13 Quotes by Mike Petersen

Let's be honest, we had much higher goals and expectations for ourselves this season. What would (Wake men's basketball coach Skip) Prosser say? Skip would say 'mercurial.' He's a wordsmith. We were mercurial. We were up and down.

I don't know (the family). But it didn't take long to understand their predicament.

I think what we proved was they're the best team in the country and we're not. We've got a lot of work to do.

Our want to was really good tonight. We just didn't finish the deal.

We had very high expectations for her. Because, first of all, she's a very good basketball player, and she's also very driven. She's a very competitive person. It's absolutely no surprise to me that she's had a really good freshman year.

When the game was still being contested, we had a lot of pretty good looks that I like, that we usually make. If you miss open shots, you're going to have a problem against a team like that.

Fans like dynasties. Every coach in the conference wants it to change, but we've got to do something to change that. Yeah, there are teams capable of beating North Carolina and Duke, but they've got to go do it. Until somebody does it they deserve all the attention.

We had plenty of chances, we just didn't take advantage of them. Miami's got a very good basketball team, but we had the chances and never could get hold of them.

I've never been in favor of symbolism, and I think that's what the matrix is. I think it's a security blanket with a tremendous amount of holes in it, and that's my opinion.