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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

Defend the Block 126 - Cam Williams

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

Michigan, College, Sports, Ncaa, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, Football

4.8734 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

We talk Michigan women's basketball with junior forward Cam Williams, who breaks down the offseason work that she and her teammates have done to this point (4:00), shares her early impressions of the team and its mentality (10:30), and discusses her family's role in her success as an athlete and a student (14:30).

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0:00.0

One of the toughest things to do in sports, heck even in life, is to immediately follow a legend.

0:06.3

Time is undefeated. All great things must come to an end. And that concept has been the topic

0:12.7

around Michigan women's basketball this offseason. How can the Wolverines continue their

0:18.0

steady yet very pronounced climb in the national conversation without arguably

0:23.9

the best player in program history, Nas Hillman. There's no proven formula to replace a legend,

0:30.1

but the likelihood increases when you have a steady program that has brought in and prepared

0:34.9

a talented player for that spot in the lineup,

0:42.1

who boasts the right approach and mindset while understanding the big picture.

0:43.7

Let's break that down a little bit.

0:48.2

Steady program, check, and that's not something we really need to break down much at all at this point.

0:52.2

Kim Barnes-Riko and company have had that on lock for years.

0:57.0

Talented player, check. Cam Williams, our guest this week, was a five-star recruit out of the Chicago area back in the class of 2020, getting ready for her third season

1:01.8

in Ann Arbor. Cam has not played a ton, but the flashes have been impressive, like her great

1:07.5

effort in that overtime thriller against Baylor last December.

1:11.7

The right approach and mindset.

1:14.0

Check.

1:14.8

She's been patient and hardworking while waiting her turn as Nas finished her illustrious career.

1:20.2

And understanding the big picture, yet another check.

1:23.4

Cam does figure to be the most logical puzzle piece to insert into Nas's spot in the lineup,

1:28.8

but as you'll hear, this is not considered to be a one-for-one type of a scenario.

1:34.4

The quote-unquote replacement for Nas Hillman, that's going to be a team-wide initiative,

1:39.9

as it is for anyone who has departed in the past.

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