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...
bit games half playing second translate type win yelled
We're not going to win big games playing that type of defense. We got yelled at a little bit at halftime, and we were able to come back out in the second half and take that and translate it into playing well.
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?
good man
When you've got the quarter-of-a-billion-dollar man at the game, it's a good thing.
fight
We're not going to play well all the time, but we find a way to win. I think we just need to fight together, just come out and play with more energy. And we can do that.
beating capable confident
They're very capable of beating us, and we know that. They're a very cocky, very confident team.
against anyone hard hardest intense knocked played
They knocked us back with how hard the played and how intense they were. That's the hardest anyone has played against us all year. They just didn't go away.
fueled offense trust
There's a trust factor. Our offense is fueled by our defense.
anybody becomes court home name nobody ownership takes
You put your name on something, it becomes yours, you have some ownership in it. When something is yours, you don't let anybody take it from you. That's our home court out there, and nobody takes anything from us on our home court.
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.
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.
played tournament
Greg played with no fear, and it was his first ACC Tournament game.
brought mom
I actually made dessert. OK, actually my mom made dessert. She brought me cookies.
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.