Our experienced players are stepping up. |
Our team continues to play well enough to almost win games. |
Our team has grown up a little bit. We had some great contests when they had some looks, we got some big rebounds and we hit some very important free throws down the stretch. That's a team that's maturing. |
Part of the journey is overcoming obstacles, and this was one I thought mentally and physically we were prepared for. I guess I'd say that Duke's experience in being in these types of games with experienced guys came through. |
People were uncomfortable. They acted like we didn't know what we were doing. I was hoping that if you give this system an opportunity and the time that it takes, it will work. |
Possibly -- possibly -- Duke, and maybe North Carolina State. I'm not sure that we all aren't fighting for positioning now. I said before the season started that this would be a year where you could throw predictions out the window. I'm not sure you could make calls. You've had a couple of wide margins, but most games could have gone either way. That's the way it is in the ACC. |
Sometimes you don't really know what to say because conversation sometimes makes it worse. You just have to give a person a hug and tell him you love him, you support him and be there for them. |
South Carolina will test us physically. They change defenses an awful lot and try to keep you out of rhythm. |
That gets my attention. And I think that's what we should be focusing our attention on more so than trying to prove anything. |
That just shows there's something special in this team. We're anxious now to see if we can step it up now that we've had some success. |
That was one we really, really needed. It was obvious we have grown up a little bit. |
That was what the players were saying - 'We have to get stops,' because they were kind of having their way with us there for a little while. So, they just buckled down, and we started switching everything. ... We just put a smaller lineup out there on the floor and switched everything and hoped that we could do a better job containing them. |
That's kind of the way we [always] play. It's what we have to do with the talent we have. That's kind of who we are. |
That's who we are. We don't necessarily feel that we're more talented than anyone else, but we feel if we play hard and aggressive ? then maybe we can have an advantage because of our quality of depth. |
The future is very bright, [but] this is very painful. |