A Hall of Famer with three national championships and a familiar face at the Final Four, it would seem Roy Williams was destined for big things in basketball.The way the North Carolina coach tells it, a lot of credit goes to a future baseball leader who really went to bat for him.Williams paid tribute Wednesday to Gene Budig, a day after the former American League president and head of three major universities died at 81.“He was the guy that gave Roy Williams a chance,” Williams told The Associated Press. “He made it OK for the athletic director to hire this no-name assistant coach from North Carolina as the head basketball coach at the University of Kansas.”“Every day I understand if he hadn’t been tough enough and comfortable enough, Roy.