Wes Miller Quotations

We're just trying to win as many games as we can, and finish as high as we can. That's been our only goal all along.

With my size, and I'm not much a jumper, I'm a spot-up shooter. That's been kind of my role throughout the year, and that's what it was tonight.

We want to take them out of what they want to do. When they run their flex offense, they're pretty good. We tried to pressure the passing lanes. We did it better in the second half, especially down the stretch.

The people of Hammond have said they want their Health Department. We're part of this thing, too; we're paying the bills.

I don't know, but they're two great things.

I don't think we're as surprised by it. I can understand if other people are. That's what we work on in practice is putting it on people, trying to get leads and extend that.

We just have to help each other out offensively. But, Duke will try to get after you on the defensive end of the floor, just like we do. We've just got to be patient, be strong, and attack them.

I always dreamed of playing in this tournament and here at Greensboro. It is still beyond even what I imagined it could be.

I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floor. But that was never anything that was promised to me and it was never a given at all. I've always tried to play hard and certainly I've realized that when you play hard, you put yourself in position to get out on the floor.

Our goal was to try to compete every game and then try to be there at the end of the year. We now have that chance.

I thought it was his best defensive performance of the year. He took Hassan Adams out of what he wanted to do and Hassan Adams is one of the best perimeter players in the country. For Bobby just to stay in front of him and keep him out of the lane and keep him from the easy baskets and force him into tougher shots, I thought he was tremendous. It was the key to our win.

Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration -- I don't remember the exact number. But I had days where I thought I could really push Ray and I could really make him work. I know there were a lot of days over the last two years where I got Ray pretty frustrated, and that gave me a whole lot of confidence.

I would never say our team didn't go into a game seriously last year, because that's not the kind of team we were. But we were coming off a huge win against Duke, and I think we were maybe a little overconfident coming into the ACC Tournament.

Tyler's play speaks for itself. He's a monster down there. When we give him the ball, he scores. When we shoot it, he goes and gets it and he rebounds and he scores.

Time is critical. If the county is not going to act then the projects should be moved out of the finance committee and to another committee that will. Opportunity is knocking at our door and we need to take advantage. The time is now.

You know what, our goal is to make a run in the ACC, but right now, we're focused on the next game. Confidence is always building when you're playing together like we are.

We pride ourselves on defense and that's not acceptable for us.

We stayed together as a team and that's what it's all about, especially in a hostile environment like this arena. You've got to stay together, because you're never out of the game and we proved that was the case tonight.

We just wanted to come out here and prove we can play with anybody.

We weren't so fortunate (Saturday). We've got to take care of the ball. It's so important, especially now that we're in ACC play. It's something we've got to work on.

There's no question, effort's a big part of the way I'm trying to play. I would hope nobody ever says I'm not playing hard.

You want every shot he takes to be contested over a hand, and you don't want to let him get anything easy. Because a scorer like that, if you let him get something easy, it really gets him going. Then he's more comfortable making tougher shots.

It's been a dream of mine not only to put on a North Carolina uniform but to contribute, and I've gotten to live that dream this year. So I'm thrilled about that, but I'm not satisfied. I still want to keep doing what I'm doing and keep improving and do whatever I can do to help this team win games.

It's tough after any loss. That was a loss at home, it was to the No. 2 team in the country and it was a loss when we had opportunities to win. And on top of that, it was a loss to Duke. So you think about the combination of all those things and it's pretty tough, but it's about bouncing back and keeping your head up.

I'm not going to make any bold statements or anything, but magical things happen in March. The teams that are the tightest-knit groups, play smart and play together, the teams that do that are the teams that go deepest in the tournament.

I can't tell you how great a feeling it is for me. But I can't stress enough that the dream's not over. I'm not satisfied or complacent with where I am. I want to keep pushing forward, and I want this team to keep doing good things. We've still got a long way to go.

I am not sure why it was a big problem, but obviously it was because he has to get his touches, especially late in the game.