The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 22-year-old guard who shot Villanova into the Final Four last year.

Q: In fourth grade, classmates used to make fun of you because you were adopted?

A: When you’re young, you know how kids get. They start saying stuff they don’t really mean.

Q: What did they say?

A: They were saying, “You don’t know your mom. You don’t know your dad.” It hurt. It was the truth.

Q: They made you cry?

A: I didn’t cry ’til I got home.

Q: Opposing Big East crowds taunted you, too?

A: It never really bothered me. . . .

I made sure I never reacted to those type of slurs.

Q: What kind of things did you hear?

A: Oh man, I heard everything. They say, “I’m your daddy . . . I’m the one that was with your mom.” Just crazy things.

Q: Have you met your biological mother?

A: No, I haven’t.

Q: You were hoping to arrange a face-to-face meeting with her (after turning 19)?

A: I got my files and they weren’t updated, so I had to hire a private investigator to go find who she was and get information. I finally got her number.

Q: But you didn’t call it?

A: I didn’t want to put any more pressure, any more burden on her. I just felt like it wasn’t the right time.

Q: What was she going through at the time?

A: I’d rather not say.

Q: When might you call her?

A: I have a feeling (about) the time I think it might happen. It’s in the near future.

Q: Might you meet your biological father?

A: From what I know, I don’t think I’ll be having that chance to see him. My biological mother hasn’t had contact with him in years.

Q: Do you know anything about him?

A: No; only just the color of his skin, that’s about it.

Q: Tell me about your mother (Pam Reynolds) who adopted you.

A: That’s my mom — I’ve always treated her as that, and she’s always treated me as if I was her biological son.

Q: Your father (Rick Reynolds)?

A: He laid a foundation early. Things were gonna be a certain way. I guess a little strict in the beginning. But the love is always there. If you come to our games, there’s not a bigger fan, not for me, but the whole team.

Q: An NBA player you might be similar to?

A: I have a little Chauncey Billups in me.

Q: You love taking the big shot?

A: I put so much work in, so much time trying to make myself the best player I can be. If I go to the free-throw line, I go up there with confidence because I’ve done it a million times. I know I’ve done it the right way. If it doesn’t go in, I know that’s one time it didn’t work out for me. If it doesn’t, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Q: Your buzzer-beating, last-second lay-in that beat Pitt last spring and sent Villanova to the Final Four — does it get any better than that?

A: No, because you just saw everybody’s emotion. You felt certain emotions you don’t feel that often in your life.

Q: There were 5.5 seconds when the play started . . . who threw you the ball?

A: Dante Cunningham.

Q: Where did you catch it?

A: Probably around halfcourt.

Q: What do you remember thinking?

A: I knew I had enough steps on them they weren’t gonna catch me. I wanted to get to the rim, either for myself or for Shane Clark, who was on the baseline. In the first half, I made a bounce pass to Shane, it caused me to have a turnover. I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice. I just wanted to make an aggressive play to the basket. If I got a charge, I knew it wasn’t enough time for them to get a shot at the basket, and if I didn’t get a charge, just try to make the shot or get fouled. At first, I didn’t think it went in.

Q: You never looked at the clock?

A: In my head, I knew how many dribbles I had to take. The clock is in my head.

Q: Then what happened?

A: Everybody started running after me, and I started running away from them.

Q: Why?

A: ’Cause they were trying to tackle me.

Q: Did they?

A: Yeah, everybody came and tackled me at the padding of the basket (at the other end of the court).

Q: What drives you?

A: Just wanting to be the best player I can be. . . . Knowing everybody around me doesn’t think I can be that type of player . . . Trying to prove people wrong every step of the way. I used to hang what everybody said about me all over my room. . . . They’re still there today.

Q: You became friendly with the custodians at Herndon (Va.) High.

A: Those are my people! (chuckles). I need a shout out to the custodians at Herndon! They would always let me shoot after hours, from like 9 to maybe like 11:30 at night. They would always let me in the gym. I’d be back there at six o’clock the next morning. I give them a lot of love all the time when I go back. The custodians, the cafeteria ladies, all that.

Q: Scouting report on Scottie Reynolds?

A: Don’t let him get it going. Once he gets one basket, he’s gonna feel like he’s gonna make 50 in a row.

Q: Jay Wright, 25 words or less?

A: Intense . . . demanding . . . wants the best for you. . . . Won’t stop pushing you until you’re done playing here.

Q: Former Duke star Jay Williams’ talk about his motorcycle accident at NBA Camp made an impact on you before your senior year in high school.

A: You gotta watch every decision that you make because one bad decision could cost you. That’s in the back of my head every time I represent Villanova basketball.

Q: NCAA Tournament threats from the Big East?

A: Syracuse; West Virginia; Georgetown and Marquette.

Q: Villanova’s chances to get back to the Final Four.

A: We have all the pieces that you want in a team. You have to go out there and play the game.

Q: Three dinner guests?

A: Jesus; Martin Luther King; Muhammad Ali.

Q: Boyhood idol?

A: Dee Brown.

Q: Childhood memory?

A: When I was 3 years old,

4 years old, my mom was swinging me and hot tar fell off the roof onto me and created all these scars on my body.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: “He Got Game.”

Q: Favorite actor?

A: Denzel Washington.

Q: Favorite singer/entertainer?

A: Lil Wayne; Al Green.

Q: Favorite meal?

A: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, cornbread, fruit punch Kool-Aid.