Jamaal Williams Quotations

We started this new trapping thing that we do and I think guys like it more. We get to be a little more aggressive and make things happen. The change in our defensive strategy allows us to be more aggressive. That plays in our favor.

Last year, we kind of got lulled to sleep. We didn't play until Sunday, and we sat around for two days.

I was taking top-of-the-key shots because I was wide open and he wasn't guarding me. People underestimate our ability. We have a lot of people that can make plays. I can make plays. Bobby can make plays. Mike can make plays. They even left Appleby open.

If we pull a five or a six and have to go far away, that's the way it is.

If we come out and get two wins this week, maybe we can say that.

I can't get mad about things. It's too late in the season to get mad. The team needs me to be successful. So if I get mad about that and if I pout about my situation, I'll bring the team morale down and everything just gets worse. So I've just got to keep my head up.

If that's the role he wants to give me, I'll just be a scorer.

I was very excited to get a chance to play against them. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity since it is my senior season.

It feels great going back-to-back. A lot of people counted us out because we had a little controversy or whatever. But every team has its own controversy. It's just that our team's was public. We really wanted to prove to everybody that we were here to win state.

We never lost confidence even though everybody else did. Actually, I even think it may have helped us as a team, what we had to go through, because it made us stronger as a team. The true leaders stepped up. I hate to say it, but it might have helped us.

We have a lot of big dudes, and that's different. We got a lot of big guards. We're able to do things now that we weren't able to do last year. We're more of a well-rounded team. Last year, Will and Nate didn't post up. Now we have four players in the starting lineup that (post up) and just one that doesn't do that -- Justin.

We haven't had very many road tests, and that's starting to catch up with us a little bit.

We were kind of upset and we wanted to prove we were a championship-caliber team. Our goal was kind of to correct what we didn't do at Stanford. It was a big deal for us.

You get to be a lot more aggressive and make things happen.

There's no question. We're an NCAA tournament team.

It was a little bit of a sad senior night for them.

They've done it, and now here's our opportunity to do it against a team that's done it before. This is one of those barriers this university has not gotten over. We have an opportunity to get that out of the way and move on.

It was best that me and him not be in the same area. What he did was out of line. I can understand in terms of being emotional. But to just go out and take a shot at someone's face like that is not acceptable. I don't accept that and I don't appreciate it being a teammate.

It's a huge stepping stone for this program to get that elite level where Washington basketball is mentioned with everyone else in the country.

I told you I had something up my sleeve. But it doesn't even matter. My career high? We lost. I'd rather trade that in and score five points and win.

It's on me to be more focused and attentive in those situations.

It's a long season and we are starting to wear down a little bit. But we've got to find whatever we need deep down to try to get this done. It's going to be tough.

They weren't doubling me at the time. I felt I had the advantage against...I don't even know who was guarding me. I took advantage of that opportunity.

They hit a great shot, and they made the plays in overtime.

I just want to see him try to throw one of those elbows at me.

If everybody comes back we think we can put together three in a row. You know how rumors flare up. I expect everybody to be back next year, but you know how rumors flare up. I'll be back for sure.

I feel like I was closing the chapter on the whole New Mexico thing. The motivation was definitely there, with a guy I used to play for, former teammates.

I don't think we gambled as much as we normally do. Sometimes we try to make the home-run play, the special play, and tonight we just played a solid basketball game.

He played great with the mask on. We want to see that again.

The guy can do whatever he wants to do. I think if he was on a team where he was asked to shoot all the time, I think he could probably average somewhere close to 40 points per game because he has that ability to score at will when he wants to.