I asked my trainer, 'What are we doing?' and he said that if we didn't need him, don't put him back in.

He's an outstanding coach and person. Class sums it up in one word.

I don't know how to explain it. He is just an unbelievable freaky athlete. He's capable of doing that every night; he really is.

I just love them. We have such a kinship that goes beyond a coach-player relationship.

If you're used to scoring 70 points a game and suddenly you're in games in the 30s and 40s, that's a heck of an adjustment.

In this league you can't factor in a home-court advantage. It's probably pretty equal on both ends.

It's a matter of time before they are competing for conference and state rights.

The bottom line is that I encouraged him to stay. He told me 'You're ready, it's your time.' I've been appreciative ever since.

Bottom line, it was just flat-out effort. They wanted to send a message and they did that.

We drilled him on Freeman. We got confused a few times with where the (second defender) was supposed to be, but when we made adjustments they had a hard time scoring.