North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State and Virginia Tech Coaches Quotes
2/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NC State head coach Sidney Lowe
“We executed extremely well. We were patient, set our screens, and took good shots. We got each other open shots. The shots were coming from different areas, from different guys, in different spots. When you’re clicking like that, it’s nice to see. We got stops defensively and that helped us get the score up.”
“[Virginia Tech] made adjustments defensively and switched their screens. We noticed it and were able to take advantage and switch it up. We kept our composure and our focus.”
“We’re much better when we can go inside and get up early.”
“The best thing he [Engin Atsur] did was keeping control of the tempo of the game. It allowed us the opportunity to get the shots we needed. The tempo and our offense helped us hold the game down and keep [Virginia Tech] from getting quick and easy shots. Most of their shots were tough ones. Our defense did a good job.”
“I saw toughness, a high level of intensity, and focus.”
“Courtney [Fells] took guarding [Zabian] Dowdell as a challenge. When you’re focused like that, not on the offense but stopping him, it was tough, but he did a good job.”
Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg
“I’m disappointed we didn’t play better. We just weren’t as active as I would’ve liked. We were prepared, had good focus in the walk-through. I’m very proud to be 8-4. I tip my hat to NC State. They made shots.”
“They’ve played two of their better games against us. They have a great starting five. Those guys are very good players.”
“We wanted to guard. We knew what we wanted to do. Let’s face it, they went 11-of-15 from the 3-point line. They scored a lot of uncontested jump shots because we rotated poorly off the double-down.”
“I’m proud of our guys. We’re 8-4. We played back-to-back road games down here. We didn’t play with the energy, we played with a purpose. We just didn’t play well.”
“I understand the big picture. We’ll learn from this loss. I also know we’ve played six of the last eight on the road, and we’ve come down here twice in the last 72 hours. I also know we have three home games left.”
“We executed extremely well. We were patient, set our screens, and took good shots. We got each other open shots. The shots were coming from different areas, from different guys, in different spots. When you’re clicking like that, it’s nice to see. We got stops defensively and that helped us get the score up.”
“[Virginia Tech] made adjustments defensively and switched their screens. We noticed it and were able to take advantage and switch it up. We kept our composure and our focus.”
“We’re much better when we can go inside and get up early.”
“The best thing he [Engin Atsur] did was keeping control of the tempo of the game. It allowed us the opportunity to get the shots we needed. The tempo and our offense helped us hold the game down and keep [Virginia Tech] from getting quick and easy shots. Most of their shots were tough ones. Our defense did a good job.”
“I saw toughness, a high level of intensity, and focus.”
“Courtney [Fells] took guarding [Zabian] Dowdell as a challenge. When you’re focused like that, not on the offense but stopping him, it was tough, but he did a good job.”
Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg
“I’m disappointed we didn’t play better. We just weren’t as active as I would’ve liked. We were prepared, had good focus in the walk-through. I’m very proud to be 8-4. I tip my hat to NC State. They made shots.”
“They’ve played two of their better games against us. They have a great starting five. Those guys are very good players.”
“We wanted to guard. We knew what we wanted to do. Let’s face it, they went 11-of-15 from the 3-point line. They scored a lot of uncontested jump shots because we rotated poorly off the double-down.”
“I’m proud of our guys. We’re 8-4. We played back-to-back road games down here. We didn’t play with the energy, we played with a purpose. We just didn’t play well.”
“I understand the big picture. We’ll learn from this loss. I also know we’ve played six of the last eight on the road, and we’ve come down here twice in the last 72 hours. I also know we have three home games left.”
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