Roy Williams Played Quotations

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.

I think the greatest thing has been his attitude to continue working. He bounced back from some tough times early this year and has really played well, and he's played well down the stretch.

It goes without saying we're extremely happy. The first 12 minutes of the second half is about as good as we've played all year.

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.

We feel fantastic about the win. We got contributions from a lot of people, particularly off the bench. I actually thought that Tyler could have played a lot better, and, then you look at the stats, and see 21 points and seven rebounds. That tells you the type of marvelous year he's having so far.

We played better defensively, to say the least, that we did in Charlottesville.

We played more zone today than we've played all year long. I felt like we had to try something, because they were making every shot they took.

Craig Smith was sensational. But really it was their whole club. They're just a heck of a team. I know they got off to a little bit of a slow start at 0-3 in the league, but they've played as well as anyone since then.

Q's been playing much better lately and I told him he's got to play. I thought Q did some nice things for us. I think he really has played much better.

David (Noel) played great, and he continues to play well. It makes it so much easier on everyone else.

They got off to a little blip going 0-3 to start league play. Since then they have played about as well as anybody.

They played with great purpose and passion. I was scared to death of them, to be honest with you. In saying that, I still thought we were going to win the game.