Mike Brey, JJ Starling, Cormac Ryan converse after win over Louisville

“Yeah, it felt good. It felt actual good to not solely get a win, however get a win taking part in good basketball with 16 assists, three turnovers. That’s Notre Dame proper there, and we bought a win in our vogue.”

“Yeah, I bought some methods up my sleeve. Look, with the intention to get an help, guys gotta make photographs, and we bought gifted guys who had been pulling down photographs tonight, and I’m pleased to do my half.”

“Actually, I used to be simply having enjoyable. And like (Cormac) mentioned, tonight simply occurred to be our night time. We would have liked it. Pictures had been falling. I don’t assume I did something the primary couple of minutes, however I used to be seeing the ball go in. My teammates had been making photographs, and I simply bought my vitality up, and I simply began hitting as properly.”

“Actually, I used to be simply glad to have the ability to dig in defensively and finish the primary half proper with a dunk. It simply occurred to be a dunk – a steal and a dunk. So it simply felt nice to have the ability to do this.”

“I imply, it feels good. I wouldn’t say we had been shocked. I feel we by no means misplaced religion on this group. Everyone knows what we’re able to. Louisville’s workforce. They play a whole lot of groups robust, and so having the ability to exit and execute, it’s feeling, however we regarded on the scoreboard, and it wasn’t like, ‘We’re pleased to be right here’. It’s like, ‘That is the place we must be, and that is what we all know we are able to do’.”

“Actually, I’ve been within the fitness center engaged on my shot ’trigger I do know I’m able to that. (I’m) simply battling somewhat shoulder harm, getting that proper, however yeah, simply ensuring my shoulder’s free, and I’m good to go. The managers do job serving to me get photographs up and simply staying free, having enjoyable.”

“Actually, we did one thing completely different as an alternative of the identical factor. We simply put some cream on it, massaged it, that’s all. Simply preserve it free, preserve it free, and it simply occurred to work, I assume. I feel we gotta keep it up.”

“Actually, I simply need to do my job to get wins. Whether or not I want to attain, like I did tonight, or I get 5 factors, I simply need to do my job, do my half, and that comes defensively first. So if I occur to get steals and rating or one thing like that, then so be it, however I simply need to do my half.”

“We definitely wanted (the win). I imply, you’ve got 11 assists and no turnovers (within the first half), you could possibly go five-on zero for 10 minutes in follow, and any person would throw it away. In order that was actually environment friendly, and I assumed we had been fairly good defensively, superb defensively within the first half. We performed somewhat little bit of this matchup zone, and that’s sort of helped us. Nothing like placing it on the blackboard at halftime of the NC State sport. That’s sort of how we labored into it. It helps us somewhat bit defend the paint, additionally makes a quiet workforce discuss extra. … They’re not probably the most verbal vocal guys. Cormac definitely is, nevertheless it makes them discuss extra, and we’d like that. However we’ll take it, man.”

“I’d hope he’ll be able to go subsequent Saturday (towards Wake Forest). That’s been actually irritating. Simply when the child will get some momentum, and I assumed he performed rather well in Raleigh the opposite night time, he tweaked it yesterday. When you concentrate on him, it’s been the retina, the attention. It’s been the damaged nostril. He’s simply not been capable of get going. However I assumed Dom gave us great things, and we’re gonna put money into him, and perhaps, we’ve got to put money into him extra if Ven’s not again.”

“Why can’t he be within the means of simply getting higher as a younger participant? … He’s actually sharp, he’s pure, he needs to be coached. I assumed to myself a couple of month in the past, ‘There’s a course of right here with him.’ And I feel perhaps a light-weight bulb’s gone on somewhat bit for him on a whole lot of ends, and he’s simply sort of taking part in. He’s bought good older teammates which have been good to him and helped him.”

“Most likely understanding the right way to be targeted every day in follow and all through a sport. And I discover myself with a whole lot of our younger gamers by the years studying the right way to be a person in your preparation. And I feel he’s, within the final couple of weeks, discovered the right way to focus extra, the right way to do pre-practice stuff higher with coach (Antoni) Wyche, and that’s all a part of rising up.”

“I feel for him, confidence and getting assured. And I feel in some unspecified time in the future, he in all probability mentioned we’ve tried to maintain him free. I feel he made a remark about being free. However we would like him attacking and going for it. And truly, I assumed towards NC State, he was attacking and going for it, and he’s on the backboard. I do know he’s extra bodily when the rebounds are up. I feel he had seven at State, he had six at present, I imagine. … You see what he can do bodily, and I feel he’s studying. He’s studying that that’s a tremendous weapon and benefit that he has. He doesn’t know that day by day, however he’s (a) actually, actually gifted younger man bodily.”

“I used to be doing a double take a few instances, fairly frankly. We haven’t had that sort of margin shortly. However we had been good with the ball. (Louisville) didn’t strain the ball as a lot within the half-court, so we had been capable of transfer it somewhat bit freer. And after we can do this, we’re actually good with it. Now, after they did come out and get out and lure us, I assumed we had been actually good towards the traps and the press. We simply couldn’t convert after we broke the press. We missed some 3s, and we missed a pair layups. However we bought by that preliminary thrust of a lure, and we had been receivers, and we had been good with it. I used to be doing the mathematics a pair instances when it was 30.”

“1-0, brother, in a swimsuit. (reporters snicker) And I’ll let you know one factor (about) that swimsuit: I’m dry-cleaning this sucker, and it’s popping out (subsequent) Saturday. (reporters snicker) I’m using the swimsuit. I’m using the swimsuit. Ought to I am going mock? No, nope, nope, nope, I’m simply kidding. I wouldn’t do this to you. However we’re gonna trip this swimsuit for some time.

Definitely, the Coaches vs. Most cancers factor was nice, and you understand how a lot we’ve been concerned right here with ours. And truly, we need to preserve that stepping into August and hand that off to the following coach. That might be my purpose with our charity. That might be a hell of a factor in early August to introduce him to those individuals in the neighborhood that’s been so useful, and I’ll go to the bar. So I’d wish to preserve this going, hopefully, (with) our subsequent coach. It’s factor. It’s helped Harper (Most cancers Analysis Institute) with grants and issues like that, so we don’t need to lose the momentum of this. However we’re gonna preserve that swimsuit going.”

“You already know, I discovered myself saying, ’trigger I’m watching the ticker final night time in the course of the NBA sport, they usually’ve bought streaks now like Denver misplaced 5 in a row, (one other workforce) gained 11. Within the NBA, it’s loopy swings: Misplaced seven in a row, gained seven in a row. And I mentioned, ‘Fellas, you guys all comply with the NBA. I do know our season’s not as lengthy, however these swings are loopy, and also you by no means know after they’re gonna occur, and let’s see if we are able to get into a kind of swings again up after at present.’ It was simply wonderful to take a look at the completely different (streaks): ‘(Misplaced 10 in a row, gained 10 in a row’. We’ll hopefully attempt to use that as momentum, however we play a very good workforce subsequent Saturday right here.

And I’m so flustered, I had us going to Winston-Salem subsequent week once I talked with the blokes. I’m so targeted, I had us occurring the street, so I will likely be right here.”

“Relaxation and deal with your books. Relaxation and deal with your teachers. Relaxation for 2 days, then we’ll get again into stuff Tuesday. And you recognize what? You at all times follow higher after a win, man. You bought somewhat spring in your step. I’ll give this group credit score although. They (have) are available and labored although they’ve been punched. I give them a whole lot of credit score about coming in, focusing. And I feel our seniors have stored that follow behavior going. As a coach, that may be a problem at instances, so I feel we’ll be able to roll on Wednesday.”