COACH… "Just credit to Virginia.”

Miami was stone-cold on Friday night, losing to #10 Virginia, 82-64 in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.

Head coach Jai Lucas met with the press after the game and shared his thoughts and feelings.

"Just credit to Virginia,” said Lucas. “They obviously were the better team tonight. I thought they played to their strengths really well. First time we played them in Charlottesville, the glass was a big part of the game and a big part of the reason why we were able to be where we were at the end of the game, and we didn't control the glass like we needed to. Our identity and who we are didn't show through. I thought they really exceeded our physicality and just really put their imprint on the game. When you're playing games like this against really good teams, I thought we missed our moment to kind of pull away. I thought they had a rough start, but we didn't capitalize on it to give ourselves some momentum going down, and then they just continued to play. They're really good. They've got really good players, really well-coached. They were the better team today."

On looking ahead to the NCAA Tournament…

"It's just kind of what they said. You could kind of see our messaging from how they responded, so I'm glad they listened to me. We kind of have this us-against-everybody mentality of where we were picked, where people saw us, and what people thought of us in the league and how we finished. And we just really, from day one, stuck to each other and talked about it and then just continued to grow and get better throughout the season, you finish in the top 3 of the league, you make it to the conference semifinals. It's disappointing how we performed, but that part of the season it's okay to reflect on it as over. I'm just proud of where we started as a program and where we are today.”

Miami (25-8) must now await its NCAA Tournament seeding with the Selection Show scheduled on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET (CBS). The Canes’ next game will be on either March 19th or 20th.

GO CANES!