Mar. 1, 2001

This season, it seems like a lot of television cameras are always around. I am starting to get use to it. Several times this season, reporters have stopped by to hangout for the day.

When they are around, I try not to do too many crazy things. The reporters and cameras have followed me to class, to practice or to wherever I have to go. It is interesting to see how they take a day's worth of tape and edit it down to just a couple of minutes.

It is funny because a lot of my day gets left out of the final product. My friend, Jessica, got interviewed for an ESPN piece. She ended up not making the show, which was unfortunate. I watched the whole show to see if she would be on it and she was not on it.

ESPN is not the only media to follow me around. A local television station did the same thing but did not spend the entire day with me. Instead they broke it up, by coming to my room, to the games and to practice.

It isn't only the television cameras that have hung out for the day. Writers have also spent some time with me as well. The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and several local newspapers spent some time covering a typical day for me.

This season, I have met a lot of reporters who have all turned out to be pretty cool people.