He was a basketball junkie. Having his son play in this conference [the ACC] and be productive in this conference I think was something that was really special to him.

The ACC is a calling card. Kids in this geographic footprint want to play in the ACC, and I think what it does is it gives us a chance to recruit some of these kids.

We're basketball crazy down at Burr and Burton again.

We haven't exactly given him a ton of opportunities. That's probably bad coaching. He can score when he's aggressive.

He's gotten a little more confident and is seeing a bigger basket.

He'll come back when he's ready to come back. I'm not going to give him a time frame. That's not my place. The guy has to be at peace. That's more important than anything that's going on here in Blacksburg. When he gets back, he gets back.