Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams
coming east gritty intense teams walk
It's going to be a grind-out game. It's going to be a Big East game. It's not going to be a walk in the park. With No. 1 on our chests, a lot of teams are coming for us, especially Pitt. With their gritty attitude, it's going to be an intense game...This is like a fight. It's more like 1-on-1-on-1-on-1-on-1.
beat east focusing game ncaa winning
It's a game we need to win. We're not focusing on winning the Big East, the Big East standings, the NCAA standings, whatever. They beat us the first time, so we have to get this win.
east freshmen meaning writes
It's real big for someone like me. I write it down every day. Everything that he writes down, I write down every day. I think some of us take it to heart, some of us just think of it as, like ... the freshmen haven't been here yet, so they don't know the meaning of Big East champs. I don't think they take it for granted. They just don't know yet.
east either tank tough turn
They've had some tough losses. Either they're going to tank it, or they'll come out in the Big East and turn it up a notch.
east freshmen meaning means
The freshmen haven't been there yet, so they really don't know the meaning of a Big East championship. I don't think that they take it for granted. I just don't think they know what it means yet.
coming ivan taking talked
We talked about coming out fast, but when Ivan was taking over, everyone else was off. We have to get everyone going.
basically job knew mental moment sat
We just sat here and thought. Basically a mental thing where we knew we didn't do the job and we didn't do our job defensively or offensively so we just kind of had a moment of silence.
arizona ball basketball played points shared
We just really shared the ball and played Arizona basketball out there. We got out and put points on the board.
bad defense flashes good offense points
We showed some flashes tonight. We're confident. Our defense was good at some points and our offense was good at some points and we were bad at some points with both.
athletes coach felt nasty
We felt we had better athletes on the perimeter than they did. Coach told me and Hassan to get in there and get nasty on the glass.
against best game heads seems soon
It would be the same if we were No. 4 or No. 24. Connecticut is Connecticut. They're going to want to take our heads off as soon as we get out there. They're going to be aggressive. It may be the best game they have all season. Everyone seems to have their best game against us.
good talented teams tough
These were tough teams, talented teams with good players.
break few games ncaa next pressure
These next few games are really important. They are the most important games of our year. They can make or break our NCAA chances. There is a lot of pressure on us.
accept caught close game plays team
Our team will accept any challenge, and if we get caught in a close game we just make plays at the end.