The kind of team they are, we knew they were not going to give up on our big lead. I guess we let up a little bit.

He's one of the big aspects of our team.

I couldn't give any help-side defense. They kind of have a similar style to N.C. State, where I'm guarding the high post for the majority of the game. That's one of the things that can allow a lot of backdoor stuff.

If I see my teammates getting beat, they can trust that I'm there for a last line of defense. Being there to help them out is a great feeling.

He's an incredible player. Somebody that size, who moves as well as he does, it's just amazing to watch. I know it's going to be a very physical game in the low post throughout the whole course of the game. I know we both are prepared for that, and hopefully we'll play the game without any injuries going on.

He threw the elbow the first time, so I just tried to go in there and get in him a little bit more to see if he'd do it again. Of course, he did it again, and I took the charge.

I had a lot of unfinished business here at Duke University.

I'm more comfortable in the post now, ... Plenty of times last season I'd try to do moves without even thinking about what the defense was giving me. Now I'm slowing down, making moves off of the double team instead of just trying to bulldog my way through the defense.

I knew from the first time I started playing this game, when my dad taught me to be a defensive player, that defense is not something as glorified. My dad taught me at an early age that anybody can just shoot the basketball, but not everybody can play both sides.

I'm my biggest critic. I knew I hadn't played well in the last game. I wanted to make a point and redeem myself. That's one thing I did. I set the tone early and my teammates responded to that and we all played well together.