All you have to do is look at the rebounding stats. That was the story of the game. You get one [shot] and they get two, it's really hard to win. |
Are these games important? Yes. Are these heightened because we're 1-4? I suppose so. |
As a coach, that 3-to-6 in the gym every day is what you live for, |
As someone who's very competitive, I'm someone who abhors losing more than I enjoy winning. In that regard, it hasn't been a great two months, but I think our players' attitude remains pretty resolute. |
As we always say, it begins at the beginning. |
Clemson's playing real well. I know they lost a few games in a row before that last win, but a few of those were in overtime. We have a tough challenge ahead of us. |
Coach [John] Wooden used seven players at UCLA. Coach [Denny] Crum used to say, 'The more moving parts you have, the greater the chance you have for a breakdown.' I think there's a lot of veracity to that. |
Don't feel sorry for us. This league is a two-month ordeal. |
Every time Wake Forest won. |
For about 30 minutes, we played as well as we can play. |
Give them credit, they made some tough shots. We played three or four different defenses, but at the end of the day, we didn't have an answer for the way they shot the ball. |
Given we don't return a lot of experience will be challenging. But it's not a challenge we're shying away from. It's actually one we're looking forward to. |
Harvey Hale is our point guard. |
He gives the other players courage. |
He has a good basketball IQ, he shoots well and potentially is an excellent defender, ... He has no choice but to play because we'll need him. |