Obviously, I want him back out there. At the same time, we want him to be comfortable.

[Dean] basically has a green light. He can score anytime. When you have a player like that, it makes it tough to defend.

Lorenzo will still be a valued member of our basketball family, and we will support him 100 percent in his desire to obtain his college degree.

He felt comfortable in trying some different shoes. Jerry's a fine young man. His character is impeccable.

At that point, it just went out of my hands.

They got out and covered us better on the perimeter. They did a better job of shielding our shooters and getting out and getting a hand up. There were a couple of fouls that were missed on 3-pointers right in front of us, but that didn't beat us.

I need all my players to be at practice, but it's out of my hands. That matter is in the administration's hands, so I'm just referring all questions to them.

If they continue to shoot the ball like that, they are going to beat a lot of people. There's a reason why they have some quality wins in conference play.

When he reminded me of the injury -- he has treatment nearly every morning at 6 a.m.. I just told him, 'You have to be the one to make that decision.