Not in our gym, not in front of our friends. We weren't playing tough. |
Our effort caught up to us. Throughout the whole 40 minutes, we didn't sustain great effort. |
That shows we took the heart out of them. They're a good team, but we didn't expect them to play like that down the stretch. |
That's a big part of our offense, but it doesn't define us. We're going to look to get it done on the defensive end because that's where it starts. |
That's how it should be. It's fun to play that way. |
That's what was open. Guys were able to get by their man and make plays, or get a foul called. |
That's where I think we won the game. |
The last couple of practices have been well. Our team togetherness is there. Guys understand what's at stake here. |
There were a lot of open looks. |
They weren't giving us many. But the ones they did give, we didn't knock down. And it hurt us. |
This is exactly what we didn't want to have happen. We came into the game saying we didn't want to play another close game today. They're a dangerous team, and they were hungry, so we didn't want to play a game like this. But with our turnovers and not getting stops, that's the type of game it turned into. |
This is going to sit on our stomach. We have to look to go forward. That game Saturday is against a very good team. We have to look forward to doing what we need to do to beat them. |
This win kind of separates us from the pack a little bit. It's a big win. |
We all wanted to show our support, just pat him on the back and wish him the best. We're all a big family in the ACC, even though we compete hard. |
We came out here and did what we needed to do, and in doing that we were preparing for UNC, too. |