Tyler Nickel immediately chuckles, making it obvious he has given this question some significant thought.
He has been asked how often he has been underestimated, and how that has shaped his basketball career.
"That's been the story of my life," he says. "I come from a place that isn't very notable, that not a lot of people know about."
That place is Harrisonburg, Va. And while it may not be a basketball hotbed—Nickel is the first player ever from his high school, East Rockingham, to play Division I basketball—his achievements there were quite noteworthy.