Here are some leftover notes from the feature on ETSU junior forward Kevin Tiggs.

http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/sports.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-12-03-0045.html

- Tiggs was taught to “make the ball bounce off the white square” when he first learned to play basketball.

- Tiggs had never heard of ETSU or Johnson City before being recruited by Bartow and the Bucs.

- Tiggs also visited Georgia State, Ball State and Long Beach State before committing to ETSU.

- Tiggs said the hotel he stayed at while visiting ETSU was by far the nicest place he’s ever stayed in his life.

- According to Bartow, Tiggs—known for his constant smile—was happy and ready to go when the Bucs called a 5:30 a.m. practice a couple weeks ago.

- Tiggs said the biggest change he had to make in his game once he began playing organized basketball was “slowing down.”

“I’ve got the ball and I see three guys in front me and I just wanna kill ‘em,” Tiggs said. “But now, I can’t. I know I’ve gotta wait and slow down and run a play.”

- Tiggs constantly keeps in touch with his extended family in Flint, Mich., primarily his aunt.