One of the seniors on the Pepperdine men's basketball team, Lamond Murray Jr., defines his goals for the final year, and how he has prepared for it. He had a great junior season,and the preseason All-WCC selection looks forward to making his last season even better. Murray describes this year's team with great enthusiasm:

Q: You had a big junior year, and how do you hope to expand on that in your final year?

A: I am working on other aspects of the game that I usually don't do. So it's a lot of dribbling and ball screens. I've been working on that all summer. Plus definitely being able to hit the open guy and to be able to distribute the ball more.

Q: What is your mindset going into your final season?

A: It is my last year, but I am going to have fun with it and enjoy it. I have to make sure that I bring it every time we play.

Q: How has head coach Marty Wilson influenced you?

A: Coach pressures me everyday in practice and pushes me every day, trying to make me a better player and abetter man on and off the court.

Q: What are your expectations for you, and for your team this year?

A: We're planning to surprise a lot of people this year, because, even though we have a young team, we have a strong core group of guys. We have great chemistry this year. It is probably the best chemistry we have had over the four years I have been here. It's exciting.

Q: What did you do to prepare for the season during the summer?

A: I was working out everyday, and had a trainer, doing strength workouts and basketball workouts, and who made sure I was eating right. He also made sure I was staying consistent. When the first game comes, I will be ready.

Q: How does the team look so far?

A: We are looking really good. Lots of freshmen are stepping up and doing a lot of things that aren't expected of them as freshmen. Our seniors are looking good and looking polished, so we are going to be really great this year.

Q: How are the new players fitting in?

A: They are fitting in really well. The chemistry we already built in such a short amount of time is really good. They feel it, and we feel it. They are learning really quickly. Through every practice, we are getting so much better.

Q: Now that Stacy Davis has graduated, you will be getting most of the attention. How does that make you feel?

A: With that, I am just trying to get better so that it doesn't affect my game. The key is also getting many of my teammates involved, so that a lot of the pressure is taken off of me and it is spread throughout the team.

Q: What is your plan after graduation?

A: Whatever God lets me do,whether it's basketball or my major.

Q: Is there a moment that you look back at, and wish you had done differently?

A: Nope. Everything happens for a reason.