Coach Boeheim Quotes
Syracuse Men's Basketball
Syracuse at North Carolina
January 26, 2015
Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Opening Statement
“I thought we did a lot of good things. I thought we really moved the ball. I thought our defense was good for a majority of the game. We knew they would get on the boards and that would hurt us, but we battled them pretty good. I think [Nate] Britt probably was the difference maker in the game. He made four threes, and I thought that was the big difference in the game. I thought we played well. I thought North Carolina just had a great second half, and that was it.”
On Rakeem Christmas’s play
“He’s played great for us from the beginning of the year. From the first game, he’s been tremendous. We just don’t have enough size in there to help him, and it hurts. It’s not just the rebounding but defensively as well. We’re 6’7”, 6’5” up there, and it hurts us against big teams. We’ve hung in there on the boards for the most part this year, but they’re bigger and stronger and more physical than anybody we’ve played. Again, I thought we played very, very well, and we need to make a few more shots if we’re going to win a game like this. We didn’t, and Britt was the difference maker in the game.”
On defending Carolina’s play inside
“I thought we did a little better job the first half. We got our hands on some balls, got some turnovers when they were trying to get inside, I thought that was the difference maker in the first half. We got some deflections, some steals, they turned it over 13 times, and that’s where we scored 16 points in those situations. I thought they were better getting in there in the second half. I still think the difference was Britt and Paige making the threes. They were really the difference. We could have lived with the inside play if we had done a little better job on the three-point line. You can’t let people shoot over 50 percent from the three-point line. That was a big part of the game.”
Syracuse at North Carolina
January 26, 2015
Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Opening Statement
“I thought we did a lot of good things. I thought we really moved the ball. I thought our defense was good for a majority of the game. We knew they would get on the boards and that would hurt us, but we battled them pretty good. I think [Nate] Britt probably was the difference maker in the game. He made four threes, and I thought that was the big difference in the game. I thought we played well. I thought North Carolina just had a great second half, and that was it.”
On Rakeem Christmas’s play
“He’s played great for us from the beginning of the year. From the first game, he’s been tremendous. We just don’t have enough size in there to help him, and it hurts. It’s not just the rebounding but defensively as well. We’re 6’7”, 6’5” up there, and it hurts us against big teams. We’ve hung in there on the boards for the most part this year, but they’re bigger and stronger and more physical than anybody we’ve played. Again, I thought we played very, very well, and we need to make a few more shots if we’re going to win a game like this. We didn’t, and Britt was the difference maker in the game.”
On defending Carolina’s play inside
“I thought we did a little better job the first half. We got our hands on some balls, got some turnovers when they were trying to get inside, I thought that was the difference maker in the first half. We got some deflections, some steals, they turned it over 13 times, and that’s where we scored 16 points in those situations. I thought they were better getting in there in the second half. I still think the difference was Britt and Paige making the threes. They were really the difference. We could have lived with the inside play if we had done a little better job on the three-point line. You can’t let people shoot over 50 percent from the three-point line. That was a big part of the game.”
