Tim Floyd Win Quotations

We're very guarded about who we are. We know we haven't beaten teams of notoriety and that we caught a brand-new Carolina team on the road so I'm a little hesitant to anoint this team at this point. But we're happy with our holdover players. We're growing and building and that's what we want to do.

Their athleticism was tremendous. We had no chance to rebound tonight. We forced 28 turnovers, but we weren't able to finish shots in transition. I think 76 points is enough to win a college basketball game, but we couldn't stop them.

We just don't want to prove them right. At the same time, I don't believe in the word 'overachieve.' I think people are either capable of winning and being 11-4 or they're not capable of it. Our players are capable of playing to this level and that's who we are right now, and we could very easily have been in worse shape without the fortune of a good bounce or two.

We're more proud of our effort tonight than we were in the win against Oregon State.

It would be tremendous for the league. Any league would like to have that type of win late.

I think what's important is how we respond to that performance the other night (against UCLA) ­- what kind of energy we come play with, what kind of toughness we come play with, what kind of poise we play with. Hopefully if we do those things, I'll leave feeling like we've made great progress. Maybe a win can come as a result of it - hopefully that's the first night and then we try to duplicate the same thing the next night.

It's a team we don't match up well with. Our inability to rebound has been a problem all year long. I knew Arizona State was going to win some more games this year. It's too bad we had to pay the price. You've got to credit their defense.