It's like the basketball team is so close. They're almost there. They show moments of great glory and then it just falls apart. For whatever reason, it's not quite clicking. That's what's so upsetting.

I've done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I've had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season.

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.

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.

He's under contract and he'll be the coach of this team next year. We've got a basketball team to worry about and Sam is part of that process to make this team better. When it's appropriate, we'll address Sam's contract situation.

I have no predisposed position on who he is as a coach, what type of basketball he should play. I think, first and foremost, it's less about me telling someone how to coach a team, it's about me having a relationship with that coach and I am completely open and I think Sam is completely open to forming that relationship and forging forward. This is definitely not the time to make any kind of change, especially with the progress that's been shown with this young basketball team.