For a lot of basketball players, right after the high school season, it's the first thing they do.

I knew it was going to be a great high school basketball game and figured it would come right down to the end. We came into a very difficult environment and provided a lot of leadership and made plays at the end to win it.

They've always been that close. In high school, everywhere he went she was right there with him. Basketball and baseball, she was at every game, his biggest fan. Every basketball game, he'd give her a kiss before the game.

To give you an idea. (Former St. John's star) Felipe Lopez played in the tournament four years in a row and never made the all-star team.

I think we should guide them in the right direction such as simply attending school.

Nobody sees Granite Hills as a basketball school. But we're the real deal this year.