Lee Melchionni
Lee Melchionni
Lee Melchionniis a former collegiate men's basketball player in the NCAA. He played with the Duke Blue Devils and wore number 13...
anybody becomes court home name nobody ownership takes
You put your name on something, it becomes yours, you have some ownership in it. When something is yours, you don't let anybody take it from you. That's our home court out there, and nobody takes anything from us on our home court.
played tournament
Greg played with no fear, and it was his first ACC Tournament game.
nails shots
For him to make those shots at the end, it's a little like daggers, nails in the coffin.
fueled offense trust
There's a trust factor. Our offense is fueled by our defense.
picked worried
He'll have off nights. Tonight, as a team, we picked him up. We're not worried about J.J.
player
J.J. is an All-American, the player of the year, and we know he's human, he's going to have off games. But we know he's going to come back and play well and he did that today.
close league rivalry tobacco
It's so close and it's been a long rivalry on Tobacco Road. We would like to play them more than once, but that's the way the league has it.
certainly wants
He has that will to win. He wants the ball. ... He will make those big shots. ... We certainly look to get him the ball.
beating capable confident
They're very capable of beating us, and we know that. They're a very cocky, very confident team.
capable target time
Every time we play, we know it's a big game. We know we have a target on our back, but we know what we're capable of, too.
defense fortunate hang hat stops
Our defense is what we hang out hat on. We were fortunate to get some stops and not let them get open.
brought mom
I actually made dessert. OK, actually my mom made dessert. She brought me cookies.
group helpful seniors successful
I think having this group of seniors is very helpful for them because we can show them and tell them what it's going to take to be successful because we've been in their exact-same position.
call freshman
I don't even call him a freshman anymore.