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...
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.
capable target time
Every time we play, we know it's a big game. We know we have a target on our back, but we know what we're capable of, too.
defense fortunate hang hat stops
Our defense is what we hang out hat on. We were fortunate to get some stops and not let them get open.
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.
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.
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).
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.
call freshman
I don't even call him a freshman anymore.
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.
message messed send
We wanted to send a message that we don't want to be messed with.
nails shots
For him to make those shots at the end, it's a little like daggers, nails in the coffin.
close league rivalry tobacco
It's so close and it's been a long rivalry on Tobacco Road. We would like to play them more than once, but that's the way the league has it.
against hit shot
It's a feel-good story. But hopefully, he doesn't hit a shot against us.
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.