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N.C. State coach Wes Moore after the Wolfpack's 66-65 loss at #UNC
Feb 16, 2025
N.C. State coach Wes Moore after the Wolfpack's 66-65 loss at #UNC
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that was a really emotional game and
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really hard spot you know how do you
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kind of evaluate the performance from
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start finish evaluate
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what the performance from start to
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finish well obviously we you know
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struggled there first half in particular
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and I've been saying I think this is
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Carolina's best defensive team they've
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had in quite a while and uh we really
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struggled in the second quarter
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obviously now we were in some foul
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trouble too and um but still you know it
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was uh they they did a heck of a job and
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so I'm proud of the way we came back
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came you know got back in the game uh
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what's heartbreaking disappointing we
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had a six-point lead twice and we gave
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up threes to narski and Kelly who you
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know can shoot it so uh it's very
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disappointing we didn't do a better job
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of taking away those looks uh obviously
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a six-point lead you want to make them
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score with twos instead of Threes And
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and then the free throws five of 133 uh
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we got you know those were some big free
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throws down the stretch so um so
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obviously we're in a tough stretch right
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here and this was a big game and and we
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didn't quite get it done what were you
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looking for out of the last play and
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kind of what was your what happened well
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we were looking for a z obviously to
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come off the pick on the ball there and
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uh we knew they switched to a zone so we
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uh you know tried to have a play that
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would work against Manor Zone whichever
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they came out in and you know the pick
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of the ball was effective um you know I
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don't know I think we you know we had
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siia on the opposite block but Isaiah
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slipped or whatever and and couldn't
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quite get it over to her and time ran
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out so yeah what did they do to
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neutralize aah in the first half and
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what adjustments do did you she got in
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foul trouble you know she did the same
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thing over here last year picked up her
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second foul near half court you know you
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just can't do that I mean she's got to
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just get back defend but she comes up
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half court and picks up her second foul
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and sits quite a bit but um you know
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again that happens So speaking of foul
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trouble you know do you feel like having
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having players with multiple fouls
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impacted the maybe defensive energy
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or n I'm not going to say that I mean we
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we we got to do better and like I said
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you got a six-point lead twice can put
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the game away with a couple of stops and
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instead we gave up threes to you know
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great Shooters you know what they do and
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so uh no I mean again we we've got to
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have more energy and urgency all the
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time uh and that's what I told the team
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I mean theyve got to look in the mirror
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and you know again like I said I thought
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Carolina really got after us on the
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defensive end and that's why we did
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struggle at times and obviously second
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quarter we really struggled and uh you
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know we've got we've got a good team we
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could be a great team if we commit to
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defending and uh play with a little more
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urgency on that end did utby going out
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so early and her not returning for the
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rest of the game did that change your
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mindset and how you attack uh I mean
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obviously we just adapt to which way
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they go they went with two bigs part of
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the time they went with four guards part
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of the time some times we tried to match
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up sometimes we tried to make them match
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up but um yeah I mean again obviously
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she's a great player so you know they
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missed her no doubt it makes a
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difference especially on the boards uh
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so you know we ended up having a pretty
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big rebound margin um and I'm sure you
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know her being out was part of
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that any more questions y'll have y'all
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finish with 55 total rebounds and 18 on
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the offensive end is that like a
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positive that you can you know build on
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going forward well the reason we had so
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many is because we missed a lot of shots
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so there's more to go get but yeah I
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mean it's good that we were active on
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the boards and uh because again I think
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Carolina's really good on the boards I
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think they're really good in
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transition and uh so it was important
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but uh yeah I
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mean hopefully we make more shots so we
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don't have to rely on that as much it
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was announced that he got called game
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day next weekend you what does that just
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mean for your program what's that you
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guys have college game day oh
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really yeah yeah I mean uh what we got
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to do I told our team is you know we
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need to like I said try to look at this
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see what we can learn from it but then
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we got to we got to focus on Georgia
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Tech and uh you know that's going to be
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a tough game last year we beat him at
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home in overtime two years ago I think
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we lost down there so we got to worry
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about Georgia Tech and then you know
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once that's over we maybe can switch our
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Focus to that but yeah it's cool I mean
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that's uh that's you know a great
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compliment to uh to our players and to
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the university is there almost a benefit
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to you know having to play a top 25 team
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again so quickly after this no come on
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man come on no you know uh like I said
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we were playing five out of six against
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ranked teams right now three of them on
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the road are you kidding me no it's not
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that's not what I want to sign up for or
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if I got a choice I'd rather have a few
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in uh January a few in February but hey
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it's what it is thanks y'all than thank
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you'all
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