Boston College Athletics
Postgame Quotes
January 24, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 24, 2002
Boston College Head Coach Al Skinner
General comments
"Duke is a real fine team defensively and did some things that made it real uncomfortable for us. We had to find a way to run our offense and score and once we found a way and figured it out, we were able to run our stuff. It took us a long time to adjust and that's a credit to Duke. They took us out of some of the stuff we like to run, but once we got comfortable with that we were able to execute our offense and get some shots and some looks."
"We've got to raise our level of play and guys have to be a little tougher and put it out there. The good thing is that we did bounce back, and I am not saying that we had a chance to win the game but we did have a chance to get it under single digits. It just would not go down. It was just that kind of night."
Regarding what Boston College achieved tonight
"The most important things are that Troy (Bell) got back on track, we did some good things offensively and we got some looks we were looking for."
Duke University Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski
"We're really pleased with the performance of our team. We beat an outstanding team tonight. The start that we had each half was, I think, the key factor. We were so efficient on both ends of the court the first twelve minutes of the game and I though we had great help of the bench from Horvath."
"I thought that Boozer inside was huge, and that was an advantage that we had. Our defense was good, we forced a lot of turnovers and in the last ten minutes of the game it got kind of chaotic, but overall I thought our guys did a really nice job. Again, they are a very good basketball team and we feel really good about the win."
"I was very impressed with our team during that time period (opening six minutes), because I knew how much Boston College would be ready for their fans. They had great support tonight."
