2020 Samford Men's Basketball Program -- Edition 1

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BROADCASTS All of Samford’s home games will be broadcast live on ESPN platforms. For the ESPN broadcasts, Curt Bloom will handle play-by-play duties once again this season. Both ESPN3 and ESPN+ can be accessed via the ESPN App across most internet-connected media devices or on ESPN.com. ESPN+ is the premium multisport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment in conjunction with ESPN. It offers fans thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital networks. Fans subscribe to ESPN+ for just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year) and cancel at any time.

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NUMERICAL ROSTER NO 0 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 31 35 42

NAME Triston Chambers K.J. Davis Jaron Rillie Myron Gordon A.J. Staton-McCray Preston Parks Marcellus Vail Clay Holmes Quinn Richey Richardson Maitre Grayson Walters Luke Champion Logan Dye Christian Guess Jalen Dupree Bryan Smith Stanley Henderson Jr. Jacob Tryon

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HT 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-8 6-8 6-6 6-8 6-4 6-6 6-11

WT 185 185 175 180 190 175 175 195 195 180 185 175 235 190 235 180 210 210

CL HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL RS-Sr.Cold Springs, Ala./UAH RS-Jr. Portsmouth, Va./East Carolina Fr. Santa Barbara, Calif./Link Year Prep (Mo.) RS-Sr. Bordentown, N.J./Harcum College Fr. Charlotte, N.C./West Oaks Acad. (Fla.) Gr. Greenville, S.C./UT Martin Fr. Shelbyville, Ky./Martha Layne Collins HS Fr. Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy So. Johns Creek, Ga./James Madison RS-Sr.Montreal, Canada/Florida Atlantic Fr. Mountain Brook, Ala./Link Year Prep (Mo.) Fr. Suwanee, Ga/Lambert HS Jr. Haleyville, Ala./Haleyville HS Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/North Idaho College RS-Sr. Cordova, Tenn./Murray So. Pismo Beach, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS RS-So. Jonesboro, Ga./Middle Georgia Prep Sr. Temecula, Calif./Univ. of Portland

Head Coach: Bucky McMillan (1st season, Birmingham-Southern ‘07) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Duane Reboul (New Orleans, ‘72, 1st Season) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Tra Arnold (Biola ‘05, 1st Season) Assistant Coach: Sergio Rouco (Nova Southeastern ‘87, 1st Season) Assistant Coach: Gerald Gillion (Florida State ‘08, 1st Season) Director of Player Development and Scouting: David Good (C. Michigan ‘04, 1st Season) Director of Basketball Ops/Analytics: Matthew Powell (Samford ‘14, 7th Season)

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Alabama (3): Triston Chambers (Cold Springs), Logan Dye (Haleyville), Grayson Walters (Mountain Brook) California (3): Jaron Rillie (Santa Barbara), Bryan Smith (Pismo Beach), Jacob Tryon (Temecula) Canada (1): Richardson Maitre (Montreal) Georgia (3): Luke Champion (Suwanee), Stanley Henderson Jr. (Jonesboro), Quinn Richey (Johns Creek) Kentucky (1): Marcellus Vail (Shelbyville) New Jersey (1): Myron Gordon (Bordentown) North Carolina (1): A.J. Staton-McCray (Charlotte) Ohio (1): Christian Guess (Cleveland) South Carolina (1): Preston Parks (Greenville) Tennessee (2): Jalen Dupree (Cordova), Clay Holmes (Brentwood) Virginia (1): K.J. Davis (Portsmouth)

CLASS BREAKDOWN Freshmen (6): Luke Champion, Clay Holmes, Jaron Rillie, A.J. Staton-McCray, Marcellus Vail, Grayson Walters Sophomores (3): Stanley Henderson, Quinn Richey, Bryan Smith Junior (3): K.J. Davis, Logan Dye, Christian Guess Senior (5): Triston Chambers, Jalen Dupree, Myron Gordon, Richardson Maitre, Jacob Tryon Graduate Student (1): Preston Parks 4

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Samford University Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional programs through 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It enrolls 5,729 students from 47 states and 30 countries.

