63 Quotes by Ilian Evtimov

I guess we're going to go in under the radar now. People are going to say that we're not playing real well. But that's not a bad situation to be in, knowing that you are a very good basketball team that's just going through a bad stretch.

I just tell them to keep their poise and composure. That's the key for us winning. Duke tries to get you out of your game, they like to pressure you, they like to deny you. On top of that they've got the fans that are trying to be as loud as they possibly can in that little arena they have. When all that's going against you, you've got to stay together and stay poised.

Cameron had a terrific game; he did a great job on Justin Gray. He is a tremendous defensive player, and he did a great job on offense, posting up inside.

I don't know if it's a relief or not, because it's one and done at this point and you've got to put this win behind just like the losses you put behind. If you want to succeed on Sunday, you can't get too happy and you can't be satisfied. You've got to stay hungry. Like Julius (Hodge) said, 'When you're hungry, you eat.' And that's the mentality we've got to have right now.

I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight, but it's nothing but a bruise. We got the win, so it doesn't matter. I'll be fine two or three days from now.

I didn't quite see what happened, but I'm sure the officials went over to the television and made the right call. I think we were all frustrated. But that's something we need to do a better job of handling ourselves.

Gavin's been practicing really hard lately. He's really focusing more on defense and playing more aggressive than he had to this point in his career. I think when you do that in practice you can gain trust from Coach, and I think Coach trusts him enough now to put him in that situation.

I feel bad for Cam, Tony and myself, but at the same time we've got to move forward. This is the last game at home, for sure, but there's a lot of season left. There's one more season game, and we'll go into the ACC Tournament. We'll play as well as we can so we can get a good seed in the NCAA Tournament. It's sad, true, but it's not the end of the world.

All of this is just a distraction from the media. We're not going to let that affect us. We're going to believe in what we do, and at the end of the day that is what is going to make us successful.