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.
message messed send
We wanted to send a message that we don't want to be messed with.
call freshman
I don't even call him a freshman anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
good man
When you've got the quarter-of-a-billion-dollar man at the game, it's a good thing.