{"id":284208,"date":"2026-05-25T23:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284208\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:59:15","slug":"jason-williams-had-plenty-to-say-after-texas-tech-eliminated-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284208\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Williams had plenty to say after Texas Tech eliminated Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech softball\u00a0advanced to its second straight\u00a0Women\u2019s College World Series\u00a0with a dramatic Super Regional win over\u00a0Florida\u00a0in Gainesville, but much of the postgame attention centered on tensions between players, fans and the family of standout infielder\u00a0Mia Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Williams and her father, former NBA star Jason Williams, both returned to their former school for the series. The former Sacramento King and Gator himself took to Instagram Monday to sound off.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you can see, I\u2019ve been doing a lot of hollering this past weekend,\u201d Williams said as part of his \u2018Hoopin\u2019 N Hollerin\u2019 podcast. \u201cI had an eventful weekend. My daughter did her thing. The whole team did their thing. But especially proud of my daughter going back to Florida and doing her thing. Going through the s\u2014 she went through this past weekend. If you guys watched the game, you know what time it is. You guys see how them Florida Gators acted at the end of the game. They didn\u2019t really want to shake hands, really didn\u2019t want to do none of that. The crowd tried to get me ejected, this that and the third.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 eldest daughter Mia starred in the series hitting the game-winning two-run shot in Game 1 and another in Game 3, while also being, most notably, hit by the pitch five times. Mia wasn\u2019t the only Williams daughter taking blows, either. Officials ejected\u00a0Jason Williams\u00a0from the first game following a reported altercation with a Florida fan who allegedly threw objects at his youngest daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome fans hit my youngest daughter with some objects,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe were asked if we wanted to press charges. Nah, we ain\u2019t about that. Let the little old lady live. She ain\u2019t got much longer to go. Let her go on and live, man. We didn\u2019t do anything to her, she was just mad that the Gators were losing. That\u2019s cool, that\u2019s what she\u2019s supposed to be. She\u2019s supposed to be mad when the Gators is losing if she\u2019s a real fan. But she ain\u2019t supposed to be hitting little girls with objects.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Game 3,\u00a0Williams\u00a0mocked the Florida crowd from the stands and jokingly flashed the \u201cGator chomp.\u201d He also delivered a fiery postgame speech to\u00a0Texas Tech after the win. When called a \u201cJoke of an alumnus\u201d by a social media commenter, Williams responded: \u201cf\u2014 Florida\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason is, admittedly, still a Florida Gator at the heart. Even acknowledging that, Williams went to bat for his daughters, just as Mia did in resounding fashion for Texas Tech all weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, we\u2019re moving on to the World Series, we wanna do what\u2019s right, you know what I\u2019m saying,\u201d Jason continued. \u201cWe were cheering for our team, they were cheering for their team. Things got out of hand. They said some stuff they weren\u2019t supposed to say, we said some stuff we probably wasn\u2019t supposed to say. That\u2019s just sports. That\u2019s what time it is. God knows what time it is in between the lines. So with that all being said, I just want everybody to know I\u2019m happy. I\u2019m happy we won. I\u2019m a Florida Gator, in my blood, without Florida I wouldn\u2019t be where I\u2019m at today\u2026 we\u2019re sorry from our side. That\u2019s all I can say. Wreck \u2018Em.\u201d<\/p>\n

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