Ingram, Allen Talk Duke Loss

Brandon Ingram (14) of the Duke Blue Devils dunks against the Oregon Ducks during the West Regional Semifinal of the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Honda Center on March 24, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. (Lance King/WRAL contributor)
Brandon Ingram (14) of the Duke Blue Devils dunks against the Oregon Ducks during the West Regional Semifinal of the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Honda Center on March 24, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. (Lance King/Blue Devil Nation

Brandon Ingram and Grayson Allen address media after the Duke loss to Oregon.

Q. I'd like to ask Brandon this and if Grayson can chime in afterwards: How pivotal was Jordan Bell's performance for Oregon and what were the biggest problems that he was posing for your team?
BRANDON INGRAM: Of course he's a great player. He challenged us at the rim. When we attacked, he blocked shots well and he just got after it. He brought energy to their team, and we didn't attack strong and it showed up on the boards.

GRAYSON ALLEN: He's a very strong and athletic player. He was going after everything, attacking the basket. He was going up to block everything, and shots that he didn't block he was altering. So he was an X factor for their team.

Q. Grayson, a lot of what you guys try to do is predicated on the drive-and-kick. It looked like they bottled you up specifically on that. Can you talk about their defense collapsing and shutting that part of your game down.
GRAYSON ALLEN: I mean, they're an athletic team and that plays into their defense. So I mean, they did a good job defensively. I thought we also missed some shots around the rim. Could have gone up stronger to finish, but also credit to them for being there and going up to challenge us.

Q. Brandon, what surprised you most about Oregon tonight?
BRANDON INGRAM: I don't think anything would surprise us. I guess, we knew that they were athletic. We knew they rebound the ball, and we knew they spread out the floor and try to drive and kick and attack the basket. So that's something that kept us on our heels and they played well tonight.

Q. Many NBA scouts have you going in the top two picks of this year's NBA Draft. If this is your last collegiate game, what will you remember most about playing at Duke?
BRANDON INGRAM: Well, I'm not really worried about that right now. I'm worried about finishing school and just being with my guys. I love this team, and I'd do anything for this team.

It was amazing my freshman year to play with this competitive guy right here and being with the greatest coach and be with a bunch of competitive tough guys. So I'm just being with my guys right now. I love all of these guys.