BleedGopher
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per the STrib Q&A:
Do you look back at that? Do you wonder what would have happened if you had left after sophomore year? Yeah, looking back at all my years, that would been my best year to come out. Draft Express had me going lottery. I had a breakout year. Everything was on the rise, I had all these invites to camps in the summer time and everything was going good. But I wouldn’t take it back. That was an opportunity. I ended up getting my degree, meeting my girlfriend – me and Rachel got together after that. And just prolonging friendships I’ve made in college, networking and connecting. And I’ll never forget those things, those four years. I think when I look back on it, it will be the best four years of my life.
Was declaring for the draft something you thought a lot about after your sophomore year? You had your best statistical year that year – 14.6 points, 3.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds a game. Yeah it was. I think when [former Minnesota] coach [Tubby] Smith got fired, it kind of distracted me from that. Then I started thinking about what was happening next with the team, I wasn’t thinking about myself. But that’s how it goes.
You graduated a semester early, in Dec. 2014 with your degree in the prestigious Carlson School of Management. How proud are you of that achievement? One of my goals coming into college was to get a degree. So now I’ve got that, I’ve made my family proud. Almost all of my family came up to Minneapolis to see me graduate, so that was awesome. It was great to just get it done early so I could focus on the season, focus on ball.
http://www.startribune.com/andre-ho...ously-to-whatever-his-future-holds/309854251/
Go Gophers!!
Do you look back at that? Do you wonder what would have happened if you had left after sophomore year? Yeah, looking back at all my years, that would been my best year to come out. Draft Express had me going lottery. I had a breakout year. Everything was on the rise, I had all these invites to camps in the summer time and everything was going good. But I wouldn’t take it back. That was an opportunity. I ended up getting my degree, meeting my girlfriend – me and Rachel got together after that. And just prolonging friendships I’ve made in college, networking and connecting. And I’ll never forget those things, those four years. I think when I look back on it, it will be the best four years of my life.
Was declaring for the draft something you thought a lot about after your sophomore year? You had your best statistical year that year – 14.6 points, 3.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds a game. Yeah it was. I think when [former Minnesota] coach [Tubby] Smith got fired, it kind of distracted me from that. Then I started thinking about what was happening next with the team, I wasn’t thinking about myself. But that’s how it goes.
You graduated a semester early, in Dec. 2014 with your degree in the prestigious Carlson School of Management. How proud are you of that achievement? One of my goals coming into college was to get a degree. So now I’ve got that, I’ve made my family proud. Almost all of my family came up to Minneapolis to see me graduate, so that was awesome. It was great to just get it done early so I could focus on the season, focus on ball.
http://www.startribune.com/andre-ho...ously-to-whatever-his-future-holds/309854251/
Go Gophers!!