The Unforgettables were coached by Rick Pitino and included fellow seniors Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, and John Pelphrey.
Woods and the Wildcats defeated Old Dominion, Iowa State, and the University of Massachusetts en route to the regional final.
In the finals against Duke, Woods cemented a legendary status in Kentucky lore by scoring 21 points, including a 10-foot (3.0 m) floater over Christian Laettner in overtime.
On June 24, 2008, Woods became the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball team.
Woods was chosen as the 2012 winner of the Ben Jobe Award, given annually to the most outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition.
He stayed on the Hatters' staff for one season before being named the 12th head coach in Southern University history on April 12, 2018.
His son, Martiese Morones, a high school point guard in Kentucky, was signed by TCU for the 2006–07 season.