Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams
basically beginning bought coach force grown improvement issue open seen tried within
To be honest, at the beginning of the year, in Maui, I tried to force the issue with scoring. Coach (Olson) basically said to play within the offense, get open shots. So I bought into that. I've grown a lot. I've seen a lot of improvement in my game.
athletic force good open plays running stuff sure
They're really good at running their stuff and getting open shots, so we really just need to get up in them and force them to be really athletic and make sure they can't run their plays the way they want.
entire force looked offense run
They looked out of rhythm. They had to run all the way through their entire offense and then force up a shot.
advantage against athletic ball catch crowd drive force guys lane obviously position shots smart tall
I want to crowd him. Not really let him catch the ball and ... play smart because obviously he'll take advantage if you're out of position a little bit. You have to force him to be athletic and make him drive by you and make athletic shots in the lane against our tall guys in the middle.
elite great season solid won
I think we had a solid season. We had 30 wins. That's a big season for us. We won the Big East. We got to the Elite Eight. It's a great season, but I think we could have done a lot more.
defensive proved reckoned starting stepped team
I think we proved that this team is still to be reckoned with in the Pac-10. Starting on the defensive end, we just stepped it up.
proved reckoned team
I think we proved that this team is still to be reckoned with in the Pac-10.
clicking good
I think so. When we come out clicking and we're all on the same page, we're a pretty good team.
drift rebounds saw shooting tried
I saw it was kind of long, so I tried to just drift to the other side. I've never had 10 rebounds. Ever. I never had 10 rebounds shooting by myself.
came coming knew missing needed whoever
We've needed that all year, coming and not missing a beat, so whoever came in we knew it was the same intensity.
fire
Play With Fire, ... there's no iBook in team.
lie playing
Playing a No. 16 seed, sometimes you think they are going to lie down and give us the win. We need to go out and take the first hit.
funny handle harsh prepared
I think I'm prepared for it, just because of my personality and the way I am. I know there's going to be some harsh things, some funny things. I'm going to try and take it all in as a joke, go out there and handle my business.
easier half realized second trying
I think I kind of realized in the second half that it was easier to penetrate, because they were overplaying so much. I think I just realized it too late. In the first half, I was just trying to get us in our offense.