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
best defensive half silly
That was the best defensive half we've had this year. Now we have to do away with some of the carelessness and silly turnovers.
case defensive extremely felt five game good hard last needed negative player playing three
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.
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.
defensive hard limiting minutes points seventeen twelve work
I thought defensively we've competed awfully, awfully hard. (The) first seventeen minutes of the first half, I think we had them at like twelve points and I think it was just hard work on the defensive end, I think we were limiting them to one shot.
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.
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.
coach concentration effort gone gotten season team wants
I think this team has done something that every coach wants to do, and that is gotten better as the season has gone along. They've put the effort and the concentration in to make that happen.