There aren't too many people who you'll run into called Rip.

Some were greatly offended, some were terribly amused, but mostly they were shocked that he did it knowing we're coming up, ... How do you tell someone, especially a psychologist, who should know better, that he's making people uncomfortable?

I call it my 7-footer shot, because if a 7-footer is running at you, then you got to get it over him. I practice that shot all the time — before games, in practice, all the time.

It's a play that offsets the defense a little bit because you come from one side to the other. I know (Allen) didn't see me because that play is really tough to guard if you don't know it's coming.

That's our only goal. If we don't win it all, then our season isn't a success.

We kind of slept on them down there. We can't afford to do that this time around; their record speaks for itself. We didn't have a chance down there. Once the ball went up, it seemed like we were down by 10 or 15 points. That just gives us more motivation, more awareness that we can't come out lackadaisical.