We're excited. We have hope now. We were holding on to very little hope. That's a big thing for us. We see we can play as well as we can.

We have a lot of guys on this team who can score. But Joe, he's one of those guys who's always looking to pass first. Even at practice, he'd rather make a great pass than a great shot.

Desperation maybe. Maybe it was knowing that these seniors deserved more than that regular season that we experienced.

We never doubted ourselves. But at the same time, it is a little bit shocking.

I think definitely people are going to remember Wake Forest with Chris Paul, but it's a different team this year and we have to do a lot of things without him -- and we're going to.