Dino Gaudino
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Wake Forest Head Coach Jeff [Redacted]
Overall thoughts:
"It was a competitive game by both sides, give credit to Clemson for pulling it out. I thought a significant part of the game, from our standpoint, was when we were up 32-30 and they missed a shot, the ball was on the floor we ran out like we got it, but they got it. Then the next possession for Clemson, (K.J.) McDaniels had a run-in offensive rebound. I thought those two things were significant, turning the tide a little bit."
On second half defense:
"Our defense started to spread a little bit and they began to drive to the rim two or three times. We just got out of positioning off the ball. We also had some really good looks offensively, got the ball close to the rim and they had several blocks, but you have to continue to score. If we had converted better around the rim, then they are not free-flowing on a break."
On Clemson shot-blocking:
"That really makes their defense. Their ability to protect the rim, especially with (Landry) Nnoko and McDaniels. That's something that was a focus of ours coming in, to make sure that when we got it close to the rim, not getting your shot blocked because they are both jumping for the ball, and that leaves the glass open for some offensive rebounds; we had 14 of them. When the shot is blocked, you don't have the opportunity. Number two, when you drive to the rim and have more than one guy on you, you have to find open teammates. We had some open looks; it would have helped if a couple more threes went down."
On not going to the zone:
"For three fourths of the game we defended pretty well, too. They are such a good offensive rebounding team that it just kept bodies on bodies. I didn't like the way the zone looked that one possession. I just felt more comfortable with man-to-man tonight."
Overall thoughts:
"It was a competitive game by both sides, give credit to Clemson for pulling it out. I thought a significant part of the game, from our standpoint, was when we were up 32-30 and they missed a shot, the ball was on the floor we ran out like we got it, but they got it. Then the next possession for Clemson, (K.J.) McDaniels had a run-in offensive rebound. I thought those two things were significant, turning the tide a little bit."
On second half defense:
"Our defense started to spread a little bit and they began to drive to the rim two or three times. We just got out of positioning off the ball. We also had some really good looks offensively, got the ball close to the rim and they had several blocks, but you have to continue to score. If we had converted better around the rim, then they are not free-flowing on a break."
On Clemson shot-blocking:
"That really makes their defense. Their ability to protect the rim, especially with (Landry) Nnoko and McDaniels. That's something that was a focus of ours coming in, to make sure that when we got it close to the rim, not getting your shot blocked because they are both jumping for the ball, and that leaves the glass open for some offensive rebounds; we had 14 of them. When the shot is blocked, you don't have the opportunity. Number two, when you drive to the rim and have more than one guy on you, you have to find open teammates. We had some open looks; it would have helped if a couple more threes went down."
On not going to the zone:
"For three fourths of the game we defended pretty well, too. They are such a good offensive rebounding team that it just kept bodies on bodies. I didn't like the way the zone looked that one possession. I just felt more comfortable with man-to-man tonight."