OKLAHOMA CITY -- A couple of Houston natives from the same district are once more on opposing benches.
Oklahoma freshman Christian James was a sophomore at Houston Bellaire High School when Cal State Bakersfield junior Dedrick Basile was a senior at Houston Madison.
Basile was asked if he knew James during Cal State Bakersfield's media session Thursday afternoon. And Basile remembers the two years their high school careers overlapped.
He was always good, Basile said of James. And the respect is mutual.
James praises Basile as a great competitor and an all-around good player. But James owes the Cal State Bakersfield junior for a loss he handed James' high school team three years ago.