The biggest thing, when you play teams like this, you've got to stand in the middle of the ring. You cannot get on your heels. I told them before the game, 'We're going to get knocked down, you've got to get back up.' And I thought the kids did a good job of that. |
The game was dictated at the free-throw line. You can't miss 11 and win at this level. |
The key to the game for us was our ability to pass the basketball. We moved it better than we have in a long time. |
The only thing I would say is that when you play Wake, you have to pick your poison. We tried to close the perimeter down and left our post on an island. It's no fun being on an island with Eric Williams. He's going to push you into the ocean. He's a terrific player. I told him before the game I was so proud of the way he's developed his body and his stamina. |
The six offensive rebounds [Hill] got hurt the most. |
There are some incredible swings this season. More so than I've ever seen. |
They don't get knocked out. They go the 15 rounds. |
They humbled us on the glass. |
They're (Wake Forest) going to have a terrific year, and obviously this is a great confidence builder for our program. We were facing four straight road games. Dayton , Wake, we're at Old Dominion Saturday, and we have to go to California next week. We really have played a difficult schedule and been in a lot of close games. We've taken everybody's best shot, sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. Our kids have toughened up and are starting to learn how to play together. |
They're a team of basketball players, not position players. You hope you play great and they don't, because that's one of the few chances you'll have [to win]. |
They're a team of basketball players. They're not a team of positions. But they create problems you're not going to see the rest of the year. |
They're no fluke. They manhandled us in the lane. |
This is a man's league. |
We did a great job of breaking it down into four-minute segments. I don't have a 19-point play. |
We got beat up a little bit on the glass because we got spread out a little. They're quick to the glass. |