97 was my freshman year at UT. I was on AF ROTC scholarship and spent a lot of time at Stokely and Gibbs. I used to see all the players back then, football and basketball. I miss those days and considering where we are now compared to back then, I think we took them for granted. The quality of players we had was unreal looking back on it.
I remember playing basketball at the HYPER and guys like Deon Grant, Peerless Price, Cedrick Wilson and John Henderson would come in and play. Back then it was normal to play a pick up game with scholarship athletes.