10/22/2005 - Duke Sports Information

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski

“It was really good for us to get out.  It’s really like our eighth practice.  I thought that all the kids were excited to play, and it’s good to see, especially the freshmen in front of a crowd.  It seemed like all of them, all five of them, were pretty excited, and they all did some good things.  There wasn’t any nervousness or anything like that.  I was pleased.”

“We didn’t try to overcoach them.  We just kind of let them play today, so it’s not like even for J.J. [Redick] we were calling a lot of stuff.  He still got 27 points on 10 shots – that’s pretty efficient – and seven assists and only one turnover.  He’s really playing at a high level.

“I think Shelden [Wiliams] is still rounding into shape, with the stress fracture.  Although he did well, he’ll play a lot better.  Part of it is getting into good shape.  I thought DeMarcus was really solid.  His role, you can see the improvement in him.  He’s a different player.”

“The team in white [in the first half] would’ve been the team that I would’ve started if we’d played a game today.  What you’ll see when we have all the kids together is more subbing to keep us fresh.  Lee [Melchionni], you can basically count him as a starter, and Greg [Paulus] will be there.  I like the fact that Marty [Pocius] and Eric [Boateng] and Jamal [Boykin], they can give you minutes.  We should have a fresh team on the court at all times.”