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
admire mean offense played ran
You just have to admire how they played down the stretch. They ran their offense well and they bodied us up. I don't mean anything dirty.
mistakes playing team
When you're playing a team of that caliber, you can't make the mistakes we made.
couple craig gotten offensive plays rebounds smith stops stuff
You look back at one play here and one play there and all that kind of stuff but they made the plays when they had to. If we could've gotten a couple of offensive rebounds or a couple of stops but we didn't. But I think Craig Smith was sensational.
crowd love people putting rub
You don't need to rub it in. I love our crowd but I don't like putting other people down.
close fact score worry
The fact that the score was close is not something you worry about. You just have to play.
coached difficult handle listening perhaps teammates
What I think now is that it allows them to get coached by listening to their teammates handle what perhaps could be difficult questions.
rarely watched
I've rarely watched film of T.O. or Jerry,
impressive victory
It was about as impressive of an opening-round victory as I've seen.
best couple jumping leaders score shots struggling tough
He's tough and he's one of the best leaders I've ever been around. Jumping up there and making those jump shots early, a couple of threes and a couple from the sideline, when we were struggling to score was really important to us.
asked blue great knee operate socks startled
How are his spirits? Fine. He had blue socks on, and I kidded him about that. He laughed. I asked him which knee they were going to operate on, and it startled him for a second. But he's in great spirits.
coming early hard ready standing
He's working hard in practice. He's coming early and not just standing around jawing. He's getting ready for practice.
harsh plain words
He said some harsh words to the ref. The ref didn't like it, and he got ejected, plain and simple.
anybody runs
Anybody that runs up and down the court.
meaning walk
I'll go for a nice, brisk walk - brisk meaning the temperature, not my pace.