I have a great deal of respect for Isiah as a leader and basketball mind.

This is our time. We believe we are the best basketball team out there. We have a very talented group, and they have to want to go out there and just take the championship. But we have to choose to go out there and take the game, choose to take it over and prove to the world that this is best basketball club in the world.

I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

I like Huggins a lot, ... and I respect him as a basketball coach. Make sure you write that.

Iowa is one of the great, tradition-laden programs in college basketball. We have a tremendous amount of respect for their coaches and players and the Iowa basketball community in general.

People at Xavier are wholeheartedly on the same page. The basketball program is treated with amazing respect. In return, you do what you're supposed to. You feel very responsible to see things through because the support is so consistent.