Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams
good talented teams tough
These were tough teams, talented teams with good players.
bully coward ego pride seem step team teams
The team doesn't want to be bullied. It makes you look like a coward and makes you look small. Our team has more of an ego or a pride thing. Teams seem to try and bully us and we step up and take the challenge.
game reason teams won
We see the bracket, but those other teams got there for a reason. They won the first two game just like we did. I don't think you can go out there and take teams lightly.
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.
again coach gave mixed opportunity playing start teams today
Coach mixed up the teams today and gave me an opportunity to go out there and start playing again with my teammates.
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.
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.
assumed knows might people situation
People assumed I was going to from (Nos.) 12 to 20, but like I said I didn't want to go in there and not play. That might have been up in the air. I might have been in a situation where who knows if I'm going to play. I want to come in and play.