It's a conversation we've had before. |
It's disappointing not the get the job done when you have it in your hands. |
It's disappointing that we didn't make a run at winning the tournament. I felt like if we could advance, anything could happen. So that is disappointing. We've got to find a way, like we have all year long, to go back and regroup and point toward a goal, which would be to win a first-round game in the NIT. |
It's disappointing that we didn't make a run. I felt that if we could advance (past Miami) that anything could happen. |
It's disappointing that you don't get the job done when you had the chance in your hands. |
It's frustrating to lose to a team like this anyway. You don't get those opportunities very often. |
It's got to be one of the best coaching jobs he's done, and that's saying something. |
It's nice to see our guys rewarded for continuing to work hard. We'd like for this to be a game that kind of kick-starts us. |
It's one of those nights - and you have one every two or three years - where the basket just keeps getting smaller and smaller and you don't know where your next bucket is coming from. |
It's tough because we dropped a gut-wrenching game against Virginia Teach the other night, and any time you lose some tight games, or three or four in a row, confidence becomes an issue. But the players came back to practice Thursday with some determined energy. Our message is that you can't fold up, and I hope they're internalizing it. It's an important mindset that if we work at it we can get over the hump here. |
Miami is very good. They are a top-echelon team in the ACC. |
Momentum in sports is a powerful force. One could make the argument that we're playing better than any team coming in ó so I'll make that argument. |
NC State lost the other night, but it was kind of a classic setup: out of the league, they just played Duke, in the middle of the ACC season at home, and they probably just took things for granted a little bit probably. You can be rest assured that on Sunday we'll see NC State at their best. |
Nobody felt sorry for Virginia Tech when they were 0-6, and nobody's gonna feel sorry for us that we lost four in a row. It's important to understand that it's a man's league and we've gotta keep working. |
Obviously we are very pleased to advance in the NIT. A home game was a major step forward for our program, as was a win. |