I led by example before. This year, I became more vocal. My teammates were my friends and they knew what we had to do.

I like the availability of playing time. Chris Mooney is friends with our old assistant coach, Joe Roe. Our coach, Kevin McCormick, uses the Princeton offense. I'll play the high post and sometimes drop back to the three-point line.

Brant is coming out of his shell as a vocal leader. I knew we had something special when he committed to us before he was a junior in high school.

I'm more of a complete player now. My teammates made it harder to double-team me. I was 6-4 or 6-5 when I came to Springfield. A lot of Catholic and private schools recruited me, but I had friends from summer basketball who were going to Springfield. I wanted to take Springfield to the level where it belonged. We won the Central League championship.

By far, it was the happiest I've been with a win all year. I knew I had to step it up. I just feel good for the team. This game was so important.

[Savage speaks of another example, which he did not include in the book, in which he became suddenly and violently ill away from home. The hospital where he ended up receiving emergency services needed legal consent to provide medical care, and in order to do so, they decided to acknowledge Terry as his spouse.] But that was their choice, ... They're improvising.