Gary Williams
Gary Williams
Gary Bruce Williamsis an American university administrator and former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Maryland, Ohio State University, Boston College, and American University. In 2002, he led Maryland to win the NCAA Tournament Championship. Williams retired after the 2010–11 season, and is now a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1966
beloved bob cares guy
Bob is probably the most beloved guy out here. He is a fixture here. He really, really cares so much about this event.
affect gets guys regular sure team teams trying
Every team that gets into the NIT has different feelings. Some teams are very excited. Other teams are trying to get over the disappointment of the regular season. I'm sure our guys are disappointed; I'm disappointed. But I don't let that affect the way I coach.
press
We will press more this year. . . . We will run.
deep dig
We had to dig deep and find a way to win.
bit might worn
We might have worn them down a little bit at the end of the first half.
develop effective impact programs
We have to develop effective programs that really do impact homelessness.
chance ourselves situation
We really didn't give ourselves a chance to see if we could be in a competitive situation in that first half.
against good team
Percentages can be misleading. We weren't good with the ball. We had 23 turnovers. You have that many against a team as good as Gonzaga and you're in trouble.
future great wish
Shane is a great young man, and we wish him well in the future as a student-athlete.
beat chance close finish jump stays team upset
I was really upset that we didn't finish early, because we had a chance to really jump them early. ... When a team stays close at halftime, they think they can beat you.
tie
We had a wide-open 3 to tie it up and we didn't make ours.
camden coach great high junior left realize school
When I left here, I was a junior varsity coach at Woodrow High School in Camden (New Jersey). I realize where I've been and how great it is to coach here.
beat certainly chris coach continue feels improve thinking ways worse
No one feels worse than Chris about this situation, but you beat yourself up as a coach thinking there's some way this can be avoided, because I'm not used to this. It's something we certainly will continue to look at, and see if there are ways we can improve what we do.
bottom built feeding four games leagues season six wins
There's no bottom feeding in our league. Everybody's really strong. You don't have that four or six wins built in like some leagues do. Hopefully, everyone will look into how we did in pre-conference season and the competitiveness of the games now.