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[QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 5346289, member: 994"]
NC State was a pedestrian team last year that sleptwalk through the regular season then decided they would expend maximum effort once the conference tournament started... and low and behold, they were actually a good team when they decided to play hard.

Where was that effort for the regular season??

I saw the interview with Burns post-NCAA where he basically said the players got together and decided they were going to give maximum effort starting with the conference tournament and it carried them on their run.

I dunno, I guess I question trying to copy and bottle that genie of a team that took the regular season off at 80% effort.

It's nice they put together a late season run and all. We've been there when the zone befuddles non-conference teams in the tournament.

But playing hard consistently isn't optional in my book. It has to be rule 1 in any cultural overhaul. Watching Carlos at the end of the BC game had me thinking, "Where has this defensive effort been all year??" He was really moving fast and locking down on defense.
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