North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State-Wake Forest coaches quotes
3/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NC State coach Jim Valvano
"I couldn’t be happier for our four seniors. The entire year has been somewhat of frustration, pent-up emotions. I don’t want anyone to think we were running up the score. We got on a roll and things just kept going. We were a pre-season Top 20 team, had tough losses to
“I’m just so proud of the kids. They’ve displayed that all year long. It’s exactly the way we were playing before Whit got hurt. We were playing with lots of excitement, really running the transition game. I couldn’t have written a better script for the game. We’ve played some of the best. I thought we were an NCAA Tournament team before the injury. I’m just happy to finish on this note.
“We’ve got to play again in the first round of the ACC Tournament. I know Coach Tacy won’t let them forget this. But that’s another story. We’ll worry about that later.”
Game notes: State’s 130 points today was the highest ever scored against an ACC opponent. The previous high was 121 against
Wake Forest coach Carl Tacy
“I thought we still had a chance at the half even though we didn’t play well in the first half. We still didn’t play the good defense and losses of concentration and mental breakdowns added to the total.
“Injuries have played a part, but we have to think about getting back to doing the basic things that made us a 17 game winner.
“I thought if we won today and finished in a tie for third our chances would be good in terms of the NCAA. The hurt and disappointment comes in that this is a fine group of young men. They worked awfully hard to win 17 games and will now have to work hard at getting it back.
About playing NC State in the ACC Tournament: “It doesn’t matter who we play, but how we play.”
