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North Carolina players Seth Trimble and Henri Veesaar opened up the postgame press conference after its historic upset loss to VCU on Thursday night.
Here's what they said below.
HENRI VEESAAR: I did not feel like it. I feel like, especially at this time of year, the adrenaline is at level 1,000. So you don't really feel or think about that. You're just trying to make a play, just trying to help the team win. I think that's what you're really thinking about.I feel like in March it doesn't really matter if you play 40 minutes or 25 minutes, you feel the same way because just the level of energy and adrenaline and the effort you have. It makes no difference.SETH TRIMBLE: Going off what he said, you get tired during the game, simple as that. You get tired, but we've been in that position many, many times this year. So it wasn't anything at first.
HENRI VEESAAR: They did a really good job at the end of the game. I think I heard a stat they made 15 of the last 19 shots or something like that. Obviously they did a really good job. They stretched us out. They were five out.We didn't have anybody in the paint because they were able to knock down 3s, and they were able to drive us and get the rim and be physical in the drives and we weren't as physical as them. So they were able to bump us and get shots that they should not get.
SETH TRIMBLE: Overtime, we were getting great looks, shots just weren't falling. I think overtime was as simple as that. I think in the second half we just slowed down too much, got a little tense, and we weren't playing as loose as we were playing the whole game. That makes a difference.
HENRI VEESAAR: I feel like they did a good job of packing the paint, and we're just kicking out. Obviously we were 8-for-29 for threes. We weren't able to hit those shots, and they did a good job of pushing us out. I feel like we kind of were getting a little bit slower rather than in the first half. We were a little more fluid. I think that's something we can control.
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Here's what they said below.
For both of you guys, did you guys sense that maybe you were wearing down about the last eight minutes of the game?
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HENRI VEESAAR: I did not feel like it. I feel like, especially at this time of year, the adrenaline is at level 1,000. So you don't really feel or think about that. You're just trying to make a play, just trying to help the team win. I think that's what you're really thinking about.I feel like in March it doesn't really matter if you play 40 minutes or 25 minutes, you feel the same way because just the level of energy and adrenaline and the effort you have. It makes no difference.SETH TRIMBLE: Going off what he said, you get tired during the game, simple as that. You get tired, but we've been in that position many, many times this year. So it wasn't anything at first.
Is there a singular thing or two things that maybe just flipped it for you guys? It looked like they had more bounce than you did during that stretch.
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HENRI VEESAAR: They did a really good job at the end of the game. I think I heard a stat they made 15 of the last 19 shots or something like that. Obviously they did a really good job. They stretched us out. They were five out.We didn't have anybody in the paint because they were able to knock down 3s, and they were able to drive us and get the rim and be physical in the drives and we weren't as physical as them. So they were able to bump us and get shots that they should not get.
For both guys, what do you think went wrong with your own offense over the past couple of minutes in regulation and overtime?
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SETH TRIMBLE: Overtime, we were getting great looks, shots just weren't falling. I think overtime was as simple as that. I think in the second half we just slowed down too much, got a little tense, and we weren't playing as loose as we were playing the whole game. That makes a difference.
HENRI VEESAAR: I feel like they did a good job of packing the paint, and we're just kicking out. Obviously we were 8-for-29 for threes. We weren't able to hit those shots, and they did a good job of pushing us out. I feel like we kind of were getting a little bit slower rather than in the first half. We were a little more fluid. I think that's something we can control.
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