You can't really double-down on N.C. State because they have great shooters, from one to five. You've just got to knuckle down and play one on one in the post.

He actually took a couple on me. I kind of get defensive when a person scores on me, so I was saying to myself, in my mind, that he was not going to score, no matter what happens.

I don't think it had anything to do with it. I think they just played harder than we did and they wanted it more than we did.

I just think it's effort. I think the biggest thing we're missing is heart.

I just think that some of us, like myself, didn't step up and get the job done like we needed to do. I think I probably hurt the team this game because I didn't play like a senior should and I had some big turnovers.

I'm really surprised. If you don't play harder than your opponent, you don't deserve to win.

I'm really surprised. I thought we'd have a better record than we have. At the same time, if you don't play harder than your opponent, then you don't deserve to win. On some of our losses, our opponents have outplayed us and they deserved to win.

They came out from the jump wanting to win. They crashed the boards hard, they did everything a lot harder than we did. ... They just wanted this game harder than we did tonight.

It was off my foot. I guess the ref didn't see it, or didn't want to see it, which is good both ways for us.

No matter what we say, the stats show they played harder and were the tougher team today.