I think for the road we've traveled this is a significant achievement for our kids. The way we've been able to get to this moment has been to stay focused and take things as they come. Hopefully they will feel honored and deserving and keep it in perspective.
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I thought Chris Hunter's play for us coming off the bench was a big difference for our production and our ability to win this basketball game this evening.
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Chris is our three-point shooter from the post position. I don't want to say he has the green light from there, but he's capable of shooting it.
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It is tough to win with some many turnovers. Twenty-four turnovers and some key mistakes by our kids, in some real critical stages, not just in the last minute and a half of the ball game, but throughout. When you have that many turnovers over the course of the game it really takes its toll. They turn it over 20 times, we turn it over 24. It wasn't a pretty game from that stand point. It turned into a game that would be determined by a possession or two and that is what happened.
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We had to battle our way through with Miami. They were a tough, scrappy bunch, and they fought until the end.
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They shot the ball lights out. Not much more to say.
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Boy, is he a tough player. He was relentless, he scored inside out.
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Daniel has a way to will shots in and will us to victory. His courage and his will were certainly on display tonight.
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We haven't won this game in a long time. Thinking anything beyond this ... we have a game coming up Saturday. ... This is a step in (the right) direction. We're climbing the ladder. I feel like we're moving our program in the direction that we're all very proud.
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I was really impressed with the energy and effort that our kids brought here this evening. I was very pleased with the way we played defensively.
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I thought they had so much energy. (I'm) disappointed, obviously, in some of the ways that we felt like we helped them get that energy or those leads. But certainly you give them the credit that they deserve, and I thought they earned this victory and they deserved to win tonight.
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It's a disappointing ending and loss for us today. You can look at a lot of different stats. But nothing is more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing this afternoon.
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I have a lot of respect for what Coach Odom has done with that South Carolina program.
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He's a good player. I'm really disappointed on the way we guarded their entire team, but he was definitely the catalyst when they jumped out.
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It didn't help, so obviously it's tough.
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Maybe I've been cautious with him, but it's in all of our best interests. I don't know what is realistic, but one thing we've seen is that these kids are not the same when they first come back from an injury. I think it takes a while.
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It was really a struggle for us offensively.
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I am biased to our seniors. I am very much attached to that group of players. They are the type of players you always want to be in your program. They have done anything and everything we've asked them to do.
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We caught a team I thought was playing some of its best basketball. I thought Chris Hunter was a catalyst. He helped us get out of the box early. I thought with our defensive struggles, Chris would give us a better defensive presence.
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We certainly tried to turn it up. They missed some shots they would ordinarily make. I thought we brought our defense together where we'd be able to defend and not break down.
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We certainly had our opportunities.
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