Samford is regularly recognized as one of the top Christian universities in the United States, receiving high marks for academic quality and value. Samford is the top-ranked university in Alabama in national rankings published by The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranks Samford 2nd in the nation for student engagement. Samford is ranked 86th nationally for best value by U.S. News & World Report, and is the only Alabama university included in the list. According to The Wall Street 6

Journal/Times Higher Education, Samford students are more likely to recommend their university than students at any other college or university in the country.

Among Samford’s 53,915 alumni have included more than 60 members of the U.S. Congress, eight state governors, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, one Secretary of State, four Rhodes Scholars, multiple Emmy and Grammy award-winning artists, two national championship football coaches, and recipients of the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace prizes.

The university fields 17 varsity sports—eight men’s and nine women’s—that participate at the NCAA Division I level in the Southern Conference.

Samford’s athletic teams earned a 99% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) by the NCAA. Samford is ranked 1st in the nation for GSR among all colleges and universities in the NCAA Division I level (2020).

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2020 Samford Distinctions • 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio • Samford is ranked 2nd in the nation for student engagement by The Wall Street Journal (2021). Student engagement eflects how well as university manages to inform, inspire and challenge its students.

• Samford’s athletic teams earned a 99% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) by the NCAA. Samford is ranked 1st in the nation for GSR among all colleges and universities in the NCAA Division I level (2020).

• Samford is ranked 86th nationally for best value by U.S. News & World Report, and is the only Alabama university included in the list. Samford also is ranked 143rd overall among all national universities by U.S. News & World Report (2021).

• Samford is the top-ranked university in Alabama in national rankings by The Wall Street Journal (2020).

• 97% of undergraduate alumni are working or in further study within six months of graduation (2019).

• Samford is ranked 15th nationally for best Christian colleges and universities by College Consensus (2020).

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2020-21 Bulldog Club Annual Fund Donors CHAMPION’S CIRCLE Bill and Kimeran Stevens Rick and Beth Stukes HERITAGE CIRCLE Anthony and Robbin Allen Charles Culp Mark and Gwen Matthews PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Roy Anderson Todd and Karen Carlisle Tommy and Charolette Hamby Wayne and Judy Houston Shawn and Kelly O’Brien Michael and Carolyn Robinson ATHLETIC DIRECTORS CIRCLE Alabama Power Bill and Julie Bazemore Lynn and Kendall Boggs Bennie and Sonja Bumpers

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Andrew Westmoreland President

Andrew Westmoreland became Samford University’s 18th president on June 1, 2006. As Samford’s president, Westmoreland has led the university to embrace a vision to enrich and expand its service to students, and further inspire their desire to meet the needs of the world. To advance this vision, the university is committed to a challenging strategic plan with four priorities: emphasize student success, enhance our community, extend our reach, and ensure financial strength. Forever Samford is a six-year, $300 million capital campaign that was launched in fall 2016. It is the largest undertaking of its kind in Samford University’s 179-year history. Funding from the campaign will help to ensure that Samford continues to prepare and send dedicated, thoughtful and ethical people out into the world.

Prior to assuming the Samford presidency, Westmoreland was president of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Before his selection as Ouachita’s president in 1998, he had served on the administrative staff for more than 19 years in various capacities.

Westmoreland holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science and a doctorate in higher education administration. A

native of Arkansas, he is married to Dr. Jeanna Westmoreland. They have one daughter, Riley, who is a graduate of Samford and of Vanderbilt University.

His career in higher education spans 40 years, including two college presidencies. In addition to his duties as Samford president, Westmoreland teaches courses in political science as his schedule allows. He serves as a member of many boards for charities and other entities, and he is an author and speaker. He is the past chair of the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which oversees accreditation for more than 800 colleges and universities from Virginia to Texas. He also served as president of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities. Currently, he serves as the executive director of Samford’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership.

