It's a team that greatly concerns us. They're playing very, very hard, they play determined, they play together. They have not won a conference game yet, so I know they'll be extremely hungry. |
It's an extremely emotional time for me, both good and bad, to try and figure out the whys and wherefores about today, and from a history standpoint of what being a basketball coach here means. If I never knew, or I thought I knew, I saw it before me all weekend. |
It's not something I will ever bring into our conversation in the gym until it's absolutely necessary. I don't think it really has a place. ? What has helped make us moderately successful until this point has been our focus. |
It's obviously frustrating. We're not primed and ready to contend for a league or national championship. It says we're very good at home and very bad on the road. |
It's probably as compelling a story as there is, not only in basketball, but in America right now. I'd probably think it's fitting if they share the player-of-the-year award. |
It's running harder off screens. It's setting better screens. It's paying attention to detail. It's all the things we talk about every single day. |
It's the second of back-to-back road games against the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the league. ... Like Duke, N.C. State has a lot of experience. They run their system real well, and are probably the smartest team in our league in terms of execution. |
J.R. read the defense terrifically. |
Last time, they both had ... very quick hands, and anytime we drove the ball, they were there to get their hands on it. They command a lot more attention than almost anyone else in that department because they're so good at it. |
Like Duke, NC State has a ton of experience. They're probably the smartest team we have in our league in terms of execution. It's a different type of challenge. |
Like I've said 100 times, it's never pleasing to lose. We didn't do the things we needed to win tonight. We have poor execution. Back door cuts, post ups, it was just a lack of execution. |
My congratulations go out to the Maryland basketball program and especially to head coach Gary Williams. There are only a few storied and tradition-laden programs in America. When you can call yourself the best at one of those schools, that's something that is not handed out often. He coaches with energy and passion. ... I admire him. |
My fear is that we've given, we've given, we've given. I'm trying to draw more from these guys, and right now they're not giving it. |
No disrespect to Longwood, we played to the competition level as opposed to playing to whatever our level is supposed to be. |
Obviously this is not the same team it was a little over a week ago. |