Texas A&M's Williams addresses online hate with Carter, team - ESPN

DENVER — Texas A&M basketball coach Buzz Williams said Friday that he has had discussions with Aggies guard Jace Carter, as well as Carter's parents and teammates, about Carter's revelation that he has been the target of death threats and racial slurs on social media this season.

Texas A&M advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament with an 80-71 win over Yale on Thursday night in Ball Arena. In a locker room interview with KBTX-TV after the victory, Carter discussed how it has been «a long year'' for him.

»It's been crazy,'' Carter said. «Been getting death threats, people calling me racial slurs, all types of stuff because I'm missing free throws, missing shots. If you're a little kid and not mentally strong, it can mess you up, but I feel like I try to approach it like a grown man.''

The senior guard played nine minutes Thursday and finished with 10 points.

»I'm just happy I could help us win,'' Carter added in the interview. "… It's hard, especially when it's coming from your own fan base.… It does get challenging at times, but at the end of the day, I'm comfortable with who I am as a man, who I am as a basketball player.''

Williams was asked Friday about Carter's comments as well as his players' participation in social media overall.

«Yeah, it's been a topic that has been more prevalent than ever in my career,'' the coach said. „But I have spent more time with our players on their reaction of others than I ever have. I think that's probably what comes with this now, the opinion of others seems to influence so much of decision-making.

“… I've tried to handle that right with Jace's dad, Jace's mom. Just so that you don't think that it's [just] Jace, that conversation has happened with multiple players within