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Post-Game Quotes
February 25, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 25, 2003
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Matt Doherty Post-Game Quotes
"I'm proud of our guys - I really am. After the game we had on Saturday - for them to invest the energy and emotion to come into a game like this and play as hard as they did - I was proud of them."
"I'm disappointed we came up short. A lot of guys are really hurting right now and they should be hurting, but I'm proud of them. Turnovers (and) foul shots, I think, tell the story. State made them all and we missed a bunch. It was a good college basketball game and N.C. State played very well and made big shots."
On Raymond Felton ...
"No one wants to win more than Raymond. I think he wanted to win so much that he was trying to hit homeruns every time he had the ball instead of trying to hit singles - we talked about that at halftime. He settled down and then he cramped up late and David Noel cramped up late."
On going into overtime ...
"I think they were a little disappointed. I sensed that they were a little down to start the overtime ... so I was concerned about that."
UNC Player Quotes
Jawad Williams:
On looking toward the future...
"We have a big game ahead of us, a great opportunity."
On the loss...
"They made big plays. That's about it. We didn't hit our free throws. Regardless of the free throw situation, we were still in the game. We've got to toughen up on our free throws. If we had hit them early and later in the game, we would have won."
Rashad McCants:
On what they look to for a positive mindset...
"I don't know. Just keep fighting, keep going. It's a tough year, but it's not over. We'll keep going to the last game. We'll just go practice Thursday and prepare for the big game."
On Sean May's return giving them hope...
"Definitely. I wish he played tonight. I don't know, it's hard to even think about that because the whole year we needed him. We just can't imagine how well we'd be doing with him."
On the difference in effort from the Maryland game...
"That game was ours. In my mind we won that game, we just didn't hit free throws. That's about it. Our free throws were the only thing that really took the game away from us."
