Trust me, they don't know how fast Coach wants them to play yet. But they'll find out quickly and they'll be able to adjust. They're tough mentally, they're tough physically. |
Tyler's play speaks for itself. He's a monster down there. When we give him the ball, he scores. When we shoot it, he goes and gets it and he rebounds and he scores. |
We came out a little flat, but you've got to give Virginia credit. |
We didn't have the level of intensity we needed to have out there today. We can't afford to do that. |
We just have to help each other out offensively. But, Duke will try to get after you on the defensive end of the floor, just like we do. We've just got to be patient, be strong, and attack them. |
We just wanted to come out here and prove we can play with anybody. |
We made a couple of silly mistakes and gave them some easy buckets. They made some tough plays too, and were able to run their offense and do the things they needed to do down the stretch and we weren't able to do that. |
We played Adams as a driver. Bobby just stayed in front of him and made him a jump shooter, taking away the strength of his game. I thought that was a critical difference. |
We pride ourselves on defense and that's not acceptable for us. |
We stayed together as a team and that's what it's all about, especially in a hostile environment like this arena. You've got to stay together, because you're never out of the game and we proved that was the case tonight. |
We want to take them out of what they want to do. When they run their flex offense, they're pretty good. We tried to pressure the passing lanes. We did it better in the second half, especially down the stretch. |
We weren't so fortunate (Saturday). We've got to take care of the ball. It's so important, especially now that we're in ACC play. It's something we've got to work on. |
We're a tough team. We're not afraid of anybody. We're not worried about how young or inexperienced we are. We're trying to do things in practice and trying to listen to Coach Williams. And we feel like if we do those things, if we come out and just leave it on the floor, we can compete with anybody. |
We're always looking for something new. |
We're just trying to win as many games as we can, and finish as high as we can. That's been our only goal all along. |