Danny had some huge baskets for us. We all know how good he is. He's a scorer, and knows how to get the ball in the basket a lot of different ways. We know when he's on the floor he's looking to score. That's his role. |
Duke really tries to pressure the ball and get up into the passing lanes. You have to be strong with the ball. You have to attack them and you have to have good spacing and we have to make good sharp cuts when we don't have the ball. We all have to help each other out offensively. |
He's been carrying us on his back all year down there on the low block. The shot clock was running down when he got the ball, and I think we all knew it was good when he turned around over that left shoulder. |
I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floor. But that was never anything that was promised to me and it was never a given at all. I've always tried to play hard and certainly I've realized that when you play hard, you put yourself in position to get out on the floor. |
I always dreamed of playing in this tournament and here at Greensboro. It is still beyond even what I imagined it could be. |
I am not sure why it was a big problem, but obviously it was because he has to get his touches, especially late in the game. |
I can't tell you how great a feeling it is for me. But I can't stress enough that the dream's not over. I'm not satisfied or complacent with where I am. I want to keep pushing forward, and I want this team to keep doing good things. We've still got a long way to go. |
I don't know, but they're two great things. |
I don't think it was as smooth as we would have liked tonight. Offensively we weren't moving the ball as well as we should. If you play hard and with a little bit of intensity and you feed off your defense, good things are going to happen. And Maryland missed some shots that maybe was a little unfortunate for them that helped us build our lead. |
I don't think we're as surprised by it. I can understand if other people are. … That's what we work on in practice is putting it on people, trying to get leads and extend that. |
I genuinely felt like he was talking junk, so I responded. I said, 'Shut up' or whatever I said. I'm not sure. It's not like I'm just going to let somebody talk trash to me. |
I got into this as a racer. |
I hope so because we would want to have our best game today. We want to have a better game on Saturday. |
I love it, I think we all do, that people didn't think we would be here. We're not satisfied with where we are, but this is where we thought we'd be. |
I remember one time in the first half, I was a little bit open, but David was more open. I kicked it to Dave, because I knew he was going to make it when he's on a roll like that. |