Senior guard Courtney Lee rated his performance last season on the court as “not that high.”

He was hampered by a foot injury following a loss at Nebraska on Jan. 5 and never returned to the familiar success that he had prior to the injury. He also suffered a hand injury at the end of the season.

But now Lee is back to 100 percent, has had treatment for the foot in the off-season and is predicting a “real good season.”

“It feels good,” Lee said. “I’m just able to move the way I want to move without pain.”

Lee returns following his junior year, in which he averaged 17.3 points per game.

Besides undergoing treatment for the injured foot in the summer months, Lee was invited to attend the Lebron James King’s Academy in June. He also attended the Vince Carter Skills Academy in July.

“When I came back I told all the guys the level of competition there is no different than what it is here,” Lee said at the team’s annual media day on Tuesday. “The only big difference is the name on the jersey and that’s it.”

Lee said he learned a lot from both James and Carter at the camps.

The individual accolades as well as near-record breaking statistics are all present for Lee. He currently has the career record for free-throw percentage, and is in the top ten in three-point field goals, three-point field goal attempts, and three-point field goal percentage.

But Lee is willing to make sacrifices if it means a trip to the postseason.

“Really I just focus on the team,” he said. “I’ll give that all up to make it to the NCAA tournament. I mean, I’ll average four points as long as we get to the tournament.”

Coach Darrin Horn agrees.

“He doesn’t have to score more points or get more rebounds or any of that stuff,” Horn said. “I think Courtney needs to just take an approach where his mindset is ‘I’m going to play at the highest level’.”

Horn said with the way that Lee plays, both numbers-wise and athletically, there is an expectation to play at a high level every night.

“That’s a challenging thing to do and I think we’ve seen him grow in that every year without question,” Horn said.

Sophomore guard A.J. Slaughter has had the opportunity to go up against Lee in practice early in the season.

“He’s one of the best players in college basketball right now. He’s got toughness, he’s strong and he’s fast.”

And he’s primed to make a run for March.

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