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We're just trying to find the right combination. We'd lost three in a row, and that's pretty unacceptable. Our goal is to be relevant in the ACC race. So we're going to tinker until we think we have it right.

We've run that play before. He probably could have gotten a little bit closer to the goal, but we sort of got what we wanted there.

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.

N.C. State is a good team that can hurt you in lots of ways.

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.

I would question whether he would be able to participate fully Friday evening, but soon thereafter we're hopeful (he can). He's one of those players who is going to have to be a real positive contributor for us.

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.

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

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.

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

I think we have to do a better job of getting the ball to him. But other teams are doing a better job of taking him away. I would too if I were on the other team.

I think that the team had a hard time generating some of its own energy. I give DePaul credit and they set the tone early in the game. Not to take away from what DePaul did, I think they actually took away our energy. I think that our inability to stop them defensively took away from our energy and our ability to score offensively.

Last season was great for Wake Forest and memorable for the ACC. Both Wake Forest and the ACC lost significant contributors, but, as always, the ACC remains strong and we hope that Wake Forest once again is poised to challenge for an ACC championship.

Last season was great for Wake Forest and memorable for the ACC, ... Both Wake Forest and the ACC lost significant contributors, but, as always, the ACC remains strong and we hope that Wake Forest once again is poised to challenge for an ACC championship.

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

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.

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.

Who's around on the outside, ideally that doesn't affect you.

You just can't get down 16, 17 points. It's hard to come back unless you play almost perfectly and they play poorly. We had some great possessions and some key stops, but they got a couple of key rebounds.

We need to find out if that first half was Chattanooga or us. If we play like that on Saturday, we'll be on a plane going home.

We didn't respond back. We had a run to start the half, they had a run back, and it was up to us to make a run back at them. We didn't have the wherewithal to do that.

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.

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.

We didn't guard well against N.C. State. But our biggest problem with our defense is our offense.

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.

Don't feel sorry for us. This league is a two-month ordeal.

There's not much to say. We're obviously at a low ebb right now. We have to find a way somehow within ourselves to fight our way out.

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.

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

That's what's so disappointing is that we couldn't finish.

That's for you guys to talk about. We're excited about who we have back.

They gave us chances to grab the game. We just didn't have it within us to do that.

They gave us chances. They missed some free throws. They took some quick shots. They gave us chances to grab the game and we didn't have it within ourselves to do that.

This league is a two-month ordeal and we're not playing well enough right now to win.

I told Justin, I'm going to have a harder time dealing with losing my shooting guard than my point guard.

For about 30 minutes, we played as well as we can play.

That is just not acceptable. Clearly, there are a lot of things missing. Ultimately, those things fall on me. I'm the head coach, and I take full responsibility.

That's a big deal to us. This season has been disconcerting, very much so.

As a coach, that 3-to-6 in the gym every day is what you live for,

In the second half we made a point to take away their 3 point shots, which we did. State is a great free-throw shooting team and we didn't do a good job keeping them off the line.

I picked up a Grisham novel in an airport over the weekend.

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

Coach John Wooden used seven players at UCLA. Coach Denny Crum used to say, 'The more moving parts you have, the greater the chance you have for a breakdown.' I think there's a lot of veracity to that.

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.

The accountability rests with me.

It is totally different. But once we went to 12 teams, that's just the way it was going to be. It's just a reality. But I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that some team can win four games in four days and win the whole thing.

The gym is the best place you'll ever be.