Speaking to the Albuquerque Journal's Geoff Grammar in the preseason, San Jose State junior Gary Williams Jr. issued a stern warning to the rest of the Mountain West about his new team's potential in the upcoming season.
"We're going to shock the conference," the 6' 5" transfer guard from Indian Hills Community College explained. "Not just a couple wins, I think we can be top three in the conference."
The words may have been some misguided confidence from a league newcomer, unaware of the tumultuous toll that the Mountain West can have on a rebuilding program like San Jose State, or they may have been the first sign of optimism from a down-and-out Spartans team that had nothing else to lose.