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Recap

Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino

Opening Statement...
"It was a great win especially versus a very big team, a very good rebounding team. We showed a lot of heart. It was exciting because Murphy was the standout from the game statistically but I thought Kevin Dorsey came in and really changed the game. We decided to pressure more in the second half and I thought that was effective. So overall, really proud of the guys that was a very good win, a character win, so I'm proud of them."

On his trust in Dorsey...
"After tonight I will put more trust in him. He was better. He's got an erratic game at times but today he showed a lot of discipline. He's so fast and he made some winning plays today."

On Murphy's performance tonight...
"He's got two nicknames, low-motor Murph or high-motor Murph, tonight was high-motor Murph. I think I'm getting to him because he played really hard tonight. He was the best player on the court, which is exciting."

Clemson Head Coach Brad Brownell

On chances to take a more commanding lead at the end of the first half...

"I think we got out-toughed at the rim by Murphy. Murphy was the difference. Eight offensive rebounds. We did a reasonably good job on King, who's a talented guy and draws a lot of attention, and that opens things up for other players, and I thought Murphy's athleticism and activity level was primarily different. We played a good offensive game with the ball, got good shots, made good shots. Defensively, we didn't finish enough plays, especially with rebounds, and a little bit there with free throws misleading because we fouled some at the end, but we just didn't make quite enough tough plays at the end."

On doing anything different offensively in the second half...

"I don't really think so. Nothing drastic. They played Murphy and King a little bit more together. They didn't play their other big guys as much, and that probably was a little bit of a good move on their part, because Murphy was having such a good night. He's a very talented player. He's a guy that can make a shot. He can drive it, and he's a good compliment."

On if Clemson should have won based off their offensive play tonight...

"Basketball's a game that you got to play at both ends, and we didn't play well enough on the defensive end. Obviously we played well enough offensively, had good numbers, all those kinds of things. That's a little bit of the bugaboo of this team. I think our team, offensively, is more talented than it's been, but, defensively, we're not as good."

Senior Joey King

On Murphy's play...
"The way he played today and the way he was physical and just brought it every single possession, that's just something that over his next four years he's very capable of doing and I think he can make a very big impact on this program."

On the team's play tonight...

"Coach just challenged us. They were a little bit older than us, more physical, a bigger team and we just had to be a scrappier bunch and that's what it's going to come down to for most of the season. We're just going to have to fight for every loose ball and we want to be the hardest playing team in the country."

Freshman Jordan Murphy

On Pitino's motivation...
"He's [Pitino] been calling me 'low-motor murph' for about two weeks now, so I think that got to me a little bit, to be honest with you. It really did irk me a little bit at first but then it was just a challenge, that he gave me so I think you just have to respond well to it."

On the team's potential...
"I think that our biggest enemies have been ourselves. I think that we're holding ourselves back. We have a lot of potential to be a good team. I think that sometimes we get in our heads a little bit and I think that we've been going away from the pressure and I think we need to go face first into the pressure."

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