Lee Melchionni
Lee Melchionni
Lee Melchionniis a former collegiate men's basketball player in the NCAA. He played with the Duke Blue Devils and wore number 13...
national number people playing team whenever
Whenever you can be a part of something where the number one team and number two team are playing each other on national television, it is special. How many people get that opportunity?
accomplish duke excited expect ourselves people time
This time of year, people kind of expect Duke to still be playing. We are excited because we want to accomplish something for ourselves as our part of this storied program.
basketball carolina college competition expect game help highest level ready
With it being your first Duke-North Carolina game, you can't help but get nervous. You don't know what to expect because this game is the highest level of competition at the college basketball level. We will see if everyone is ready for that.
business team treat trip
We're a senior-laden team and we'll go up there and treat this as a business trip and come back here with a win.
against anybody games hardest knocked played tough week
I think that's the hardest anybody has played against us all year. We had two tough games this week and (Clemson) kind of knocked us back.
player
J.J. is an All-American, the player of the year, and we know he's human, he's going to have off games. But we know he's going to come back and play well and he did that today.
played tournament
Greg played with no fear, and it was his first ACC Tournament game.
certainly wants
He has that will to win. He wants the ball. ... He will make those big shots. ... We certainly look to get him the ball.
picked worried
He'll have off nights. Tonight, as a team, we picked him up. We're not worried about J.J.
brought mom
I actually made dessert. OK, actually my mom made dessert. She brought me cookies.
group helpful seniors successful
I think having this group of seniors is very helpful for them because we can show them and tell them what it's going to take to be successful because we've been in their exact-same position.
asked job nose three trainer
Three or four. I asked our trainer if I could get a nose job at the end of the year. We'll see what happens.
affect atmosphere court ready shooting wind work
We have to work on our shooting more than anything else. It's a big place so there could be a little wind or anything different to affect you. We'll get used to the court and the atmosphere and be ready to go (tonight).
dwell game next tough win
You always want to play well, but it was a tough game on the road, we got a big win and you want to take that into the next game but you don't want to dwell on it.