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Here's what Roy Williams had to say about junior Reyshawn Terry's 17-point performance at Florida State on his Monday radio call-in show (this after he nearly pulled Terry from the starting lineup):

"After the game last night, I really thought that Reyshawn Terry was going to collapse in the locker room. He was physically and emotionally spent. And I've been on him the last week, I changed Marcus and put in Wes and told Reyshawn I was thinking about doing that at his position. And I tell you what -- he responded so, so well. If anyone ever says anything negative about our players, if they could have seen that youngster in the locker room last night, they'd look themselves in the mirror and slap themselves 37 times. Our kids are giving it everything they possibly have."

Glowing commentary, for sure. Then, Wednesday night, Terry's play prompted Williams to slam his jacket on the bench, yank him from the floor and get in his face. The coach said later he didn't condone Terry criticizing Bobby Frasor on the court for something he'd done wrong, especially after Terry had taken an ill-advised shot just moments earlier.

That's just part of the game. Inside-the-team type stuff, Williams said after the Heels' 81-74 loss to Boston College. OK, so why did he feel compelled to say this?:

"I don't like my players to be correcting other players out on the court. Reyshawn was jumping on Bobby. And two possessions before that, we had a 2-on-1 fast break ... and you should never take a jump shot. Reyshawn pulled up and took a jump shot [and missed]. Bobby didn't scream at him. So Reyshawn shouldn't scream at Bobby."

BC, by the way, looked a lot to me like the team we all were expecting in the preseason. With N.C. State's inexplicable blowout home loss to Seton Hall and Miami's enigmatic play, I'd have to say the Eagles are the second-best team in the ACC once again.