Roy Williams
Roy Williams
Hall of Fame men's basketball coach who gathered an incredible 80% winning record at North Carolina and Kansas. He led North Carolina to NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2009.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1950
CityMarion, NC
competing job second time
We keep competing all the time and I thought we did a much better job of that in the second half.
believe difficult league nine seven teams top
Top to bottom, this is the most difficult I've ever been in. I believe we've got some seven to nine teams in this league that are in the top 64 in this country.
difficult top
Top to bottom, this is the most difficult I've ever been in,
looking
We were searching. We were looking for something.
looking mind saying
We were searching, and I don't mind saying it. We were looking for something. I don't think you can keep doing the same thing over and over and over.
country team win
I told (the players) I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game.
coach foul gets guard left pleasant point seconds third
It's not the most pleasant thing for a coach when your point guard gets his third foul with .1 seconds left in the first half.
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David (Noel) played great, and he continues to play well. It makes it so much easier on everyone else.
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Then the other thing is that Wes has been playing so hard. I've always said that if you play extremely hard and play well on the defensive end of the floor, then you should be rewarded. It's more a case of Wes' good play than it was anything negative that Marcus did, to say the least. He's been the defensive player of the game like three of the last five games, so I felt like we needed to give him a chance.
build came defense great helps offense playing
That's a big steppingstone for us. It helps our confidence. Our defense is playing real well, and our offense came through when it had to. It's a great win. It's something we can build on.
again answered game impressed second team time
It was a big time game for us to say the least. In the second half, I was more impressed with my team than any time I have been this year. We answered them again and again and again.
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I've heard some wild stories that Duke didn't like it because they were booed by our fans when they went down there (to Charlotte) to work out. Maybe somebody didn't like that. I don't know. I hope that's not the case. I would hope that would not influence the procedure. You hear all kinds of crazy things when Duke and Carolina are involved. I would hope that doesn't have anything to do with it.
counteract game hoping speed strength
It was a game where I was hoping our speed would counteract some of their strength. But we weren't able to do that.
great night
It was a great night to be a Tar Heel, and there's not too many things I can be disappointed about, to say the least.