I wouldn't say there's no trouble because I think there is frustration and disappointment at going out early in your conference tournament. But this has been a resilient team all year long. We'll be ready to go (tonight). |
I'd love to see us be in a close game with them on their home court. And getting a win would be a much-needed boost for us, a great jump-start to finish out the year. |
I'll say it: We can make the argument that we're playing as well as anybody in the league right now. |
I'm not really a zone coach. But I will go to the zone in a situation if man was not successful. We had to stay with it. |
If we can get something going at this point, we don't have that two- or three-game road swing. The schedule is favorable in terms of we've played that tough part. That doesn't mean anything's easy from here on out by any stretch, but we probably have passed the toughest part. |
If we guard, don't turn the ball over and make a few free throws, we win. |
If we played tomorrow, they wouldn't be 3 for 18. When that happens, you stay with it and try to make some hay out of the opportunity. You're always slightly surprised when good shooters miss some shots, but it happens. That is why you throw the zone out there. |
If we were to win this tournament, it would be a tremendous boost to this program. |
It exemplifies toughness. They make a run at you and you make a toughness play or two to hold them off. |
It was a mental toughness win for us, no question about it. |
It was definitely a mental toughness win tonight. They seemingly took control of the game down the stretch, but our guys just hung with it. |
It was gratifying to see us keep the pedal to the metal. |
It was just nuts how good it was. |
It would have been very easy to let some of the frustration that we had the other night against Miami carry over, but we didn't. We're a team that has to fight for 15 rounds, and I think our players understood that today. |
It would've been nice to get that N.C. State game (a two-overtime loss), but we didn't get it done in any of the three. It has put us in a struggling state. |