Louis Hinnant Quotations

We both took it personally. We wanted to go out with a bang. We wanted to turn it around, and we did a pretty good job.

We knew we weren't that kind of team. We just wanted to get to playing like last year, sharing the ball.

We know what they want to do. There's going to be no secrets in this game. There's nothing we're not aware of and the same thing with them.

Nobody in this building was really rooting for us. I think guys used that for motivation.

But as newcomers, we have felt like the guys who crashed the party a little bit. That's how they look at us, as those boys from New England.

Great program. Great tradition. Coach K. There's a lot to be said for Duke and its accomplishments.

He had some things to say because we weren't playing up to our potential. This meeting, he was really animated. Me and Craig, we've been here the longest. Neither one of us has seen him like that.

He did a good job of sticking with it. He scored in bunches even when he wasn't getting as many touches as he would like. He stayed focused out there and composed. That's what an All-America does. You can't take anything away from him. He's a veteran that stuck with it.

We're pretty upset right now. I don't think we're taking any moral victories or anything like that. We came down here to win this tournament and I guess we fell short of our goal.

He likes to take those kinds of shots. As the year has progressed, he's starting to understand the situations of the game a little better, and that's all we needed him to do. From day one, he could play the game with the best of them.

I think in the second half we did a better job of making our outside shots and we were able to open it up for Craig and Jared.

I think that people are making a big deal out of the travel schedule and the altitude and things like that. Every team that's here, we're facing the same situation.

I thought we played well enough to afford ourselves that opportunity. But there's always some sort of method to their madness. I'm sure there's some sort of legitimate reason why we didn't get a higher seed.

I think that everybody collectively got together and we understood that it was just our last few minutes. You're only guaranteed this one game, as far as the NCAA tournament is concerned. We just tried to get whatever we had left.

I think some guys on our team, they look forward to situations like this. We tend to play better in a road-type atmosphere for some reason.

People look forward to having underdogs come up and win. Fortunately for us, that didn't happen.

People look forward to having the underdog come up and win. Fortunately, we didn't allow that to happen.

Surprised? Maybe. But not upset. This is the NCAA tournament. You don't get to hand pick where you go or who your opponent will be. For us, it's a privilege to be in Utah. It's a new experience.

I think collectively, we got together and understood this could be our last few minutes. We just tried to give whatever we had left.

That was a play we practiced every day in practice, just about. I got a good look at it. They did a good job of contesting the play.

We're definitely going down there with the intention to win. If Duke is there, so be it.

You know, we're going to go down to New York and try to make some noise.

We probably have more confidence than we've ever had.

We are kind of the underdogs. Nobody in this building is really rooting for us, and I think guys, they used that as sort of a motivating factor.

We definitely have to look at Pacific first and understand that they are a very dangerous team that has had success in this tournament.

With the attention on Craig, if you move around you'll always get open shots.

We tend to play better in a road-type atmosphere for some reason. I don't know. We knew that most of the North Carolina schools are within a good radius of this building, so we knew we weren't going to have a lot of fan support.

We feel we can play with any team in the country. We just need to bring our A-game.

We crawled back out. It shows the heart of the team.

This is how we win every game. We never blow anybody out. We're used to it.

As ridiculous as this sounds, you want to keep him under 40.

The atmosphere in the buildings was a little different than the Big East. The atmosphere is not a normal college gym. When we went to Maryland, it was by far the loudest building we've ever been in.

It was a desperation shot. You can't really judge those shots. You just hope they fall.

It was a desperation shot. I was hoping it would go in ... but you can't really judge those kinds of shots. You just hope it will fall.

It was just habit. You used to kind of look forward to going to New York.

The NCAA Tournament is about a Cinderella story. People look forward to the underdog coming in and winning. Fortunately for us, we didn't let it happen. We put ourselves in a real bad situation, but I think our guys kept their composure.

In a tournament like this, you've got to get something in your system.

I'm not sure if we were able to find a second gear, but everyone understood that these could have been our last few minutes, and we had to build on whatever we had left. We came back out in overtime and pressured the ball and got some turnovers, and that helped us get our energy back. There wasn't enough time to get tired. If you lose, you go home.

I really love my hair, but I had to do it. The rest of the team did it and I can't let my teammates down.

Him putting so many years into grooming that style, I don't think he's going to cut it.

He accidentally hit me, but at the time, I didn't know because I wasn't paying attention. We sorted it out pretty easily, and it didn't have any effect on the game.