Former Kentucky great Wayne Turner was featured on lostlettermen.com in a recent interview and podcast. In the post, Turner talks about the 1998 NCAA Elite Eight classic against Duke, why the momentum suddenly shifted in UK’s favor and how he overcame criticism of his unusual jump shot.

Here’s part two from the interview with Turner. Read the full story and listen to the podcast at lostlettermen.com.

LL: The one knock on your game was always that unorthodox jumper. At what point did you say forget it, I’m not going to listen to people trying to fix my jumper. I’m just going to stick with it?

WT: I want to say in ’98. In ’98 I definitely had that whole year I was with coach Mike Sutton, who coaches at Tennessee Tech. He worked with me a whole lot on my shooting and he always told me the best shot is the next shot. That shot that you’ve already taken is already gone. It’s already marked down as a field goal attempt. You worry about the next shot.

And that whole year I shot 38 percent from the 3-point line which is a big change for me and my free throw percentage went up. I just felt like everybody shoots different, everybody’s different, every player is different from another player. There’s some similarities but they’re differences and unfortunately my shot had to be the most different.

But hey, I’m grateful that even with that type of shot, I made shots. A lot of people would say, “How do you make shots?” and I say, “Hey, it feels normal to me.”