Frank Haith Good Quotations

The point guards were so good in this league last year. It was incredible.

We're getting better. There's no question about that. They're starting to feel good about what they're doing.

We're not good enough to win many games when those guys shoot poorly.

We did do a good job of breaking them down. They're so aggressive on the ball we felt like that was something we could do.

Obviously, it's a great win for us. I just think we're playing with good poise, good patience.

For us to be good and take the next step in our program those guys have got to be better, and we've got to have production out of those guys.

I thought we did a good job changing defenses and playing well inside as well as on the perimeter.

I think they did a good job defensively, but we just didn't shoot that well. Some of the shots were contested, but we missed a lot of wide-open shots.

Our kids have just had some poise and played with some savvy. If you've got good guards, you've got a chance, and our guard play has been really good and of late it's been excellent. ... The biggest thing is we're just starting to play with a lot of savvy.

We had won six games in this league in large part because we played really good defense. We didn't have the same type of presence or assertiveness on Sunday.

We kept stressing to our kids to understand where we're at. We didn't win some of those (previous) games on the road, but we knew we could play better. We were not at full strength. We knew there were still a lot of games to be played. But we needed a good win to give them that confidence.

We had a rough start. ... but we played a really good schedule. Going into North Carolina, we had been on the road a lot. That helped.

We weren't good from deep, but we found a way to win and that's key. You're going to have nights when you don't shoot as well.

We are going to have a good basketball team. We are going to be fine.

We wanted Anthony's involvement and post presence. We called his number, and he made some plays. It's good to see. As we progress this season, we need that out of him.

There's no question that affected us. I think we had some really good looks. We had some clean looks; we just weren't able to knock them down.

That's Guillermo's guy. He's got confidence in him. Denis has been a streaky shooter this year, but one thing about him is that he's got a lot of toughness. He believes he can make plays, which can be good and bad. In that particular play, I knew he was going to shoot it. That's just the way Denis plays, he was going to take the shot.

They got some really good looks in terms of us being able to move the ball and make good decisions. Those guys made big plays.

They're an outstanding team and J.J. is terrific. We executed our game plan. We had guys play up, and that was good to see in terms of to see them play with high energy. The difference in the game? We make one three, they make 13 threes. We make 10 free throws, they make 29.... When you look at those two numbers, it's hard to win.

They came out on fire. We played real good defense in the second part of the first half.

In the first half we played well defensively and that was the key. I thought, in the second half, we lost focus a little defensively. In the second half, they got some uncontested shots. They're good players and they're going to make uncontested shots if you give them to them.

I don't want to put any more pressure on those guys. We put so much heat on those guys already. ... They are good and a big reason we win, but other guys are doing other things that help us win.