Coach K Quotes: Duke 64, North Carolina 54

"I thought another huge play was 54-48 Henson hitting two free throws making it 54-50. We cam down, ran a set to get John open, he hit Brian (Zoubek) and he gave Kyle (Singler) and unbelievable pass for a layup. Those two possessions were huge for us. John (Scheyer) made some huge plays for us; we shot 50% from three and about 20% from two. A lot of that has to do with the fact that when you have it close its tough to score against them. I thought they played really hard and well and it was a heck of a game. So we're proud to win and thankful we came out on top"

"We hit some shots, the team that was going to hit some shots was going to get some separation or it was going to come down to one possession and someone's going to hit a free throw instead. John (Scheyer) was huge throughout with 24. I thought he played a sensational basketball game."

On not shooting well:

"We tried to tell them to not worry about not hitting. You can get flustered when you don't hit. I said we're playing really well otherwise we'd be losing. We kept reassuring them at time outs that we were going to start hitting some shots. Just hang in there and take every shot fresh and they did. You can say whatever you want but its up to them and they did"

"We didn't give them good looks, we were able to get some defensive stops, they didn't score, controlled clock and made enough free throws down the stretch to get a 4 possession lead in the last two minutes which was utopia in this game"

On Lance Thomas' injury:

It's not a minor injury; it's a serious injury. I don't think it's his ACL but it's his knee. We will know more in the next 24 hours."

Coach K Quotes: Duke 64, North Carolina 54

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