They did a very good job of executing their offense. When they got shots, they knocked them down. You have to give credit to them for making every open look. |
They get every team's best shot because they're Duke. It's a heavy burden for them to have to be at their best every night. |
They got 13 offensive rebounds, and if you give a team that many second opportunities in a close game, that's something very difficult to overcome. |
They have such great perimeter shooters that we had to go to switching one through four just to make sure that we were there on the catch, and we had not done a whole lot of that. |
They play to each other's strengths. They play with an unselfish spirit, and they play to win without any ego. |
They were defended about as well as we can defend them. They made shots that were tough shots and that's what great players do. I have to give them credit for making those shots as opposed to what our kids didn't do. |
They were ready mentally and emotionally. They had themselves ready to play, and it really gave us a big lift. And I also think that it energized our starters. |
This is part of the journey. This is part of the process you go through, building programs. You have to give your team credit for making this kind of progress, but you also have to find a way to get over the hump, and that's mostly mental at this point. |
This is the first game of the second third of our season. In the ACC every game will be similar to what we had today. |
This is uncharted waters for us. I'm sure that in the future we'll try to win games by a little larger margin. |
This is very painful because when something comes to an end that you want so bad, you want to continue to keep playing. It hurts. |
This team has shown ability to bounce back and I guess this is another opportunity for us to show our faith and courage. |
This team is very capable if we're playing up to our abilities. In other years, maybe we had to play above ourselves. Right now we need to play up to our abilities. |
This was a very important game for Maryland tonight and a very important game for us. We have a team that is maturing a little bit. |
This would probably put us a year ahead of schedule. I thought we could get to the NCAA by Year 5. But this would be a tremendous step for our program. It gives you the credibility you need to keep your program going forward. |