dude was one of the coldest i ever saw pick up a basketball growing up in H town..Everybody on the playground wanted to be Rob..He was a local legend...nah not Drexler ..it was Rob..he had a name already when he got to UofH....Clyde got his name at UofH....Drugs killed his NBA gig tho... but yeah ..he was one of the coldest to come out of H Town..RIP



http://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/Former-UH-basketball-standout-Rob-Williams-dies-5304413.php


Former UH basketball standout Rob Williams dies at 52
By Joseph Duarte | March 10, 2014 | Updated: March 10, 2014 10:06pm


ob Williams, a two-time All-American who helped lead the University of Houston to the Final Four in 1982, died Monday. He was 52.

Williams, who also starred at Milby High School, died at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center from congestive heart failure, said his brother, Ed.

"There's a lot of hurt," Ed Williams said. "There's a lot of pain, but there's consolation in knowing Rob is in a real peaceful place. There is no suffering now. I know he's with God right now."

Williams, a 6-2 point guard, spent three seasons with the Cougars from 1979-82. He was a two-time All-Southwest Conference first-team selection and the league's Player of the Year in 1981, when he averaged 25 points per game. He is the fifth-leading scorer in UH history with 1,838 points.

As a junior, Williams was a second-team All-America selection, averaging 21.1 points as the Cougars made the first of what would be three consecutive Final Four appearances under coach Guy V. Lewis.

He also became the first UH player recognized as the Most Outstanding Player of an NCAA Tournament regional.

We are deeply saddened on the passing of Rob Williams and offer our condolences to his family and friends," UH coach James Dickey said in a statement. "Rob was an outstanding player at Houston and helped pave the way for our great Phi Slama Jama teams. He will be greatly missed."

Williams left school after his junior season and was selected with the No. 19 overall pick by Denver. He played two seasons with the Nuggets and later in the Continental Basketball Association, United States Basketball League and overseas.

In 1998, Williams suffered a stroke that left him blind in his left eye and partially paralyzed on his left side.

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be about it or be without it

RIP GOATs

dude was real nice....

not on clydes level but there wouldnt be a clyde w/o a rob to run w/


does it really matter?

How did this not come up in the "favorite NCAA backcourts" thread?

Really sad how drugs got all up in the NBA for a minute there. You think about David Thompson, Marvin Barnes, Michael Ray Richardson, John Drew, everything that happened with the Jazz, Nets, etc ... it's really a bummer. That yola took a chunk of hoops history.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.