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In all candor, they missed some open shots as well.

Justin had some good looks he just didn't knock down. But to his credit, he's trying to bring the ball up, pass it to himself, shoot it and guard down at the other end. That's not the easiest task in the world.

It shows we can beat a quality team. Our ability to play well against N. C. State, hopefully, will give us some confidence going into the Florida State game.

I thought you were sleeping during that.

He has a good basketball IQ, he shoots well and potentially is an excellent defender, ... He has no choice but to play because we'll need him.

I thought our guys fought. We just didn't shoot good enough.

We know Williams is effective, but the other team knows that, too. They had the Red Army down there on him, and our other guys have to make plays as well.

We made a decision that we were going to try to take away the 3 and guard them one-on-one in the post. And we took away the 3, but they really hurt us in the post.

Are these games important Yes. Are these heightened because we're 1-4 I suppose so.

Clemson's playing real well. I know they lost a few games in a row before that last win, but a few of those were in overtime. We have a tough challenge ahead of us.

I thought he played with a big heart. A lot of our guys are playing inconsistently, but he is not one of them.

I thought our guys fought, which I think the rebounding numbers would reflect. We just didn't shoot the ball well enough and missed too many good looks and didn't have a whole lot of opportunities at the free throw line.

The ACC will be as strong as always, ... Duke may be ranked No. 1 nationally in the preseason. Our fans will also have the opportunity to see Boston College when they come to Joel Coliseum.

As someone who's very competitive, I'm someone who abhors losing more than I enjoy winning. In that regard, it hasn't been a great two months, but I think our players' attitude remains pretty resolute.

I don't have too many speeches in my bag for a team that's 1-9. I'm trying to make them up as we go along.

It's not like those other guys are plumbers -- not that I've got anything against plumbers. They were some of the most coveted high school players in the country. Those other guys are really good, too.

I thought our guys fought, which the rebounding numbers reflect, but we just didn't shoot the ball well enough. We didn't have a whole lot of opportunities at the free throw line either, which is perhaps reflective of our inability to put offensive pressure on them inside.

I'm very excited to have the opportunity to continue playing. Minnesota is an outstanding team in one of the great conferences. It will certainly be a challenge for us, especially playing at Williams Arena, but it beats getting ready for the opening day of baseball.

We had a really difficult time keeping that kid in front of us the whole game. Our inability to control Paulus was a big part of that surge they had.

I wouldn't trade him for any point guard in the country.

I thought we had good practices and good preparation. To say that I think would denigrate what Minnesota did. I'm not going to do that.

He gives the other players courage.

We've got four guys trying to move into whole new roles and that can be frustrating at times. We as coaches had the choice to play in this tournament, to play good teams and test our abilities early on. I think we're learning early what we need to work on later in the season.

I think, in all frankness, teams went after him more. Teams thought you could maul Paul to beat Wake, but he responded in kind. Perhaps not always the way you wished as a coach. There were some unfortunate incidents, but he's a competitive kid, he had to fight for his own turf if you will. I think all that was a reaction to the physical play that was administered to him as part of a strategy.

One of our main motivations has to be that we want to finish strong. As I tell the players all the time, people remember the last thing you did. And we're getting to the point where it's the last thing we're going to do.

We felt with Chris and Justin (Gray) we would be OK at that position. We were involved with several other point guards in the junior class. We knew he was a very good player, and obviously he showed that to us again.

We need to improve in all areas, but we are anxious to retain Wake's position in both the ACC and on the national stage.

We talk a lot of times about executing your way out of trouble instead of shooting your way out of trouble. We had some guys make some outstanding individual plays.

He practiced there some last year, and he looked fine. Only time will tell.

Give them credit, they made some tough shots. We played three or four different defenses, but at the end of the day, we didn't have an answer for the way they shot the ball.

If we navigate the schedule successfully, it will enable us to remain one of the elite teams in the nation.

Justin Gray was guarded well, you have to give them credit for that. He's been shooting very well for us lately. He just missed some open ones.

N.C. State is a good team that can hurt you in a lot of ways. ... State is a great free-throw shooting team, and we didn't keep them off the line.

Paulus played a great game. We had trouble all day keeping him in front of us.

He's an excellent, excellent player. To hold him to 6-for-16 and 1-for-4 from 3s was more about our guarding ability and our ability to limit him to one shot.

We got off to such a great start. We have had important contributions from others besides Eric and Justin the last three games that we haven't had before this season.

We are happy to again open with Winston-Salem State . This is becoming a tradition that we would like to continue.

We knew he was a very good player, and obviously he showed that to us again. We didn't do a good job of finding Rice. When we did find him, we sort of looked at him while he handed us a 3. We went man-to-man in the second half because of his shooting ability.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. We can talk about having a lot of games left and we can turn this around, but we have to start turning it around.

It hasn't been all about the two guys on my left. There's been a number of kids contributing ... these are kids we've had to encourage to shoot.

In a guy like Galloway, it gives you a good senior point guard to have his hands on the ball at the end of the game.

Offensively and defensively, it starts with the point guard. It has been a revolving door at that position for us all season, which has led to a revolving door at the off-guard position. But we don't win the game either Thursday or Friday without taking care of the basketball, and that's been primarily Justin's responsibility.

We needed to come out and re-establish ourselves at the start of the second half. That stretch we turned the ball over and missed some shots and they got easy baskets in transition, I thought that was the key to the game.

With Chris Paul's departure, the dynamics have changed because not only do you have to replace the point guard, but you also have to replace the wing guard if Justin plays the point.

We thought the zone would be good against them, but we didn't do a good job of finding Rice. When we did find him, we sort of looked at him as he handed us a 3.

Every time Wake Forest won.

Is it a heightened sense of importance because we're 1-4 as opposed to 4-1 I suppose so. But having said that, we prepare hard for every single game. Certainly we'll prepare very, very hard for this one.

It's totally different. We're teaching guys how to line up for the center jump. We're just trying to learn a little bit about our team. Hopefully, by Saturday morning we'll know a little bit more.

They beat us handily both times we played this season. They have a Hall of Fame coach and two of the premier players in our conference. They have a stupendous record in this tournament. We hope we honor them by playing to our potential.

Kevin has yet to really miss anything, so we're expecting him to be 100 percent,