The Westmorelands enjoy entertaining and annually host more than 9,000 students, employees, alumni, donors and other friends of the university in the president’s home, in addition to the thousands whom they greet and host at on-campus events.

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Director of Athletics Martin Newton Samford University alumnus and director of athletics Martin Newton has transformed the Bulldogs into one of the Southern Conference’s most successful programs since taking the helm of the department on March 9, 2011.

A recognized leader in collegiate athletics, Newton began a four-year appointment to the NCAA Division I Council and the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee on July 1, 2019. The Division I Council is a high-level group responsible for the day-to-day decision-making for Division I while the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee ensures that appropriate oversight of men’s basketball is maintained and makes recommendations related to regular-season and postseason events.

On the field and court, the Bulldogs have captured 44 Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships during his tenure, including a school record eight titles in 2019-20, a season shortened by the cancellation of spring sports due to COVID-19.

Additionally, in the most recent Southern Conference All-Sports standings, Samford finished second in the Germann Cup (top women’s program) standings and fourth in the Commissioner’s Cup (top men’s program) standings.

Academically, the school’s student-athletes have also posted outstanding results in the classroom, with 1,353 Bulldogs being named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. Samford’s student-athletes posted an impressive 97% in the most recent NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report, ranking No. 1 in the state of Alabama and 18th nationally among Division I institutions.

Over the last eight years, the Athletics Department has seen significant growth in corporate partnerships and annual giving, more than doubling philanthropic gifts and sponsorship revenues. In fiscal year 2020, Samford has received gifts totaling $1,634,942 and is expected to eclipse $2 million for

the second consecutive year.

Facility enhancements have also been a hallmark of Newton’s tenure with the Bulldogs. Phase I of the Seibert Stadium project was completed in August 2019 and was 100% donor funded. The new state of the art Daktronics video board is the second largest in the Southern Conference and included a significant upgrade to the sound system.

In the spring of 2017, a goal of Newton’s was realized when the inaugural class of the Samford Athletics Hall of Fame was inducted. The first-class facility is housed on the third floor of the Pete Hanna Center, and includes inductee plaques and displays, along with a display of important moments in Samford Athletics history and another honoring all of the school’s conference and NCAA champions.

He has also negotiated an exclusive universitywide footwear and apparel deal with Nike, helped lead the way on a university-wide licensing agreement with the Licensing Resource Group and successfully transformed the antiquated radio network into an industry leader in campus-led broadcast production with all Samford home athletic events airing on ESPN3 or ESPN+.

A 1983 Samford graduate with a degree in business, Newton was a four-year letter winner in men’s basketball and was an All-Conference honorable mention selection in 1980.

Following graduation, he worked in sports marketing for Converse for 13 years. Newton then spent 13 years in a similar capacity at Nike.

Prior to his return to Samford, Newton was hired at the University of Kentucky in 2009, where he managed the budget, fund-raising, compliance, scheduling, marketing and academic support for the men’s basketball program.

He is a member of the board for the Birmingham Bowl, and he is a member of the Birmingham Quarterback Club, Birmingham Tip-Off Club and Birmingham Kiwanis Club. He is also an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Newton and his wife, Cindy, have three grown children, Katie, Madison and Charles. They also have two grandsons, Charlie and Sawyer.

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Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bucky McMillan

Bucky McMillan was named Samford’s 29th head men’s basketball coach April 6.

“When we set out to hire a new coach for our men’s basketball program, we had three main criteria,” director of athletics Martin Newton said. “We wanted someone with head coaching experience and a proven track record of winning championships, someone who could excite and engage the Birmingham and Samford communities, and someone who understands and embraces the mission of our great university. Bucky McMillan quickly became the obvious choice. Bucky has a proven track record of winning championships, a tireless work ethic, a unique basketball mind and the energy and enthusiasm to bring championship basketball to Lakeshore Drive.”

