Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt met with the media Thursday in advance of his team's game against Oklahoma State. Here is a transcript:  

Question: Coach, about the last time Georgia and Oklahoma State met, classic game, Final Four, San Antonio, memories of that game?

PH: Marvin Lewis making five 3s in the first half, first thing. Of course Will Bynum's shot at the end of the game. It was a great game, great college basketball game.

Question: Have you seen some different, what are the creative ways you've seen people try to stop Favors? And secondly, how do you keep a young man from getting rattled on a stage like this, do you worry about that with him?

PH: First, he's a guy that just doesn't get rattled. That's one of the impressive things about Derrick all year. We anticipate double teams. And I think you can definitely see that. It helps when our perimeter guys like Brian Oliver and Iman Shumpert knocking down shots, it helps us space the floor out. But if we can keep Derrick out of foul trouble, he usually does a good job.

Question: If you look at your stats and wins and losses, your two big guys average just about the same number of points and rebounds. So where is the difference coming from?

PH: Turnovers. Turnovers, taking care of the basketball. When we do a good job in that area, then obviously we're getting more attempts. The other thing is defending that 3-point line. And obviously that's crucial for tomorrow's game against Oklahoma State, because they're a great 3-point shooting team, one of the better 3-point shooting teams we've seen all year. When we've struggled we've really allowed people to get going from 3.

Question: I know the cell phone thing went pretty well last week. Where did you get the idea, and how does it change behavior, and do you worry that some guys are carrying around a second cell phone?

PH: [Laughing]. That's a big question. Just something I thought about. You know, as far as just trying to get them to really focus more on the task at hand over the last weekend. No, I don't think anybody has a second cell phone. What was the other part of your question.

Question: How does it change the behavior?

PH: You just see them talking more. You see them interacting more. And I'm not sure how significant it is. I mean, maybe it helped last weekend, maybe it didn't. I feel better. Maybe it's just my paranoia, I feel better that they're talking to each other a lot more and really getting to know each other more.

Question: What about iPods?

PH: I can't take everything away, the technology age we're in here [laughing].

Question: So much was obviously made of James Anderson. But their, quote/unquote, big guys have done a pretty good job of shutting people down even though they're not as big as a lot of the guys they face and they won't be as big as your guys. What have you seen from them on film that could give you guys some trouble or that impresses you?

PH: They're very athletic. Bouncy guys. They can really finish strong around the basket. And the other thing, all of their players seem to be able to put the ball on the floor and attack off the dribble pretty well. Even Pilgrim and Moses, both of those guys seem to put the ball on the floor very well.

Question: Your thoughts on Oklahoma State's All-American player James Anderson?

PH: He's a great player. I've heard about him. I read about him during the season, but haven't watched watching tape on him, I'm not sure there's anything he -- there's nothing he can't do. He shoots the 3, go with the dribble, great from the foul line. The only thing I haven't seen him do consistently is post up. I'm sure if he needed to, he could do that, too.

Question: It's been said that there's no real team they can compare Oklahoma State to in terms of 3-point shooting, is there anyone they remind you of and how difficult is their 3-point shooting to defend?

PH: They remind me of Duke, actually, in terms of how they shoot the basketball, and they run more sets than Duke. But both teams do a great job of screening for their shooters and creating space. But that's the team, when watching them, that's what I keep thinking about, Scheyer, Singler and Smith and how they shoot it; and these kids, Anderson and Page and Muonelo, all those guys shoot the ball very well.

Question: With you having a height advantage and with the teams having different strengths, can you talk about the importance of making the other team match up to you instead of vice versa?

PH: I anticipate they're going to change defenses. So when they change defenses, we've got to recognize it and still do what we have to do to get the ball inside to our bigs and play inside or attack off the dribble and get the ball to the paint.

Question: In the NCAA tournament, everybody talks about match-ups. But as Jimmy said, you're complete opposites. Does that benefit a team to play a smaller team or for them playing a bigger team or they're playing a smaller team, vice versa, does it benefit either team either way?

PH: Just play the game, we'll find out. We'll see. I'm sure a large part of who is successful is going to come down whose point guard play is better, in terms of guard play, who can take care of the tempo, get the ball inside or get the ball to their guys to where they want to get it.