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00:00 >> Yeah, guys, in what ways did their press defense just
00:04 have just a 30 watcher game there to start off?
00:07 >> They're a good defensive team, that's their identity, they press and
00:12 get in the news, so they kind of rattled us in the beginning, but
00:16 once we got settled down, I thought we did better with that.
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00:27 >> I know you guys weren't able to complete the rally tonight, but
00:30 how much do you feel like with the win against Miami and
00:33 just the way you kept competing today, how much do you feel like maybe you guys
00:37 are starting to turn the corner here?
00:39 >> I feel like we're taking strides as a team,
00:42 we're really starting to play better offensively, serve ball,
00:47 knock down shots and stuff, so we're just competing.
00:52 So you said some stuff that we did good from the Miami game,
00:56 we just gotta clean up some stuff on the defensive end.
01:00 This game is carried out over to UNC and Wake Forest next week.
01:06 >> Mike, you mentioned that you guys gotta clean up some stuff on the defensive end,
01:10 what was happening on that end of the court that kind of led to so
01:13 many open shots for them?
01:15 >> So DJ Burns is a good post defender, so whenever he hit the ball,
01:21 we were trying to trap from the nail.
01:24 But at times, myself included, he wasn't in a scoring area,
01:29 so he's a very good passer, and we were sending traps too early.
01:33 He was reading us and passing out a trap to open shooters and
01:37 they were just knocking down shots, so.
01:40 >> Curtis, for you and just especially a lot of these guys, Caleb,
01:43 different guys coming off the bench, how much more are you all just more comfortable
01:46 in what KP's trying to do and just even your role just when you get out on the court?
01:52 Because obviously you can see the numbers,
01:53 it appears like obviously you're getting more comfortable.
01:56 >> Yeah, we had a lot of players go down, so KP main thing was us,
01:59 like us freshmen, we gotta step up.
02:01 So we get in our chance, so we gotta just keep going, keep playing,
02:05 playing and doing what we're doing.
02:07 Just ready to come out there and be confident, mostly.
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02:11 >> Did you guys feel like there was more energy, excitement in the building today
02:16 than there had been earlier in the season?
02:18 >> Yeah, for sure, and I appreciate the fans for
02:21 coming out and rallying with us.
02:22 So this one's something that can stay with us.
02:26 We're gonna keep fighting, keep getting better, so.
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02:34 >> Yeah, after you guys went down 12-0, what was said or just anything changed
02:39 about how you went about the attack to where you get yourself back in the game?
02:43 And then even in the second half too when it's getting late, you're down 14.
02:48 What's said and just how do you get back on those runs that made it a close one
02:52 on down the stretch?
02:54 >> It came to the timeout, they were just saying we got all the jitterbugs out,
02:57 they're ready to go out there and play.
02:58 And once we went back out there, this thing started just flowing for us,
03:02 getting in the lane, getting what we wanted, that's mostly it.
03:04 >> We talk about energy and what we saw in the arena.
03:09 For your team as a whole too, it seems like there was a noticeable change as far
03:13 as belief and energy on your team.
03:16 How important has this stretch been this weekend?
03:18 How can you take what you guys have learned and even with the loss today,
03:21 how can you guys kind of take the momentum moving forward throughout the rest
03:24 of the year?
03:25 >> I say we can just keep building on it.
03:28 Today, we lost by 6, 8.
03:30 We just came off a win from Miami.
03:32 Just keep building on the things just to make us a better team,
03:35 on the defense and the offense.
03:37 >> Anything else for these guys?
03:40 All right, thank you.
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