Jay Williams of ESPN on a loss to Indiana basketball, and his wife's family's reaction
Jay Williams has a special connection to Indiana basketball, but there are moments he wishes it wasn't so.
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams has a special connection to Indiana basketball — and sometimes it flusters him. Williams' final college game came in a loss to the Hoosiers in the 2002 Sweet Sixteen. Williams said he was ready to live out "every kid's dream" when he drew a foul on IU's Dane Fife while scoring in the closing seconds.
However, he missed the tying free throw in IU's 74-73 victory. The game was played in Lexington, Kentucky, and even the UK fans were cheering for the Hoosiers. "The only time I think I've ever heard Kentucky fans root for Indiana," Williams told the Indiana Fever 's Sophie Cunningham on the " Show Me Something " podcast.
"It happens because they despise us so much. " Then Williams offered the kicker. "Now, I tell you this because I happen to marry a girl that went to IU," he said.
"And her brother and her dad also went to IU. And all I hear about is the missed free throw for the last 10 years of my life. "Indiana fans are pretty crazy, man.