Not only are we defending the crown for ourselves, we're going to try to play at home for our fans because they've been so, so supportive and they've traveled everywhere we've gone.
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Some of the greatest teams that I've had the privilege of coaching have come into this building and really gotten drilled. For our little militia to come in here and fight and scrap and claw and do what they needed to do to stay into the game, I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am.
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Every single team that we played, bar one or two, had some exceptional talent on their team.
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North Carolina, on the bus ride home, will feel like they were in a war. I hope they do.
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We forced them to play 'man.' We don't see it very often.
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Across the board, Tennessee's size is significant. Now, if their bench continues to get more and more effective and help consistently, I can't imagine what it would be like down the road.
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Duke now has speed and is as gifted athletically as they've ever been. They have a tremendous amount of depth.
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Every place we walk into is like this. We're going to get their best shot and you know that going in, so what are you going to do about it?
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The opportunity to lock up that No. 1 seed is coveted by so many teams in the conference. For us to do that this year under some of the circumstances and some of the obstacles we've dealt with is pretty amazing stuff.
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I think there are a number of things. We've really committed to the war on the boards, we've attacked the glass at both ends feverishly at times. We've gotten better defending the basketball. We weren't very good doing that when we started conference play, but we're getting better.
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