March 6, 2010

Recap |  Box Score

Maryland Head Coach Gary Williams

On finishing the ACC season with 13 wins
"I am really proud of our team to get 13 wins this year in an even league (ACC). I am proud of what we did because the beginning of the year we had to put some things together and we had to work hard to get to where we could play and once we did, we were able to sustain it pretty well over the period of 16 games."

On Virginia's fight without Sylven Landesberg
"You have to give Virginia a lot of credit losing [Sylven] Landesberg like they did. When you are in the locker room and you find out 20 minutes before the game he isn't going to play - he is such a great player. First thought is Virginia is really going to miss him - you look at your players - Virginia has good players and good people in their program - they are going to rally and do everything they can to win that game - maybe for Landesberg or out of pride for their basketball team - and that is what we ran into. You have to give them credit because we got out to a pretty good lead and we couldn't push any further than that. Anytime you are on the road and a team hangs around like that - they have a chance because they will shoot the ball better - they are going to some things at the end of the game to win it."

On the recent Maryland six game stretch
"I think we were mentally tired - not physically tired. If you look at our last six games, it's a crazy six game stretch. You deal with it - we probably could have played Sunday so we could give them Thursday off - that kind of thing after the Duke game. It wasn't that way - so we had to show up today and play. I am very proud of our guys - it was a very difficult place for us to play. To Virginia's credit, they did everything they could to win the game."

On Greivis Vasquez' late game heroics
"No matter how he is playing going into the last five minutes - he is willing to put it out there. If he misses some of those shots, he looks pretty bad in those situations. He likes the attention - we all know that (laughing), but he is willing to take the heat when things don't go well. I think that is what you get with Greivis. You don't want people hiding at the end of the game that don't want the ball - he told me he was shooting the free throws on the technical. That is just the way he is."