University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Quotes
November 10, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2001
Kris Lang on the week between last week's exhibition loss and today's game...
"We were actually very active, very talkative in the locker room. We were upset that we got drubbed by 31 like that and we took it very personally. We came out and practiced everyday. We worked hard every day, we abused each other. And we remembered that when we came in to tonight's game."
Lang on whether the team wanted to prove something tonight...
"Very much so. More or less to ourselves, to give ourselves confidence, to give our young players more confidence because that's what they need as we get to the regular season against Hampton on the 16th."
Lang on the team in general...
"It's a very young team and I believe they are coming along very well. They are working very hard and that's all you can ask from them."
Lang on being a leader...
"It's something I am totally enjoying. It's something I'm used to. I love to have people looking up to me because I feel very confident in my game and I can help them out a lot."
Lang on the team being the underdog...
"I like [playing the underdog] very much. We can play the role of the underdog or even you can overlook us. If you do that, we're going to come up and bite you from behind."
Brian Morrison on tonight's game...
"I think we improved a lot on what we didn't do last week. We played pretty good defense, I thought, and shot the ball better."
Morrison on the effects of last week's loss...
"I think we came back to practice and worked real hard. I think it paid off in today's showing."
Morrison on what the team needs to work on...
"You can always work on defense, so I think defense is going to be a key."
Morrison on who is leading the team...
"I think that right now with Capel out, I think me and Kris and Will and some of those guys, we really need to lead and I think we are doing a pretty good job of it."
