His teammates - his family - needed him, and he stepped up. Woolridge is a big man who can shoot and rebound at a high level, and now he is playing physical. Let me tell you something, those two guys are the least surprised by their play. I give the assistant coaches great credit, and I give Woolridge and Hall, and their families, tremendous credit for hanging in there. 'When things are not going your way - and I am talking about Renaldo Woolridge and Kenny Hall - you have got two choices: you can pack your bags and leave and go try to find greener pastures somewhere else - sort of quit on the situation, or you can stick around because your opportunity is going to come. What that says is we have got a basketball program here - a basketball program capable of beating the No. It is very difficult for a team to come in and know the other team only has six scholarship players and not think there is a big advantage there.

They did not quit and they believed in themselves.

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