You remember the impressive highlight video of Remi Dibo’s Casper College exploits. The Thunderbirds coach, Dan Russell, had told me to watch it when he and I were playing phone tag and trying to conquer conflicts on our schedules and arrange a time to talk.

Then we did talk and Russell used words that strengthened Dibo’s actions.

“He understands how defenses play him and he understands how to play while he’s being scouted,” Russell said. “He’s a really intelligent player and that has a lot to do with his international background. He’s been all over. He’s played against a million different types of players. He’s kind of seen it all because he’s played for such a long time.”