"I thought it was a great college basketball game and I feel fortunate that we won because we had that 10 point lead and Carolina made a great comeback and tied the game at 70-70. I was real proud of our guys making plays; Drew Hall made that big three and Drew hit two free throws, Tony Bethel made the two free throws and I thought that was the turning point in the game."
On the crowd and atmosphere...
"Early on I was worried that we were going to be blown out. The crowd was involved in the game and they hit some tough shots and so really out of desperation I decided, 'let's start trapping them and see if we can disrupt some of their shooting,' and I think we did do that. "
Keeping cool during crunch time...
"I was really proud of our guys when that score was tied 70-70. I thought our guys did a great job at keeping their composure and I'm really proud of this team. "
Quick turnaround and 3 games back to back...
"Even though our record is not going to tell you this, but I know from watching film and watching our team play, that we have a good team and we played well during the season. We didn't play well for 40 minutes during the season. There was no team that we played that I really thought we could not beat. We were at the point of the season that we did not know how to win and I think we've learned how to win now. "
Guard play during second half...
"They played very well. I was real proud of Drew; real proud of Tony. Gerald Riley only made one field goal in the first half and he came back and had 22. I got on him a little at halftime and I think that could have helped matters a little bit. I thought Gerald came out and hit a couple of big shots that really got us going. When Gerald is shooting the ball well it gives other people confidence and I think that helped too.
Hall's big shot...
"He has made some big shots over the course of his career. He has made some free throws to send games into overtime or to preserve leads. Drew is not a bad shooter and he was so wide open that he should have shot the ball."
Active defense...
"This is a continuation of how we played defense in those last two games.[Providence and Tennessee].The only reason we are sitting here right now is because we played such great defense against Providence."