Oliver Purnell Quotes on Basketball (5 Quotes)

I don't think we played our best basketball. But I thought we played well in stretches, and that allows us to advance.

We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.

We're not a real good team right now. We've got four days to get back to playing good Clemson basketball.

We did a pretty good job of moving the Duke defense around, showing a degree of patience. We were patient enough to move them. If you do that, you'll be able to drive the basketball on them.

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.