Williams was asked on Tuesday, just prior to MU's departure for Cleveland, in general terms about the current rumors. With a second-round matchup with the Xavier Musketeers just three days away, it obviously wasn't something he's spent a lot of time thinking about.
Nevertheless, he offered a response.
"I don't read that stuff. I know that it's going on," he said. "This is not to dodge any question; I think that I am the most accessible and honest coach that there is, and that's what I want to be about. But I do think that it's unfair for me to make it about me relative to all the work that we have done and that our kids have done. I would rather the attention be on them.
"I think that's the way that it should be. And I don't think there's any right or wrong way to answer a question, but I do think that it's always right to make sure that the players are first. Considering that it was probably perceived that I couldn't coach six weeks ago, nobody ever asked me, 'Can you coach?' So now, somebody on the Internet says I can coach, now everybody wants to say, 'Well, where are you going to coach?'
"I think my track record relative to who I am speaks for itself. That's not to be arrogant; that's just what I believe to be true. Six weeks ago nobody in the world thought that we would be playing in the NCAA Tournament. So I would appreciate -- you're doing your job; I'm doing mine -- that all of the focus be on our guys.
"I'm not reading the Internet. I'm not reading Todd's stuff, I'm not doing Facebook. Not Twittering. I'm just a country kid from a little small town, and I don't think you have to do all that."
