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
bunch confident country edge felt hope team win
We were a pretty confident bunch beforehand. I think I'm confident. I hope it's not over the edge of cockiness, but I told them I felt like we were the only team in this country that could come in here and win this game.
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.
best bring country far help high inside mentally physically prospect tough
For us, he was by far he was the best prospect in the country because of what he could bring us, and that was the inside scoring. I've never been one to prejudge, but I've always had hopes. I had some pretty high hopes, or we were going to be in trouble. He's so mentally tough and physically tough, and I thought he would be able to help from the get-go.
believed best country hope played team unless win
I am confident, and I hope it isn't cockiness, but I told them that I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game. I believed that we could if we played. We couldn't come in here and win unless we played our best game.
anybody basketball college country defense impressive leads remember scoring shoot since somebody time year
I can't remember anybody in my time in college basketball averaging 27 or 28 a game. It's been a long time since I was in school. Every year there's somebody that leads the country in scoring averaging 27 or 28 a game, but his team's usually not very good. J.J. being able to do that and shoot the ball as effectively as he has with the other team's defense aimed at him is about as impressive as it can be.
coaches country good hopeful lost regardless step thinking
Just thinking about those things is mind-boggling to me, so I'm hopeful that we as coaches and we as a country will step up and do so many good things for those people. But regardless of what you do, it's never going to be enough. They've lost things that can't be replaced.
difficult games opposed regular three win
(The regular season) is 16 games over two or three months, as opposed to three games over one weekend. It's more difficult to win the regular season.
extremely help hoping learned question
I was extremely frustrated, there's no question about that. I'm hoping we learned some things that will help us (today).
both healthy joe nervous
I think everybody's nervous now because we need healthy quarterbacks. Both of them are down, but I think Joe will be there on Sunday.
aggressive continue early fortunate virginia
I think we are very fortunate to continue playing. I thought Virginia was much more aggressive and much more intelligent, particularly early in the game.
continue fortunate
I think we are very fortunate to continue playing.
looking
I was just, ... looking into his eyes.
great job keeping
I think he's had a sensational year. Off the court, sensational; practice, sensational; he's just done a great job keeping everyone focused.
felt home road supposed
Man, this is supposed to be our home stadium. This felt like a road game.