Caleb Mowry remembers very well the point in time when he realized he could compete at the varsity level.

"It was right at the beginning of the year last year, after I made the all-tournament team at our own [Thanksgiving] tournament," Oregon's 6-foot-5 senior center said. "I had a couple of good games and thought, 'You know what? I can do this.' After that, it was just building confidence through the season."

Mowry's classmate, Alex Cain, remembers when he first realized Mowry could be a dominant force in the paint.