s wrong. I played golf with him one time, and he thought it was going to make left, and the sucker broke right. So every now and then he makes a mistake too. It’s OK. He can have that opinion. I’m fine with that.”

And New York, in the techno age, no longer has the one and only center for information – or recruits.

“It used to be much more so than I think it is now. Now everybody’s has got social media,” Williams said. “Our president tweets out more [BS] than anybody I’ve ever seen.

“In the old days, there’s no question it was the media capital of the world, but I’m not sure it is right now. Media capital of the world is sitting right there, right there, right there,” Williams said, pointing to media members with smart phones and laptops.

Miami coach Jim Larranaga weighed in and said the appeal of New York is undeniable.

“I coached in the ACC …’79 to ’86, and I thought it was the best basketball league in the country then. For a majority of my years there, we played it in Greensboro,” Larranaga said. “To me, the ACC Tournament, no matter where it’s played, is a tremendous event and deserves the recognition that it does get.

“But the fact of the matter is New York City is the capital of college basketball, starting back when CCNY and LIU were winning national titles, and kids were growing up in the city and becoming All-Americans and NBA players. So to bring the ACC, the best basketball conference in the country, to the mecca of college basketball and give it the exposure that it truly deserves, I think is a great thing. Not to disparage any other city or any other location, but New York is special.”