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
basketball best focused talked
It was our best basketball of the year. We talked about being focused for 40 minutes.
half job playing possession second
It was the most frustrating half I've ever coached. They had to play every possession, and I think we did a much better job playing every possession in the second half.
freshmen gained health michael nearly rest tyler
It was really frustrating because I think the freshmen particularly could have gained so, so much. For example, I think Tyler and Michael did. But the rest of them didn't gain nearly as much as they could have because of the health situation.
catch coming defensive forcing intensity key loss night playing tough
It was a tough night for Asheville to catch us, coming off that loss and playing the way we did. I really thought the whole key was our defensive intensity and forcing turnovers.
breakdown practice total
It was a total breakdown of what we like to think we practice every day. Very, very disappointing afternoon.
backing counter instead runs soft
It was a sensational day for us. When they made their runs we were able to counter instead of being soft and backing off and being tentative.
past
It used to be you could not play well and (still) get past these first two rounds. Not anymore.
load plays question
They were a load for us today, no question about it. They made plays when they had to.
came couple guys load needed plays rebounds stops
They were a load for us. They made plays when they had to make plays. Their guys came through. We needed a couple stops here, we needed a couple rebounds there.
craig load smith
They were a load for us. Craig Smith (23 points, 15 rebounds) was sensational.
bit deep game install near sure teams understand watch
They watch film, they see what other teams did to us, ... I'm sure they're going to install it in their game plan. But the Raiders, they go deep dang near every play, so they're probably chomping at the bit to play us. We understand that.
goal point west wife
It's been challenging and it's been fun, but I'm from the west and my wife and I have had a long-term goal of getting back there at some point in our careers.
couple credit last liked seemed watched
It seemed like they scored on the last 10 possessions. Part of it is you always have to give credit to the other team. I like their club. I watched them a couple times last year. You have to give them credit. We didn't play as intelligently as we'd have liked to.
kids understand
It was important for me to get the kids to understand that hey, we're all right.