We are missing a couple of guys right now. That's not an excuse, because we have guys who can fill those roles. That's what I tried to do.

They sent five guys to the boards. We knew that as long as we could get the rebound, we would have a fast break, probably a two on one or a three on one.

He apologized for it about 20 million times. He's a good guy. I know he would never do anything like that on purpose.

We don't look for moral victories. This was a loss like any other loss.

If we'd have made half our open shots, we would have been down maybe four or five at the half.

A lot of guys were really sharing the ball. You've just got to keep your eyes open when you're driving. We had three or four guys with three our four assists and that's what we need to have.

I don't know what happened. I was trying to box out Strickland, but something hit me, and my whole body went numb. I kind of forgot where I was at for a little while.

We got the ball inside, kicked out, rotated and guys got open shots. I think our offense was really moving today.

I'm hoping we can get back to the old N.C. State, even if that means me scoring four points. I want to win; I want to be able to say I went to a Final Four.