This is one of the problems with people making these lists based on lists of stats, versus watching the games 15 years ago. Gates was one of the better talents who's come through the MAC, though he was only here for 2 years. If you weren't watching at the time, his contributions aren't likely to stick out from old statistical leader lists, making him easy to overlook.

actually it was Walt that made the steal and tossed it to DJ, I fantasize about what the announcers call would have sounded like if DJ's half court shot at the buzzer would have been two inches to the left.

Whatta great game that was to be at live. UNC had us down about six minutes in. I think we trailed 23-12. It was definitely tipping point. We could not, no way afford to fall further behind. We did not.

I see a box score that says we got outrebounded 56-26. I thought it was worse, like 63-21--crazy that we could get to OT that way.

I remember reading a book about the things that are wrong with AAU basketball. Basically they follow the number 1 ranked 5th graders AAU team up until college and at one point in the book they play a team from Chicago with DJ Cooper on it. I'll never forget the book describing how the other teams guards(coop being one of them) kept draining 3's on them and their coach was freaking out because he had no idea how to defend it and at that moment I said to myself, yep that's Coop.