It was difficult because I wanted to play and I deserved to play, I felt. But it was the coach's decision.

Once he gets into basketball shape, he'll help us a lot and give us some strong post play. He's a presence inside.

Tracy was our leader tonight in getting our inside game going. It's the proudest I've been of him all year. We wanted to get our post game going and we did that.

Because, according to him, (hockey) was a white man's game and I should be playing basketball because I was the second-tallest person in our high school.

It gave me something to do where I couldn't (before), being from a little bit of a rough neighborhood, doing the wrong things.

I was afraid of this game because they kids really want the rematch with Vernon Hills.