Marcus Williams Playing Quotations

He just really taught us to play together. At the beginning, when we were losing a lot, we just weren't playing together. And now we're just playing together, playing good defense, and kicking people's butt -- and that's what we came to do.

I think some people need rest. We've got a couple people with injuries. I have a sore heel. Hilton (Armstrong) has a sore ankle. And a couple of us are tired from playing the tough games we had late in the year. I think it'll be good for us.

Playing with Craig makes it a lot easier for me. And I think what's a lot easier for me is a lot easier for our team. When I'm coming off a lot of off-the-ball picks, it's more of a 4-on-3 game than it is 5-on-5, starting at the top and trying to set up the offense. When I'm coming off screens, I think I can make my teammates better because their man is going to have to step up and guard me. I think I can drop it off. If not, I think I can make plays alone.

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.

We're used to playing away games. Out of the 20,000 people that showed up, at least 17,000 were probably Villanova fans. It gave me a little motivation.

We're used to playing away games. It was loud in there. It was crazy. But we've been in situations like that before.

We've got 'Nova on Sunday and we definitely can't go in there playing like we did in the second half.

Without Hassan here, we need people to come in and hit big shots. When he's hitting shots and playing with confidence, it raises everybody else's level.

When we play, a lot of times we kick our own butt and make a lot of mistakes. I think maybe it comes down to stops, maybe it comes down to executing offense. But I think when we're playing our best, no one can beat us.

Coach mixed up the teams today and gave me an opportunity to go out there and start playing again with my teammates.

They were leaving me open, so if I'm open, I'm not going to turn it down. I'm pretty relaxed. I'm getting into a groove playing with these guys. I've been feeling good, getting more used to the college game.

A lot of times we kick our own self in the butt. I think, when we're playing our best, no one can beat us.

It's tough playing catch-up, especially on the road.

I really don't know too much about them. I'm just taking it one game at a time, whether we're playing Louisville or the Lakers.