Virginia Tech men’s basketball head coach Mike Young and guard spoke to the media after the Hokies’ 95-89 loss to Wake Forest. Here’s the entirety of what Young and Hammond had to say:
Opening statement from Coach Young:
MY: “Not the outcome we were looking for or expected. Held out hope that we could get Amani [Hansberry] well. He was feeling a lot better yesterday. When we got to Charlotte, we didn’t do a lot with him in practice. I was encouraged today. But once we got over here and tried to rev him up at the hotel on our way over, it was apparent that he wasn’t going to be able to do it. So, we had to sit him. That’s a tremendous loss, needless to say. Not the story of the game. The story of the game is Wake Forest played a little bit better than we did. Disappointing, but I thought they did some good things. A little bit better than the Hokies, unfortunately.”
On Hammond going 6-of-7 from the free-throw line:
BH: “I feel like I was just attacking the rim, getting past their defenders and getting to the line. Yeah, that’s what helped with it, yeah.”
Q:Ben, I know you wanted to make a play in the NCAAs this year. Do you look at it just like too many injuries you had to deal with this year as a team or too many close losses you had or both?…