Shelden Williams
Shelden Williams
Shelden DeMar Williamsis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Tianjin Ronggang of China. He played college basketball at Duke University, where his #23 jersey was retired on January 28, 2007...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 October 1983
CityOklahoma City, OK
ahead basketball block bright free future gave good momentum potential rolling taking throws
That block gave us a lot of confidence. We got rolling from there, making our free throws and taking our time. That was a momentum changer. (Cedric)'s a good basketball player. I see a lot of potential in him. He has a bright future ahead of him.
nights upset
With J.J. having nights like that, I can't be upset about being overshadowed.
came swagger today trying
We came here today trying to rekindle our swagger and play like we know how we can play.
came everybody fight good knew mature played tech virginia
We came out, and we played like we knew we could play. Everybody responded well, and we came out and played like a mature team. Virginia Tech is good - they fight to the end of every game.
allow defense good guards job playing
We have to do a good job playing defense on their guards and not allow them to penetrate.
past sweet team
We can't look back and say we only went past the Sweet 16 one time. This is a different team, and this is a team that we think can do something special.
backs weight whenever
We're a team, me and him, ... We take the weight and onus on our backs every game. If he's not doing something I'll take it up for him and I know he'll be there whenever I need him.
depth gel hard higher knew last national win year
We knew last year things were going to be kind of hard for us to win a national championship because of our depth problems. But this year we have higher expectations and hopefully, we can gel right away and get on a roll.
analyze came good losses regroup
We've got to regroup and rebuild. We kind of have to analyze things. We're still 14-2 in the conference, so we still did a pretty good job. Our two losses just came at the end.
both guys
We both know two guys can't do this thing by themselves.
ball fed felt good kept open seeing shots
We felt like we were getting good shots and open looks. They fed me the ball early, and they started seeing I was getting the ball in the hole. I kept getting more and more looks.
few knew saw scoreboard team
We knew they were a team that wasn't going to go away. They saw that scoreboard and saw they were only down a few points.
ball close final game gave regroup strong
We haven't had a close game in a while and we let up a bit. We weren't strong with the ball late. We gave them a turnover. We had to regroup and concentrate in the final minutes.