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Sweet 16: Michael O'Connell talks NC State's win against Marquette
Michael O'Connell scored 8 points in NC State's 67-58 win against Marquette in the Sweet 16.
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Michael O'Connell scored 8 points in NC State's 67-58 win against Marquette in the Sweet 16.
I just want to know what it's like to be this, this far and be with this team. How nice it is to make it this far. Yeah, I mean, it's unbelievable, like you said, it's the elite eight. I mean, people and teams would dream to be here right now and, you know, we're kind of living this out. So, I mean, it's an unbelievable experience to get this win with these guys in the band on and, you know, I'm just, I can't even like, tell you really how I'm feeling. It's just, it's unbelievable. So what about that game plan to come out to get out in the front, stay in front the entire time? It looked like you guys were really, uh really feeling it, especially once you had a couple of good. Yeah, I think just going out there and playing our game and trying to do like control, we can control at the end of the day. They're obviously a great team, you know, they, they made it here for a reason. They have a lot of great players. But for us, you know, the biggest thing is kind of control, we control and I think if we do that, we can, you know, have a good, good chance to win the game. Jumped out to a 16 point lead there. They made a little bit of a run. How nice to see you guys not flinch, just pose and just keep on getting up. Yeah, I give a lot of props to the guys on the team for sure. Um, just because, I mean, we, we've kind of faced that throughout the whole year at this point. You know, we've, we've had a lot of times where, you know, we played great teams and they, they get a run going and we've kind of just, you know, sat there, understand that it's part of the game. We're playing great teams and this is what's gonna happen. You know, we're not going to be in control the whole time, you know, it's not gonna be easy to win these games. So just kind of, you know, relying on each other kind of keeping our composure and just understand that this is part of it and we can, you know, we get through it. You didn't look very excited, walking off, you shook your hand, talked about free throws, tell me what was going through your mind and you already think about the next game. Yeah, the free throws kind, it's kinda throwing me off. I gotta, I gotta make those for sure. I mean, you know, I work on this all the time and you know, just to, just to miss those kind of kill kills a little bit. But at the end of the day, obviously we got the win, so I'm not too upset.