The first period went as we expected, we were a little bit tentative. They were assertive and aggressive - it was not what we expected from the scouting report. I don't want to compare this to 2002, because everything is different, but this was a good game for us.

[It's a little bit like using a pinch-hitter or DH, but only superficially. The shooter isn't a specialty team of one.] A .300 hitter is considered tremendously successful, ... There's a lot more failure than there is success. In the shootout, at some point, there has to be a winner.

The first goal, that was very dissatisfying from the standpoint of a group that's talented enough not to give up that kind of goal. That's also an area we have to be better. You can't draw that up on a chalk board. We have to compete better.

the difference between classy and trashy correlates to assertive and aggressive

We played uninspired tonight. We were a bit tentative early because of they were so physical.

It was very apparent Duke wanted this game and they went after it in a much more aggressive way.