"Everybody back home, in the barbershop and stuff, it was all his fault. Somebody else must be doing something wrong, when really it was me not being ready, or mature enough.
"We had a graduate assistant, [former Owl] Dion Dacons, and he told me I had to take my game a little bit more serious than I was. He thought I could be good."
In Wyatt's first season, the Owls won their third consecutive Atlantic 10 Tournament title. He didn't contribute much. So what do you celebrate?
"I was kind of just along for the ride," he said. "I wasn't taking advantage of my opportunity. I was still confident in practice, but . . .
"Other guys helped me, telling me my time would come. You hear them, but you're being tugged two ways. I thought something had to give.
"My teammates knew how frustrated I was. [Classmate] Rahlir [Hollis-Jefferson] was playing. He was my roommate. He'd come in excited after wins, and I'd be, like, not as much. I was being selfish. I had to come back with a whole different attitude.
"I guess it's all supposed to happen for a reason."
As a sophomore, he got an opening when Juan Fernandez (knee) missed five games. Later, Randall (foot) was lost for the duration. Then big man Micheal Eric (knee) went out as well. So the Owls had to rely on every available body. And all Wyatt did was become the A-10's Sixth Man of the Year, as part of a group that won an NCAA game for the first time in a decade and nearly won another against a No. 2 seed.
With four starters back this season . . .
"All summer, I played thinking my role would be the same, maybe just more," said Wyatt, who'd averaged 10 points in 20 minutes a game. "I mean, winning another Sixth Man of the Year's not a bad thing, but it's not really where you want to be."
