A lot of schools recruited me late because I played junior varsity my junior year. I went to a camp prior to my senior year, and that's when a number of schools started to look at me.

The rivalry wasn't as intense as it is now. The two [schools] used to be two purely academic schools. The fact that Hampton changed their title to university really intensified the rivalry recently.

The elite level is important but so too is community sport and recreation, including what happens in secondary schools.

Our kids have to work doubly hard to compete with schools that require their students to take debate as a class.

I'm just happy the team is doing well. We're winning games and we want to get to the Big East Tournament. I'm a little more comfortable out there but my teammates are doing a good job of finding me.

I wasn't going to even try out for the basketball team my junior season at Kinston. Coach Stackhouse made one of my friends (K.K. Wynn) come get me off the bus and try out. I think about how blessed I am and where I came from in a short time.