North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams made a touching gesture Monday. He gave up his seat to the 2015 National Championship game between Wisconsin and Duke.
The reason? To honor Badger coach Bo Ryan's late father, Butch.
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Sect. 140, Row A, Seat 13 will be left open for tonight's game. Roy Williams has donated that seat to the memory of the late Butch Ryan.
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 7, 2015Bo and Butch Ryan never missed a Final Four. Touching gesture from Coach Williams @UNC_Basketball pic.twitter.com/oEbdrJUEqa
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) April 7, 2015Butch died in 2013 but his son revealed this week that he always wanted to see him coach in the title game against Duke.
Pretty moving thing for Williams to do.
(Sources: Twitter, SB Nation)