McMillan comes to Samford after serving as the head coach at Mountain Brook High School for the past 12 seasons. McMillan has led the program to unprecedented success, 14

reaching the state finals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the team won the title in the state’s highest classification in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

In 2020, the Mountain Brook program was ranked 13th in the list of top 25 public high school basketball programs in the United States over the last decade. In 2018, the National High School Coaches Association named McMillan its National Coach of the Year after his team finished the season with a 34-3 record and ranked No. 17 in the USA Today national rankings. His 2019 team finished the year ranked No. 5 nationally by USA Today.

McMillan’s teams were ranked No. 1 in the AHSAA state rankings during each season from 2013 to 2020.

“I am thankful and grateful for this opportunity,” McMillan said. “I want to especially give thanks to the leadership at Samford for their confidence in me to lead this program. When I came to Mountain Brook, I had never been a high school head coach and the administration there took a chance on me, and this is a similar situation. I am ecstatic to be going to work for one of the top Christian universities in the country, whose values I believe in. I am excited to get to Samford and build relationships with the faculty and staff, and most importantly with the student-athletes.”

McMillan was named USA Today’s Alabama Coach of the Year in 2019; Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Coach of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015; Birmingham Tip-Off Club State Coach of the Year in 2012, 2015 and 2019; and Over The Mountain Coach of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. He was selected to coach the Alabama All-Stars in the 2019 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. That same year, he was named one of the coaches of Michael Jordan’s “Jordan Brand” All-Star Classic.

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During his 12-year run in charge of the Spartans’ program, McMillan won 333 games, averaging nearly 28 wins per season. After posting an 18-12 record in his first season as head coach, McMillan’s teams won at least 23 games in each of the next 11 seasons.

In addition to his work at Mountain Brook High School, McMillan founded the Bucky Ball Academy, a youth camp to enhance and unify basketball in the Mountain Brook community.

He also founded the Alabama Flyers program that provides off-season basketball opportunities for the community’s youth.

McMillan played his college basketball at Birmingham-Southern College from 2002 to 2006, where he was named to the Big South Conference Academic Honor Roll all four seasons, and to the league’s All-Academic team as a senior. He also earned the distinction of being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor’s Court. McMillan earned his bachelor’s degree in education services from Birmingham-Southern in 2007.

While a student at Mountain Brook High School from 1999 to 2002, McMillan received All-State honors from The Birmingham News in

2002 and was nominated for the McDonald’s High School All-America team. The Birmingham News also named him to its All-State Athletic Academic team.

“I encourage everyone to get their season tickets now and enjoy the Bucky Ball era of Samford basketball,” Newton said.

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Duane Reboul

ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH Basketball coaching legend Duane Reboul enters his first season on the Samford staff. He will serve as a Special Assistant to the Head Coach.

Reboul was one of the top basketball coaches in the nation during his 17 seasons as the head coach at Birmingham-Southern, where he was head coach Bucky McMillan’s head coach. He led his teams to two NAIA National Championships, three NAIA Final 4 appearances and four NAIA Elite Eight runs. He was named the 1995 National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Reboul earned Southern States Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1990, 1993 and 1995. He was named State of Alabama Coach of the Year in 1990 and 1997, and the TranSouth Conference Division Coach of the Year in 1998. He led the program through its transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division I, earning Big South Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2004 and 2006, and his 2004 team won the Big South Conference title.

In his time as the Panthers’ head coach, Reboul won 402 games, averaging nearly 24 wins per season.

His teams posted an impressive nine consecutive 20-win seasons.

Reboul began his coaching career as the head coach at his alma mater, De La Salle High School in New Orleans, leading the school to the 1976 state title. He then served six seasons as the head coach at Jesuit High School before moving to the college ranks as an assistant coach at New Orleans and Mississippi State before being hired as the head coach at BSC. He graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1972.

