I think they want to get better. We had a really good practice on Friday. We got the kids' attention and now they're on a roll.

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You're facing one of the toughest systems in the whole country. You never look forward to playing a Dick Bennett team.

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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.

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Kirk needs to understand this is going to be a whole lot more physical. They bang you, they push you. It's a whole new ball of wax.

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It was one thing to drop out of the Top 25 after we won by 30 at Utah and broke their long home-court winning streak. But to see that banner? It got our attention. We had some good motivation; everybody was counting us out.

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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.

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He's 6-5, 6-6 and really, really versatile. I really like him. He's kind of like the old point-forward.

120

It's very frustrating. Hassan is back, and he's an All-American candidate. Chris (Rodgers) can defend. And Staf (Shakur) is getting better. That's what's frustrating.

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