North Carolina advanced to the Maui Invitational title game with a win over Stanford. Roy Williams discusses the win over the Cardinal.
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00:00I feel very lucky, I love that we just kept trying to make it ugly but
00:04at the same time kept competing, five guys in double figures.
00:09Caleb was two for 11 the first half, he was four for seven second half,
00:13two for three from three point line.
00:15I thought his baskets were big.
00:18I thought Leakey was sensational again on the defensive end of the floor.
00:21Made a big drive, they gave us a three or four point lead there at the end.
00:26Also got a big tip out on a free throw that RJ, I think it was,
00:30ended up making a three.
00:31So I thought Leakey was sensational, but the game was just decided one or
00:35two plays.
00:36Dayron Sharp, for example, was pressuring the ball out of bounds and
00:40got a deflection and we got the ball.
00:41He got a block one time as well, but feel very lucky.
00:45We're not very good on the offensive end, 24 turnovers and so
00:49many of them can be classified either selfish or careless.
00:53And you shouldn't have turnovers in either one of those categories.
00:56But we ended up scoring more points and we were lucky that they missed some shots,
01:01missed a couple of free throws down the stretch.
01:03I have no idea, I was focused on playing against Stanford.
01:08I think it's Coach Davis, I think he's got Texas, he'll tell me about them later.
01:13But we're just trying to get better each and every game.
01:16We don't try to necessarily match up with any other team,
01:19but we had to play tonight.
01:21We weren't concerned about Texas or Alabama, either one.
01:25We've got to win our own game before we find out who we play.
01:27And Shaka has always done a great job, but
01:31I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and the job he does.
01:35And we haven't been able to beat him recently either, so we got to play very well.