Today we look at Connecticut forward Rudy Gay. Gay burst onto the college basketball scene as a true freshman, earning Big East co-Rookie of the Year honors. As a sophomore he averaged 15.2 ppg and 6.4 rpg on a talented UConn team. His upside has him projected as a high lottery pick. Rudy Gay Position: Shooting Guard College: Connecticut Age: 19 Vitals: 6-foot-9, 220 pounds High school: Severn (MD) Archbishop Spalding Coach:Mike Glick Interview of Rudy Gay's head coach Mike Glick: When was the first time you remember thinking Rudy eventually could play in the NBA? I had a chance to meet Rudy at the end of his seventh grade year. We recruited him to come to Spalding as an eighth-grader. He decided to go the public school. He came to Spalding before his junior year. I saw it in him. I've coached a lot of guys. I told him that if he was willing to work on his game, on his grades and in the weight room, he would have been a potential pick out of Spalding. I don't know if he saw it, but I did. He did a 180 and changed around his academics and changed around his body. He started lifting weights. He got better and better. He had freakish athleticism. He had the wingspan of someone 7 feet 1. He had tremendous first step and coordination. He had an innate ability to square himself in his jumper. If you were to create the prototype wing in the NBA, it would be in Rudy's body. He's a phenomenal human being. He has not changed since I met him. What's your fondest game memory of him? His senior year we played St. Francis. They were No. 1 and we were No. 2. I told Rudy they were going to play box-and-one the whole game. He scored 39 against the box-and-one. There was also his last game. We played in the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament. We're playing the last game of his senior year. It was the third-place consolation game against DeMatha. Down nine with three minutes left, I called my last timeout. Rudy said he wasn't going to go out a loser, and he scored the last 11 points of the game and we won by 2. His character showed through. When's the last time you spoke to him? A week ago maybe. We talk about once a month or a month and half. I had a chance to see him at the Final Four for the Naismith. What's your draft prediction for him? It looks like most people have him between three and seven. Wherever he goes, his best days are ahead of him. Whatever NBA team gets him, they will get a guy that will work hard every day and never get into trouble.