Vernon Hamilton Quotations

When you can't make free throws, you're not able to close the gap. If we would have made a few more, we could have won the game.

If we had just made a few more, this would have been our basketball game.

It did hamper me a little bit. I just tried to help on the defensive end - that was my main role for tonight.

We played physical tonight and when you play that physical you can somewhat intimidate a team. I feel like we jumped on them and stayed on them tonight.

This would be a great tournament to win and say a lot about our program.

We've been battling back and forth about it. I told her this year would be our year to get them.

This was the first time we just took care of a team from the start, held them off and just played through it.

We could've easily hung our heads. But I think you're starting to see the fight in this team.

It was the first time we really got on a team, stayed on a team and then just took care of them, finished them.

It's ACC time -- if you can't get excited about that, how can you get excited about anything?

I'm really at a loss for words. We just didn't bring it the entire night.

I knew we were causing them to turn the ball over, but 29? That just goes and shows that we are one of the better defensive teams in this league.

I definitely think some of our frustration with the overtime ones that we've lost ... we really took it out Virginia today. Everybody played well, from the starters to the guys coming off the bench. It was a great night.

I feel as if we are an NCAA-worthy team, and just tonight, the little things ? we didn't bring them to the table.

I don't think we can play anything less than perfect and expect to win this basketball game. Duke's a great team and it's a big challenge, but we're capable of doing it.

Come time to play Monday, it'll be a different atmosphere. We'll be ready to play.

The Elon loss was not one we saw coming. At the same time, we're 11-2. We're ready to get that winning taste back.