Ryan Appleby
Ryan Appleby
carolina early game media north
It was at North Carolina State, it was an early game and it didn't feel like I thought it would. There wasn't a lot of media and not a lot of crowd.
ball dug fighting half kept ourselves road second tough turn win
The second half we did a better job, but it's tough to win on the road when you turn the ball over like that. We kept fighting at the end, but we dug ourselves a hole.
drive everybody great hit improved knew outside player program quickness shot strength type uses
Everybody in the program knew what type of player he was, and we all knew he was going to have a great year. He's really improved his outside shot this year, and he's able to hit that 3-pointer consistently. That's made defenses come out on him, and then he uses his quickness and strength to drive by them.
came instead reason trying
We just came out lackadaisical for some reason instead of trying to put them away.
kept sea trying weather
We just kept trying to weather the storm. It was a sea of red.
against anytime came chance fans fired good knew road weather
They came out fired up and their fans were really into it. We knew anytime you're on the road in a big arena, against a really good team, you've just got to weather the storm. When you get a chance to make your run, you've got to go for it, and that's what we did.
knocked
That three-ball kind of knocked them out there.
exciting ncaa
This is the NCAA Tournament. It doesn't get any more exciting than that.
against good reckoned road shows teams wins
This is big. For us to get two road wins against two really good teams shows we are a team to be reckoned with in the Pac-10.
best shooting team
I think it was our best all-around team effort. Everyone got after it defensively. Everyone was shooting well.
came carrying couple games last played stepping
He just came out and played like he could play. We all know he can play like that night-in, night-out and that's what he's done; just stepping up the last couple games and carrying us.
game playing ready treat
We just have to get ready to go. We have to treat every game like we're playing Arizona. We have to come out ready to play.