Herb Sendek Guys Quotations

Cedric just continues to get better every night out. Duke's game plan defensively made it very important for us to go in to him. Our guys did a good job of doing that and he responded with another really good game for us.

He did a great job at the point of playing with fouls, and still playing. A lot of guys play with fouls but they don't do anything. They do everything not to foul, but they don't help you. He did both.

Our guys obviously have had a tough patch here at the end of the year. A lot of attention has been drawn to that. In some cases we've played excellent basketball during this stretch.

Our guys are just really making big plays down the home stretch. Our guys are doing what it takes right now.

Our guys are still doing some really good things. In some cases we've played excellent basketball during this stretch. We've overcome some adversity with some health issues and hopefully we'll continue to heal and get better.

Our guys have been working to become a team since we started school in August. One of the great things about college basketball is that you do have a new beginning.

Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Our guys competed really hard and played really well. We didn't win the game, but I want them to feel good about themselves. Saturday, we have another big game (Wake Forest) and the train is moving on.

I still think we're in the process of deciding our roles. When you go through the season, those roles change. I think our guys have done a good job of coming together early in the season.

I was extremely proud of their grit, of their determination ... really showed tremendous resolve. At the end of day, we had guys step up and make plays.

I thought our guys just showed tremendous character tonight. It's always good to be on the bus with these guys.

We were just too far down down to get off the mat. Our guys battled in the second half, and we just came up short in every way tonight.

We just went to the line with great poise and composure and it allowed us to keep scoring. We have great confidence in our guys when they go to the stripe. It's not easy to do all the time. It's different in OT and on the road.

We always talk about (scoring in transition). We're fine scoring in transition if the opportunity presents itself. Sometimes it doesn't. Tonight our guys did a good job of getting some stops that led to some transition opportunities for us.

We did a good job bouncing back and our guys came together and they battled. I think foul trouble really hurt both teams and especially us with Cedric Simmons in foul trouble. (Simmons) was really only a shell of himself trying not to pick up extra fouls.

Experience always has great value, no matter how talented the guys are,

That's just kind of how this team has taken shape. I don't know if you're going to have that many guys night in and night out, but we certainly had terrific balance. Just a good team win.

They run a motion offense with five 3-point shooters on the floor, and they do a good job of spacing and screening. It will really challenge our guys to get down and guard, and perhaps have to do so for 35 second possessions. A really different type of defensive assignment than what we faced last week against Alabama, which was inside-oriented and spaced a little bit tighter.

At different points in the game, you can point to different guys and identify special things they had to do if we were going to win the game.

At the same time, we've been trying to integrate those young guys into our plan and work on our depth.

He's truly on one of those guys who plays to the point where you've got to take him out of the game, because he's given you everything he has.

Everyone of those games that we've won we could have lost ... we've just had guys make plays. Our guys are doing what it takes right now.

There probably weren't many guys around the country, if any, who scored 41 points last weekend. Then you see he averages over 20 (points), averages over 10 (rebounds). Some guys can't get that in one game. He does it every night.

It's a team game. Those guys didn't take a lot of shots. We were attacking what we thought was there. We don't measure value based on the number of points a guy gets.

We had the utmost respect for them coming in. We talked about the fact that we had to come ready and play excellent basketball tonight. I don't think for even one-half a second our guys took UNCG lightly, not even for one-half second.

Those three guys have a wealth of experience and have played together a long time. As good as they are individually, they feed off each other very well.

I can't compare games. I thought our team played great basketball. Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Our guys competed really hard and played really well. I want them to feel good about themselves.