This tournament has a lot of good players in it. It's hard to get people to play us. We have a good team.

I went with Alabama because I always wanted to play in the SEC.

It felt good to represent Mississippi. Everyone on the team was so talented. We just had to play together as a team.

I don't feel any pressure because the game is in Alabama. I just plan on going out and perform. Any opportunity to play basketball is fine with me.

Our guys came out focused and ready to play today. I worried about that a little with us not being in school. But it's not going to be this easy on Thursday against Columbia.

I had totally anticipated being ready to play last January because my doctor had said three months, blah-blah-blah. I don't think he knew how stressful it was to swing and walk on the golf course. My foot never healed. Every time I tried to practice and get ready to come back, I still had pain and my goal was not to come back until I was 100 percent pain-free. By the time this year started, I still wasn't 100 percent. In Hawaii, I could still feel it. I still feel it now but I can swing without pain. I think walking the last month has been the final healing process. Right now, it finally feels good.