You want to see what we saw last year, that he was kind of a fireball out on the court. We feel we can get more out of him, being one of the better four-men (power forwards) around. We expect him to be more consistent but we need to see more zip and enthusiasm out of him.

The guy who has to decide is Staf. Staf feels he played dang well the last couple of games, which he did. So if that's what he's basing it on, that's what he's basing it on.

The truth is that we've played well in these cities. The goal is to go in there and sweep. Of course, their goal is to beat the heck out of us.

Good questions. We'd be sitting here 22-4 if we played the 10 games we've lost like this.

He's a guy who's going to come in here and not have high expectations of playing time or anything else. David's just a kid that's happy to be here. He'll do whatever we want in practice to help the team, whether that's run the scout team or work down low with the big guys ... whatever we need him to do.

Channing has had a fabulous year. He's going to be either the rookie of the year or runner-up. I would make him the rookie of the year.

I don't think I have to say it. This is a huge, huge weekend.

He's pretty complete. The only thing he has to do is get in the weight room and really bust it hard.

He's probably so tired they'll need to take him home on a stretcher. But I'll tell you what; I'd hate to think where we'd be without him.

I hope he comes back, but I honestly don't know. He's been a little bit to himself.