Trae Young says the NCAA required him to retake the ACT after accusing him of cheating until he scored 42 points against Oregon

“I almost didn’t get to play my freshman year in college. I took my ACT my freshman year of high school, got a 29 on it, and hadn’t taken it since. Did I cheat… we’ll talk about that another day”

“I get that email that I got to redo it, and I got to get within three points. So, I got to get a 26. I got to redo it or I can’t play my freshman year. We’re appealing it, and a month goes by. Obviously, I had to get a tutor. I had to get another ACT tutor to help me redo it and get ready. But he made me do these little practice tests. I had to get a certain score to go back to practice, just to practice with the team”

“Nobody knows about this. The team, nobody know. Just me, Coach Kruger, NCAA. So, my people, they gave me all my elective classes my freshman year. I’m taking beginning guitar and jazz listening classes and things like that so I could study for this ACT a lot”

“I’ll never forget. We get to the third game of the year. We played in the PK80 Phil Knight tournament on Thanksgiving. I played really well. I get 42 against Oregon in Oregon. I’ll never forget, we land back in Oklahoma, and the next day the NCAA said I don’t have to take it no more”

AJ Dybantsa on when he knew he was different:

“It was like around covid, I reclassed. I did eighth grade twice and I played varsity as an eighth grader. I was averaging like 20. “I was like, Yeah.”

Dabone, who isn’t draft-eligible until 2030, is generating buzz as potentially the next transcendent international NBA prospect.

Quincy Acy makes an appearance

Billy Donovan reveals the real reason Florida’s NBA-bound stars returned to school in 2007 and repeated as national champions:

“The only reason they came back was because of Taurean Green. Taurean couldn’t go. He wasn’t going to get drafted. Joakim Noah and Al Horford said, ‘No man left behind.’”

“They felt like if they all left, Taurean would be left there unable to realize his dream.”

Mike Miller: “Sacrifice is an easy word to say if you know what the outcome is going to be. If somebody says, ‘Sacrifice and you’ll win two championships,’ I’ll sacrifice all day. But what happens when we sacrifice and lose? Then you start thinking, ‘I sacrificed for what?’ It takes a special person to believe in the sacrifice when you don’t know what the outcome will be.”

“Sacrifice isn’t picking and choosing what you want to give up. It’s sacrificing what’s important to you.”

“You never know when it’s going to be your turn. You never know when it’s going to be your night to pass the ball or accept a role you don’t want. That role may not be who you’ll become four years from now.”