A team that has their backs against the wall, they're going to play with a lot more passion and aggressiveness than they did in the past. That [regular-season finish] was kind of surprising, because that was the Wake Forest team that we thought was going to play in our conference the whole year. |
Both teams are trying to establish themselves as a top team in the country. |
Defense is something that we need to be more consistent on and something that we're still working on. Some players are still young and they're trying to grasp the intensity on the defensive end. |
Fortunately I think we're standing up to the pressure right now. Hopefully we can keep on doing what we're doing for the remainder of the year. |
He has a little more of a swagger when he plays against me. I hope that he can become more consistent and take that to the court against whomever he is playing. |
He missed a few shots early, but he came up big for us in the second half. When you miss shots, you have to keep shooting. He missed a lot of shots that usually go in. In the end, it was the same old J.J. |
He threw the elbow the first time, so I just tried to go in there and get in him a little bit more to see if he'd do it again. Of course, he did it again, and I took the charge. |
He was just being J.J.. |
He's an incredible player. Somebody that size, who moves as well as he does, it's just amazing to watch. I know it's going to be a very physical game in the low post throughout the whole course of the game. I know we both are prepared for that, and hopefully we'll play the game without any injuries going on. |
He's one of the big aspects of our team. |
Hopefully, we can win out the rest of the league games and end with a special ACC season. |
I couldn't give any help-side defense. They kind of have a similar style to N.C. State, where I'm guarding the high post for the majority of the game. That's one of the things that can allow a lot of backdoor stuff. |
I don't think we're feeling any added pressure, we always have pressure, anyway, because we have a Duke uniform on. But it's something we always wanted. We feel like we have as good a chance as anybody to do that. |
I found it unnecessary, and that's why I jumped back up. It's part of the game. |
I had a lot of unfinished business here at Duke University. |