It was kind of like a microcosm of our season. I thought we played hard, I thought we competed hard on the defensive end. We just couldn't make a play when we needed to.

It was kind of like a microcosm of our season, that game. ... We just couldn't make the play when we needed to. We had chances, and we let the chances go.

It was kind of like a ... microcosm of our season. When we had to get a rebound, when we had to get a 50-50 ball, when we had to make a free throw, we just weren't able to do it.

That's the great part about Virginia Tech being part of the ACC. Forget about only playing (the Cavaliers) once a year - how about playing them three times in a year? I think that's good for basketball in the state of Virginia.

That's the great thing about being in the ACC. Forget about playing them one time a year. How about three?

You try to make him as work as hard as you can. You try to run a lot of different guys at him because he'll wear out one guy.

Deron Washington is a wonderful kid. What he did was wrong and I can't condone it.

It's relief in that some of our guys have not been able to grieve. Coleman lost it in the locker room. He needed to. I'm glad he had a chance to release something inside him.

It's been an emotional drain. Our off-the-court situation has taken a little bit of some of the players' spirit. That's human nature. Everybody responds to tragedy in different ways.

It's hard to promote two guys and we didn't want them taking away from each other.