49 Quotes by Oliver Purnell

I don't think we want to erase it. It definitely says to our team that we have a real challenge ahead of us. We want to use it for scouting purposes. We don't want to erase any part of the season.

I think we most certainly will probably be in the NIT. We've got to find a way like we have all year long to go back, regroup and point toward a goal, which would be to win a first-round game in the NIT.

I think we will probably be in the NIT. It's disappointing we didn't make a run at winning (the ACC) tournament.

I will start the process of hiring a replacement immediately. I obviously will have access to a lot of qualified candidates who are here at the Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend.

It exemplifies toughness. They make a run at you and you make a toughness play or two to hold them off.

I think player development will take care of itself with experience. Experience is something you can't put a premium on in terms of developing as a player, so there's nothing we can do about that. We're concentrating on winning a game.

We've talked about what's real in terms of this league and how close the games are and how closely things are being contested. If you continue to work hard, then you're going to have a chance to get over the hump.

We've learned a painful lesson here today. That is if you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can catch you, particularly a team that was as cold shooting as we were.

We had one of those nights where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game. We just couldn't score.