Mackey didn't quite know how his team would react.

"Hopefully both teams will react accordingly for our next games," Krzyzewski said.

We made a small, little change and we see how our team reacted to it.

"Of course there was apprehension about how the team would react," Tomjanovich said.

No one knows how the team will react in its first game since Byrd's injury.

What is questioned is how the team will react in close games.

The team reacted, however, and finished the season in 6th.

Even Edwards acknowledged that he was concerned about how the team would react after jumping to a big lead so quickly.

"I didn't know how our team would react in overtime," Fraschilla said.

"When you go on the road, you never know how a team will react," Mahoney said.