Good find. As far as proximity to where he grew up, and the prospect of immediate playing time, NU has to look quite attractive.
Some comments from him from a 2015 Trib article:
“In a program, what I'm looking for is, is a team going to give me a place that has good facilities and good fans — and just a winning program and a winning environment? But the coaching staff and the teammates are really important to me, because you're going to be spending so much time with those guys. Just making sure I really like the coaching staff — the guys that are recruiting me — and then the teammates, as well.
And, from a school standpoint, just a good academic school because that's going to set you up for your life after basketball. So definitely thinking about academics as well, but I'd probably say basketball is my main focus.
It's just a tough place to be at, and I'm trying to go to a school where I can get home more often because family's really important to me. And if there's an opportunity to play close to home, I would definitely put that on the top of my list.”
And a little bonus
“I didn't know exactly what I was getting myself into, especially the way the Air Force Academy runs a
Princeton-style offense. I watched them play and they told me they run the Princeton, but I didn't actually really know what it was like until playing in it. And it's very restrictive. You kind of play like robots, pretty much. There's not really basketball instincts involved — like you don't read and react, you go from piece to piece to piece. And I didn't really like playing like that. I loved the coaching staff and the teammates, but I didn't like playing with that.”
