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DETROIT — North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he has "zero" problems with point guard Ty Lawson and reserve Marc Campbell shooting craps in Detroit.
The players are of age, he said, they were chaperoned by the team's video coordinator — and Williams has already shot craps, himself.
"When my team came here to play Michigan State, we stayed in the MGM and I went down and shot craps and we lost – and we won the game,'' Williams said. "And we go to Nevado-Reno and we play Nevada-Reno, I stayed in a casino and I went downstairs and we shot craps and we lost – but my team won. So you've got to be an idiot if you think I'm not going to go gamble and lose money before this game. And I have lost – and I'm going to do everything I can possibly do to win the game."
Lawson, the ACC Player of the Year, said he won about $250 gambling at a local casino Wednesday night, but that he wouldn't do it again before this weekend's Final Four games. The NCAA only forbids betting on sports teams.
"If you don't want those kids doing it, then don't put the Final Four where there's a casino 500 yards from our front door,'' Williams said. "And they've got a great buffet in there. …The other thing is, guys, do you know when we got here? Wednesday. I'm not going to tell my guys to stay in their rooms and watch Bill Cosby re-runs for four days." -- Robbi Pickeral
Note: UConn and Michigan State players are reportedly forbidden from gambling.
DETROIT — North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he has "zero" problems with point guard Ty Lawson and reserve Marc Campbell shooting craps in Detroit.
The players are of age, he said, they were chaperoned by the team's video coordinator — and Williams has already shot craps, himself.
"When my team came here to play Michigan State, we stayed in the MGM and I went down and shot craps and we lost – and we won the game,'' Williams said. "And we go to Nevado-Reno and we play Nevada-Reno, I stayed in a casino and I went downstairs and we shot craps and we lost – but my team won. So you've got to be an idiot if you think I'm not going to go gamble and lose money before this game. And I have lost – and I'm going to do everything I can possibly do to win the game."
Lawson, the ACC Player of the Year, said he won about $250 gambling at a local casino Wednesday night, but that he wouldn't do it again before this weekend's Final Four games. The NCAA only forbids betting on sports teams.
"If you don't want those kids doing it, then don't put the Final Four where there's a casino 500 yards from our front door,'' Williams said. "And they've got a great buffet in there. …The other thing is, guys, do you know when we got here? Wednesday. I'm not going to tell my guys to stay in their rooms and watch Bill Cosby re-runs for four days." -- Robbi Pickeral
Note: UConn and Michigan State players are reportedly forbidden from gambling.
