{"id":6867,"date":"2014-03-13T23:02:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2014-03-13T23:09:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:09:17","slug":"coach-gottfrieds-comments-after-state-defeats-miami-in-acc-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6867","title":{"rendered":"Coach Gottfried’s comments after State defeats Miami in ACC tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Gottfried.<\/figcaption><\/figure>COACH GOTTFRIED<\/strong>: All right, first of all, let me say I\u2019m really really proud of my team. These young guys, most of our guys have never been involved in the ACC tournament. They came over here and played with great courage. It was a gutsy tough win.
\nMiami I thought in the second half offensively played really good. We had some trouble stopping them, but we stepped up and made some big plays late. TJ, as he always does, put us right on his back. Ralston stepped up and made a couple of huge shots for us. Key defensive rebounds late in the game I thought. We\u2019re excited for these young guys to do what they\u2019ve done this year. I\u2019m really proud of them.<\/p>\n

Q. Coach, the role of freshman, Ralston, he did a tremendous job tonight. How could he handle that pressure as just a freshman scoring so many points?<\/em>
\nCOACH GOTTFRIED:<\/strong> Ralston is a junior. Ralston has set out transfer. All of our guys, our point guards, Tyler and Cat combined, freshman and a sophomore, they get 11 assists with no turnovers between the two of them. Cat had seven, Tyler had four, but they didn\u2019t turn the ball over. Young players. We forget sometimes TJ is just a sophomore. He\u2019s just a young player too. Step in this environment, in a tournament setting, Lennard played big for us. Kyle made a couple of nice ones, all of those guys. So great to see the young guys step up.<\/p>\n

Q. TJ, how much pressure does it take off of you especially when they\u2019re playing box and one a lot for Ralston or somebody else to provide what they did tonight offensively?<\/em>
\nCOACH GOTTFRIED:<\/strong> Ralston stepped up and made a lot of big shots. My teammates, they do a great job finding me. I just keep working and keep moving with the basketball.<\/p>\n

Q. Coach and TJ, can you talk about a second chance now with Syracuse for tomorrow and obviously that was such a close game up there, I know you\u2019re probably looking forward to a rematch?<\/em>
\nCOACH GOTTFRIED:<\/strong> First of all, I think they\u2019re really a great team. They spent more weeks I think at number one than anybody else in the country. We played well up there. But we let one get away. We were in a position to win and we didn\u2019t close it out. I think with Jerami Grant back now, he missed some time, I think they\u2019re playing with great confidence and they\u2019re really good. And the only time they really haven\u2019t been good is when he was out. So it\u2019s a great opportunity for our players to play against a great team. So I think our guys are going to be excited about it.
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\nQ. Coach, could you speak about your team\u2019s defensive effort tonight, mainly with the disparity in turnovers that you created and also the number of points you created from those?<\/em>
\nCOACH GOTTFRIED: <\/strong>Well, I thought defensively we were good at times. There was a stretch in the second half we had a hard time stopping them. The good news was we were scoring. That was okay. We were trading baskets, but we had a difficult time. But I thought late in the game, in the last three minutes, our defense was better. Probably the best it had been all night. Maybe the first couple minutes of the game. Miami is a tough team to defend. They take the ball to the basket really well off the dribble. They get you spread out sometimes. And they\u2019re hard to guard. But I thought late in the game our guys stepped up defensively and really did a nice job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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