It would have been very easy to let some of the frustration that we had the other night against Miami carry over, but we didn't. We're a team that has to fight for 15 rounds, and I think our players understood that today.
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It's tough because we dropped a gut-wrenching game against Virginia Teach the other night, and any time you lose some tight games, or three or four in a row, confidence becomes an issue. But the players came back to practice Thursday with some determined energy. Our message is that you can't fold up, and I hope they're internalizing it. It's an important mindset that if we work at it we can get over the hump here.Oliver Purnell
We're not real good right now. The challenge for us to is get back to playing Clemson basketball. I'm going to be myself. I'm going to stay fairly positive, but I'm going to get on guys when they don't do what they need to do.
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They certainly are hitting their stride and living up to preseason expectations. What makes them so good is the wealth of experience they have.
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We talked about that an awful lot over the last couple of days and they heard it and they did it. (The win) means a tremendous amount for a lot of reasons. But it's your first ACC game. The race starts for us today. This is the league we're in. This is what we signed up for. We're no longer satisfied just to be in the league. We're in the league to win.
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We learned a painful lesson here today. If you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can get you. They only had eight steals but all eight of them led to shots we couldn't defend.
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I feel good about the way we played against Georgia Tech. We were really ready to play and acted live-bodied. Georgia Tech threw some things at us and made some runs and our guys stayed the course and never got frustrated.
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