Bryson Williams has to be one the best UTEP basketball players in decades and this includes Caracter, George Banks, Marlon Maxey, Tim Hardaway, Antonio Davis, Dave Feitl, etc.
I can not remember a more dominant player than Williams. Barnes was basically unstoppable and Williams is as well. Caracter was very strong, had a soft touch inside the paint but had no outside game. Tim Hardaway literally controlled his defender or whom he was defending. Williams is a headache for opposing coaches because if they put their big man on him he will beat him outside with 3's. If you put more athletic PF's on him Williams just dominates in the post and literally pounds them down inside. Dave Feitl was Haskins "Hatchet Man". Coach Haskins wanted a player to get his point across to opposing teams and Feitl "The Cheese" got it across. George Bank (NBA 2nd round) used his athleticism to get to the basket but beyond 15' his game weakened. Williams's game is stout at 15' and beyond. The Rice game showed the headache he can cause: Williams was double teamed, triple coverage in many instances in that game. Rice focused just on him and what happened? Boum and Edwards slashed and gashed Rice because so much energy was focused on Bryson because one defended in front of Williams and one behind with anther ready to slide over for help when he got the ball in the post. Rice lost because Williams brings that to the hardwood. Kind of like Aaron Jones, you can stack the line but he still slides thru or he can use his lateral speed to get around the d line. Marlon Maxey was another interior UTEP beast. Strength, and hard to move; he moved you. But outside the paint he was ineffective. Davis had a turn around jumper in the paint that was unstoppable. He touched the sun for rebounds and his buzzard wing span and length caused interior headaches.
If Barns were playing today he would still be a top draft pick, he was that dominating. If Bryson Williams was playing against Kentucky Williams would have been a nightmare because of his inside and outside game.
I can not remember a more dominant player than Williams. Barnes was basically unstoppable and Williams is as well. Caracter was very strong, had a soft touch inside the paint but had no outside game. Tim Hardaway literally controlled his defender or whom he was defending. Williams is a headache for opposing coaches because if they put their big man on him he will beat him outside with 3's. If you put more athletic PF's on him Williams just dominates in the post and literally pounds them down inside. Dave Feitl was Haskins "Hatchet Man". Coach Haskins wanted a player to get his point across to opposing teams and Feitl "The Cheese" got it across. George Bank (NBA 2nd round) used his athleticism to get to the basket but beyond 15' his game weakened. Williams's game is stout at 15' and beyond. The Rice game showed the headache he can cause: Williams was double teamed, triple coverage in many instances in that game. Rice focused just on him and what happened? Boum and Edwards slashed and gashed Rice because so much energy was focused on Bryson because one defended in front of Williams and one behind with anther ready to slide over for help when he got the ball in the post. Rice lost because Williams brings that to the hardwood. Kind of like Aaron Jones, you can stack the line but he still slides thru or he can use his lateral speed to get around the d line. Marlon Maxey was another interior UTEP beast. Strength, and hard to move; he moved you. But outside the paint he was ineffective. Davis had a turn around jumper in the paint that was unstoppable. He touched the sun for rebounds and his buzzard wing span and length caused interior headaches.
If Barns were playing today he would still be a top draft pick, he was that dominating. If Bryson Williams was playing against Kentucky Williams would have been a nightmare because of his inside and outside game.