From point guard to their center, they are right up there (with Duke and Villanova), if not better. (Memphis) is so deep and athletic, that it?s so tough to keep taking those punches.

Last year at this point, my legs were dead. There?s been a lot more awareness by all of us, so I think we?re a lot less fatigued.

This year, everybody trusts me now. It's something you have to keep working at and eventually it will come to you.

Charles (Lee) made a great penetration play, and left me wide open with no other choice but to shoot it. I just let it go.

I think that point guards make the best coaches.

Coach (Flannery) always puts me at the line in practice. If I miss it, we run. I felt bad for my teammates because we ran a lot last year.

He?d see us tense, like he used to be. He just emphasized us to go have fun and enjoy the moment.

I was actually looking for my shot early on. Every time I got in the lane I saw trees all around me, so I really couldn't get it up, I had to dish it off.

Flannery knows so much about the game. He knows because, like a point guard, he knows everybody?s role on the team.