That's quite an accomplishment in just three years. But it's not just the steals. He's turned into an excellent defensive player overall.
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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.Oliver Purnell
There is disappointment and frustration any time you go out early in your conference tournament, a tournament we felt good about doing very well in. But we still have an opportunity to play for an outstanding championship.
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This is certainly one of those measuring stick-type games. Our plan is to not allow Duke to be at its best. When they're at their best, they probably beat any team in the country.
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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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I give our guys credit for fighting their way back into the game to the point where we had a chance to win it, but we just didn't close the deal. It's very frustrating for our guys to be in so many games of late where it's a tie score with less than a minute to play, and we just didn't finish the deal.
Oliver Purnell
Miami is very good. They are a top-echelon team in the ACC.
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