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Chris was wearing a black and white warm-up jacket with black jeans. He passed by heading toward the UVa basketball office, and we stared and then followed him.
The parent who had driven us to UHall was shaking Chris’s hand when we walked up. Soon we were introduced to Chris and started the interview.
I knew from reading the basketball program that Chris was a senior at UVa and starting center on the Cavaliers. He came from Long Branch, N.J. — that’s just a half-hour drive from New York City.
In his high school basketball career he averaged 15.9 points, 12 rebounds, and eight blocked shots a game. Chris also made first team AllDivision and third team All-Shore.
I started the interview by asking some personal questions about his hobbies and his family. But the NCAA tournament stood out in my mind; I wondered what it was like to play with the big boys, so 1 quickly moved to the main question on my mind: “Who was your toughest opponent in the NCAA?”
“Corliss Williamson (University of Arkansas),” Chris said. “He was actually a lot better than what I anticipated him to be. We did a pretty good job of shutting him down inside. But he was able to go out 10 to 15 feet and knock down jump shots.”
His favorite professional basketball team is the Charlotte Hornets because “I like a lot of young teams with players that don’t have it so easy.” Chris said the North Carolina Tar Heels might have a half-dozen All-Americans. It’s no big deal for them to win. “It’s just another banner to hang up on the wall. I like young teams who have to go out and prove < themselves.” That’s the way it is with the Cavaliers, he said.
1 asked him about the difference between high school ball and college ball. “College basketball is harder; the competition is more challenging,” Chris said. “We are used to playing in front of big crowds. Usually about 9,000 people come to see us play. The
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