It's definitely embarrassing to come out here for our first ACC game (at home), and to be 0-3. I expected to do well in this league. We're 0-3, but we're going to get wins in this league. |
It's huge. We felt like we should have won that game the last time, and now we get another chance. It's going to be great. We're going to have all of this media attention, Dickie V will be there, and we'll be on center stage. |
It's real sad and it just puts things in perspective for life. |
Making the Sweet 16 is a dream come true. Now we need to put it behind us and get ready for the next game. |
Our breakthrough game was Miami coming back the way that we did from the 14-0 run. This is a huge win coming down to North Carolina. I don't care how many people they lost from last year. To come down to this building in front of 20,000-plus is a huge win for us. |
People wanted to come out with a different mindset. We came out kind of flat and they definitely put it on us. We know we're just a better team and we played harder, and now at the end of the year, you want to get rewarded for all your hard work. |
Playing a top ranked team like that with Dicky V and all that was great for us. |
That doesn't get it done in the ACC. |
That's definitely our mind-set. Everything else would be a failure. We expect to be No. 1 in the ACC and, at the end of the day, be the No. 1 team in the country. Last year, we got up to No. 3. The only way you can do that is you have to keep improving. |
The biggest thing he showed me was his work ethic. He's done as much as he can in the weight room to get in better shape. |
The chemistry factor is really high on this team. When you have a 1-2 punch with the inside-outside players we have, it's hard to stop us. |
Their team is very quick, very athletic and they try to use that strength to their advantage. We're going to use our strengths, too. |
They made a good run to come back. The refs helped them out. We expect that, being here in Carolina. |
Turnovers will be the key, and we're going to really have to be good at playing defense in transition. It's just that they go small so quickly. But they'll try to press us early. It's going to be a little different from any other team we've played this year. |
We always talk about that killer instinct. You don't want to trade baskets at this time of the year, and I thought for the first time all year we really put the hammer down. |