Dean Keener Quotations

My hat?s off to them. They were very, very good. We had something to do with it, but credit them, they played like a tournament team tonight.

Maybe the stars are aligned. You need a little bit of luck along the way. Nobody?s deserving of anything, but I certainly think we?re due some luck our way, whether it?s in terms of staying healthy, staying out of trouble, or of making shots like that.

I don?t have any answers as to why they jumped on us in the second half like that. For whatever reason, we gave up a couple of offensive rebounds. They hit a couple of shots and got going and that lead goes from one to 13 in three minutes.

I don't think who I started had an effect on the game.

He hit three 3?s from the Marriott. That?s what great players do. They make plays.

He made three or four or five 15-, 16-footers. I was uncertain if he could make that consistently. ... He's one of the premier post players in the ACC.

He's as good a coach as they could have selected. Selfishly, I'm glad to see him leave the league.

I will be surprised if he?s not the next great one out of this league. He?s about 30 to 40 games and 20 pounds away from being a big-time professional prospect.

That was the game. . The game was really decided from about the 5:50 mark until the end of the first half. That was the defining moment.

When you're down, it's a difficult thing to change that culture. I don't think you can blame any particular person or thing.

Those certainly were two really good games. And some things have changed for them, but they still have a really talented team.

We were ecstatic when he signed (his letter of intent).

For anybody in the CAA, that would be brutal. That beat us up and put us in a tailspin.

Daniel's going to be successful in whatever he does, because he works hard and he's very mature in how he acts and does things. I'm obviously a huge Daniel Freeman fan.

It's nice to have the kids smiling after a game and feeling good about themselves. They've been resilient.

He's really been a bright spot. He's one of the young guys that we will be a big part of our rebuilding process.

You wonder when the karma is going to turn in your favor.