All year long we've been talking to our guys that 75 points is enough, 80 points is enough, 67 points is enough. We have to get better defensively. |
As difficult as that will be, in a way it's like a tournament-type week. You've got no time to prepare for the next team, so it gives us a little bit of a simulation before we go into the Southern Conference tournament. At least that's the way we'll try to approach it. |
Davidson was good tonight. They were efficient and we weren't aggressive defensively. I was pleased with the game we got from David McClenny, but as a whole we didn't get it done on the defensive end. We are a totally different team on the road defensively right now than what we are at home and hopefully we can get it back together. |
Each time we play in this type of environment, we play a little better. Hopefully, that will continue with the upcoming game against NC State. We are in a tough stretch right now. |
Elon is playing great, and they were the better team in the last four minutes. |
He's also the most competitive person I've ever known. |
I thought Ricky did the best job at halftime. He made a great statement, and that's what you need. Ricky's an upperclassman and when those guys start making statements and demands than we can become a good team. |
I thought we played well offensively for a while, but we got tired and that hurt us on both ends. Each time we play in these environments, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, and now Duke, we play a little better. So hopefully we will improve again the next time out. |
It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament. |
Maybe there's been a little too much ACC for us, as far as where we are right now. We're a little worn out. |
Outside of these two guys, and they have been very good, we've had a lot of inconsistency throughout the rest of the roster. We've just got to get everybody clicking because there's no room for error for us. |
They had a nice mix and a nice chemistry and it all came together for them at a nice time. |
This is a great atmosphere for college basketball. Their students were great, and our folks who came over were great, too. |
Turnovers were the biggest disappointment. A lot of turnovers that we just haven't done in a lot of games. We've played 14 games. We should be valuing the ball a little better. |
We have a young team this year and we're playing a difficult schedule. So I would say that I'm probably drawing from it even now, the things you have to do with a young team and how you have to handle them. That was an experience with that very young Duke team. As seniors, they made that first Final Four and the rest is history from there. |