Tar Heels kick off 100th season of basketball with ‘Late Night With Roy’

Jason Sandford

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WRAL has the story. A snippet:

Following the tradition Roy Williams imported from Kansas, Carolina’s players began the night entertaining a nearly full house of 18,700 with a variety of dance routines and video skits. Each dance number marked the era of a previous championship. Some younger fans in attendance might have preferred the performance for 2005’s title featuring seniors Marcus Ginyard, Marc Campbell, and Deon Thompson dancing in gold suits to Kanye West’s “Gold Digger.” But it was hard to top the sight of the entire team in Elvis wigs and Carolina blue jumpsuits, swaying to “Jailhouse Rock” in an homage to the undefeated 1957 team.

Williams was, as usual, a subject of the skits’ humor as well as an appreciative audience member. The team paid tribute to 1982’s title by joking on their head coach’s unforgettable Guitar Hero ad from last March, dancing in boxers in their own imitation of Tom Cruise. Based on the response of some female fans in attendance, it seems fair to say the players’ version was more appealing than Williams’.

“We always have a great time at Late Night,” Ginyard said after the festivities wound down. “It’s always a good chance for us to act up a little out there.”

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