PAC-10 preview: Q&A with Stanford I Anthony Brown

Unto the 14 win ran out of talent starved it can not winning Stanford's Johnny Dawkins any coach of the year awards last year, but he probably deserves more credit for the endured, taking into account all the cardinal.

Roster of featured only six healthy players, who started his career in scholarship.Their frontcourt consisted of three former walk-ons and Santa Clara, the transfer of the depth of the Group to provide guard. [1] [2] and practical Foundation, although he had not been organized in one place they plucked on the fattening farm backup quarterback disabled football basketball four years.

Expectations of an average consumer who is slightly larger in the future, the Stanford class six man in air traffic, consider that some of the best PAC-10 to the arrival of the great merits. Six-foot-6 wing Anthony Brown, one of the jewels of this class have recently joined me to discuss how he chose the Stanford what impact he believes freshmen to make the program and why he believes the cardinal are currently ignored, entering a new period:

JE: Stanford after an injection skills necessary to take into consideration the Landry Fields graduated from and all the last year, the depth of the problems of the group. How much optimism is about the arrival of this program I class?

AB:I think there is a lot of optimism and a lot of excitement in the Coaching staff really expect. [1] [2] with us, but they always stress the fact that we have a large class of paper but until we scratch area on the floor, it means nothing.But I believe that we have all the elements, we need to do to run the NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION competition and the PAC-10 Championship.

JE: Do you guys, you're a little overlooked as a heading appears in the season?

AB:I think that we are very overlooked. Not many people know Josh Owens about, because he did not play for the last period. They really are a lot of bodies in the last year, so this year, because we have so many friends and so many good views, only we are better. As soon as we receive in accordance with recognised experience in disciplines related to our belt, we plan to have well-oiled machine. We've all healthy and we are all hungry.

JE:What you were focused on improving this summer, get ready for the season?

AB: My main focus in the summer was a sterling and operational strength to get THE PAC-10 physical through the grind. It was a great focus for all I. For each I, which shall not have the College-level strength-wise.

JE:Go back to the air traffic in the process. What did you like the coach Dawkins about?

AB: Information about coach Dawkins I liked was that he was so persistent.It came to my junior year, that I had a series of single-digit scoring games to stretch. Some of the other colleges were, "we're not really sure about him", but Dawkins was always sure of.He could always see my possibilities.He knew it was not always scoring information. It is to make the plays and that aggressive. and then him Duke and the USA Basketball come from was a big plus.

JE: How important is it that the Stanford was constantly engaged to a couple of years should other schools became later?

AB: It was really a big difference through manufacturer. [1] [2] I decided I wanted to stay connected to the core, the West Coast.Stanford had always been in the picture of my sophomore year. UCLA and CAL tried to get there late. It was really tough decision, but I think I did a search back to the right choice.

JE: How can you see your role in the season and whether you have the possibility to start the job, see now?

AB:The possibility of on-the-spot checks is getting started is displayed. My role will appear as you do some of the stuff that Landry was not, even if apparently not older than the level he made. Rebounding, defending, hitting open shots, always playing hard and is still an aggressive. I will not be passive, just because I am I. I will be aggressive, because it would be Open space on all other floors.

JE: No, you must make sure that you are going to have to submit the game such as Landry had 20 last year, but whether as a template for the actions of the Stanford career to visible?

AB:That is displayed.Can I view him since he converted his senior year, he was much better, so much stronger and he learned so much.He told me that Dawkins helped him so much, just two years, that he was there.Of course, he is on the other hand, they do now, and he is succeeding, so I would like to emulate what he has done.

JE:When than many entrants to the market than you, how you can create a group chemistry over the summer so that you can have the beginning of the season, meshing?

AB:This is really the key.We do not want to have only the chemistry between the freshmen, so we repeated collection of games we will never be played against the freshmen upperclassmen.We mix it because we want to develop chemistry between all actors.We are you learning on a daily basis, if the upperclassmen as the ball and what they are doing, so our chemistry is to get there.I say that.

JE:How is Josh Owens looked for a future sitting in the last period off? All rust occurred?

AB:I do not think he is retrieved from the rusty at all. [1] [2] I think he has added a few more dimensions of his game. Hooks Jump 17 foot jump shots. He is going to a real big surprise IN THE PAC-10.

JE:Te national idea is that you are likely to be the conclusion of the NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION of the year away from the competition and the Conference to contending. is something you think you can do sooner than later?

AB:Oh yeah, the objective is to make competition and I think that we will make the competition and we should competition. I do not think that age is that a large College Basketball thing. I know that there is a lot I, which make the impact we have a lot of the pieces. [2] [3]. we have the athleticism, we have the shooting, we have the possibility of slashing. we are in the current of our defence. PAC-10 is open. If we go to an open mind and do well there on a tryout basis, who knows what will happen?

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