CHAPEL HILL – The current starting five for North Carolina’s basketball team met with the media Thursday at the Smith Center to field questions about their season to date and Saturday’s home game versus Duke.

The Tar Heels have dropped consecutive games and stand at 10-12 overall and 3-8 in the ACC while the No. 7 Blue Devils are 19-3 and 9-2.

Here is what Garrison Brooks, Armando Bacot, Cole Anthony, Leaky Black and Andrew Platek had to say: