Bobby Frasor Quotations

We're in control of where we're going to be. I know we're not right in the position we want to be to win the league or anything like that, but if we win out and just take care of business, I think we'll be successful.

We're just a composed, poised team on the road. Nothing really gets to us.

In reality, all those guys are gone, so you can't say it's revenge. It's a completely new team.

Now we're all coming together. We know where each other is going to be.

Personally, I think I did horribly on him in the first half. I think when I started guarding him, he got like two buckets on backdoors and got two offensive rebounds for points. I was really frustrated with that. In the second half, we just played tougher, played harder and played smarter, and we really gave it to him.

I would have never expected he had that many. But he gets his points in bunches.

I got lucky; I got lucky a couple of times tonight. It was just a bad pass. I threw it too far, but thank God it went in. I agree with Coach: everyone needs luck sometimes to get wins.

I don't think anyone was worried about (Thomas) when he went into the game. Everyone was confident.

He was throwing stuff. He was pretty angry at halftime. I've never seen him like that before. And hopefully I won't see him like that again.

He looked like he was going to hang 90 on us or something.

Whatever he does, whether it's playing basketball or lifting weights, he is going to be physical and tough.

He's a goofy kid. Everyone sees the big, hard, tough guy, silent, really. He's just a big goofball.

He's been unreal coming off the bench. We don't miss a beat.

He kind of does it all for them. I think David (Noel) matches up well with him. A lot of guys in their league are probably bigger '4' men that can't guard him, but Dave is an incredible athlete.

Guys were open, so they knocked them down. They're going to knock them down when they're open.

Just watching him out there tonight was something special.

Late in the game I was joking around with Dave saying he was scared late in the game since the freshmen scored the last 29 points.

I was just laughing. I just ran down the court laughing, like thank God that went in. That was big for us.

I think every guy contributed in some way. It shows our toughness, our will to play no matter what happens early on.

Some guys were frustrated, and some guys were down. But definitely the locker room at halftime was more lively. Usually we just sit in there and wait for Coach Williams, but everybody was talking and being positive with each other.

Marcus made some big-time plays driving to the basket, and I think that's what he brings to our offense. He's a great driver. When he comes in and brings that to the game, I think we're really hard to guard.

The 21 offensive rebounds, that was crazy. We can't rely on David and Tyler to get all the rebounds. Some of the guards have to get in there. But 21 offensive rebounds, I mean, that's almost handing them the game.

That was fun. That place was going crazy. We were on the bad end of it at that point, but still ...

That zone sagged off us late in the game. We were looking for Tyler, but they had a guy sitting in his lap and a guy behind him. So it was tough to get him the ball.

That was a huge shot with the clock running down. He really brought us together, and we settled down late in the game.

I was really concerned. He's so good on the perimeter, and I played him as a driver, remain in front on him.

We're definitely a better team, everybody can see that by the way we're playing.

We had expectations of making it farther than people thought we ever could have made it. We even said we could win the whole thing -- that's how good we were playing. It just wasn't in the cards.

We pressured them, and they weren't comfortable in their offense. That forced a lot of missed shots and got some easy baskets for us.

We don't look at the standings and say that we want to finish here or there. If we take care of what we want to do, the standings, rankings and all that will take care of itself.

We clicked from day one, and I think it's carried over into the season. We're always unselfish ? we make the extra pass and try to win.

Every game we've progressed and we're starting to get things clicking, starting to turn the corner.

Ever since that game, I've tried to play tough defense in practice. Defense wins games.

I've never seen him like that. He said he doesn't like doing that, but he got the message across that we really needed to pick it up. He was really frustrated. You could tell how angry he was, but it really got us going.

I've never changed it, never really messed with it.

Scared is a strong word. I don't think I was that scared. We had jitters, and that was easy to see.

People say that. But I think we go in there, we know that it's supposed to be a hostile environment. We just say, 'Hey, let's go in there and do it. No one really expects us to do it, so let's prove people wrong.' We've done that throughout the year.

Now I come down here and I see how much people care and how much our fans are into the ACC Tournament. I can't wait to get there. I just thought it's a tournament before the NCAA. It's a big-time deal.

Now I foul out of the game and it looks like I'm a hack. It's frustrating. Hopefully I can just come out tomorrow and play a great game.

Defense was the key. We were lazy before the game, but at halftime, we didn't look back, we looked ahead.

Coach Williams told us from day one that we can do what no one expects us to do, that we can be the darlings of America.

Coach Williams from Day 1 was always preaching how good we could be. We could surprise everyone in America, all the analysts; we could be the darlings of America.

The whole arena-type thing, our home court is a big setting, so that really didn't shock us or anything. It's just getting used to the ball. New ball, new place, new exposure.

A lot of teams against State worry so much about their backdoor cuts that they sag off. That's when State kills them with the 3. But Coach Williams sticks with his principles -- pressuring the ball, denying the passing lanes -- and that forces them to get out of their offense and get out of their comfort zone.

It's a great atmosphere, and I'm glad we stole a win from them.

It's going to be intense. We were talking about banners the other day, me and Mike (Copeland, the fifth freshman) and Coach Holladay said, 'If you win your next three games, you get a ring.' That really does kind of put an emphasis on how big these next three games will be.

It's poetic almost. He starts of the year with that, and this game he starts it off by banking in a 3. You kind of knew it was going to be his night.

It's something you don't like feeling, like it's in the pit of your stomach after a loss like this. You just run things through your mind of what you could have done to help you win the game.

They were three of the quickest guards I've seen.

That's definitely going to be one of our keys to the game, to take care of the ball.

I'm expecting some crazy, creative fans. Everyone is saying that they're going to know my life story from when I walk in there. I'm looking forward to seeing what they're going to throw at us and have a good time with it.

I just don't think our intensity was there. We were there, we knew what they were going to do, we were ready to play but I just don't think our heart was in it.

Hopefully, we're going to bounce back. We're going to get after it, and we're going to come back hard.

He's really annoying defensively. He's a little bug, a little jitterbug. He's got those quick feet, moving around. He gets into you, and he's strong. When he's defending you, you've got to be on top of your game or else he'll rip it or get a stop.

I can't wait to get out there. Every game could be an instant classic.

I can't wait. People have been asking me in class, and teachers have been talking to me: 'Are you nervous?' I'm excited. I can't wait. I think Saturday is going to be the longest day of my life.

I don't see it. I mean, from all of our conversations and everything we talk about, I never even mention it. When someone brings it up when we're walking down the street, it's an awkward situation when they bring it up like that, but I don't see that happening.

He can have a guy hanging all over his arm but still have the touch to finish. It's something I've never seen a post player have.