17 Quotes by Dean Keener

My hat?s off to them. They were very, very good. We had something to do with it, but credit them, they played like a tournament team tonight.

Maybe the stars are aligned. You need a little bit of luck along the way. Nobody?s deserving of anything, but I certainly think we?re due some luck our way, whether it?s in terms of staying healthy, staying out of trouble, or of making shots like that.

I don?t have any answers as to why they jumped on us in the second half like that. For whatever reason, we gave up a couple of offensive rebounds. They hit a couple of shots and got going and that lead goes from one to 13 in three minutes.

I don't think who I started had an effect on the game.

He hit three 3?s from the Marriott. That?s what great players do. They make plays.

He made three or four or five 15-, 16-footers. I was uncertain if he could make that consistently. ... He's one of the premier post players in the ACC.

He's as good a coach as they could have selected. Selfishly, I'm glad to see him leave the league.

I will be surprised if he?s not the next great one out of this league. He?s about 30 to 40 games and 20 pounds away from being a big-time professional prospect.

That was the game. . The game was really decided from about the 5:50 mark until the end of the first half. That was the defining moment.