I think he can be a really good player. He's long and he gets his hands on the ball a lot. When we were there, he made shots . . . he made some tough ones, too. At our place [a 55-44 Drexel win Jan. 21], he didn't look to score as much. He could also be a kid who's really good on the defensive end.

This is the toughest place to play in the league; it's a tough atmosphere. A lot of people don't come down here and win.

Delaware-Drexel is one of those games, like Old Dominion-VCU, where it doesn't matter what the records are. It's going to be a grind-it-out game. Whether they're desperate [for a win] or not, we know it's going to be a tough game.

We always play games like this against these guys.

He opened the doors for a lot of African American coaches, and that means a lot more than wins and losses. He's made much more contributions to the game.

In the second half, he took the game over and made his presence felt.

He's a big kid who can score inside and outside and can rebound the ball. He can post you up. That's the tough thing about him.

We try to get some easier buckets.

If we get lucky and get hot, man, some people are going to be in trouble. But we haven?t been hot all year. We haven?t even been a slow simmer. Ice cold.