Tra Arnold

ASSISTANT COACH/RECRUITING COORDINATOR Tra Arnold enters his first year on the Samford men’s basketball coaching staff. He serves as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

Arnold comes to Samford after spending the last two seasons on the staff at Iona. He was the team’s associate head coach during the 2018-20 seasons, helping lead the team to the MAAC regular-season and tournament titles as well as an NCAA Tournament bid.

Prior to his time at Iona, Arnold spent six seasons as the head coach at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas.

He amassed a record of 159-32 in six seasons with three-straight national tournament appearances. He was a two-time Region V and WJCAC Coach of the Year. He also led the program to a pair of Region V titles and three NJCAA Tournament appearances. Over his six seasons in charge of the program, Odessa averaged 26.5 wins per season.

Arnold worked on the staff at Blinn College in Texas from 2005 to 2012. He served as an assistant coach from 2005 to 2009 and as the head coach of the program from 2009 to 2012. His 2011-12 team earned the most wins in program history and was a Region XIV finalist for the first time in program history.

Arnold received an associate in arts degree from College of Southern Idaho in 2002, a bachelor’s in kinesiology from Biola University in 2005 and a Master’s in physical education from Prairie View A&M University in 2009. Arnold and his wife Jodi have two sons, Tavin and Carson, and a daughter Quinn.

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ASSISTANT COACH

Gerald Gillion enters his first season on the Samford men’s basketball coaching staff. He will serve as an assistant coach.

Gillion is an elite recruiter with strong ties to the state of Florida.

He comes to Samford after working as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech from 2017 to 2019. He helped lead the 2017-18 Golden Eagles to a 19-12 record. Gillion spent the 2019-20 academic year as a teacher at Northeast High School in Florida.

Gillion worked as a special assistant to the head coach at South Florida from 2014-17. He was the director of basketball operations at Florida International from 2013-14.

Gillion began his coaching career as the head coach at Northeast High School from 2008 to 2013.

He also coached the girls program, leading a dramatic turnaround in both programs.

Gillion earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science from Florida State University in 2008.

Sergio Rouco ASSISTANT COACH

Sergio Rouco enters his first season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Samford.

Rouco, a veteran coach, spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Austin Peay. During his time with the Governors, he helped lead the team to a pair of 20-win seasons.

Prior to his time at Austin Peay, Rouco was on the staff at South Florida, where he spent three seasons as an assistant for Orlando Antigua and Murry Bartow.

Rouco broke into collegiate coaching at Florida International as an assistant, serving four seasons (1987-91) and returning to FIU as an assistant from 2000-2003. He spent a season at UTEP in 2003-04, helping the Miners win 24 games and advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Rouco later became the head coach at FIU, a position he held from 2004-09. During Rouco’s tenure as the head coach of the Panthers, FIU made a semifinal appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the program’s longest postseason run since 1998, and mentored four All-Sun Belt players.

Prior to his tenure at South Florida, Rouco spent three seasons at Ole Miss (2011-14), helping lead the Rebels to a school record-tying 27 wins and an SEC Tournament title in the 2012-13 season.

Rouco was a successful prep coach in the Miami area at Loyola (1986-87) and Norland (1991-95).

He boasts professional head coaching experience for Club Mauricio Baez (1995) and Los Minas (1996) in the Dominican Republic, helping both squads reach the semifinals of the playoffs. In 1996-97, he was the head coach of the Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela, and he returned to that country in 2010.

A 1987 graduate of Nova Southeastern with an education degree, Rouco and his wife, Kelly, have two sons, Sergio Alessandro and Fabian.

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AD DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND SCOUTING David Good enters his first season as Samford men’s basketball’s director of player development and scouting.

Good comes to Samford after serving as an assistant coach on McMillan’s staff at Mountain Brook High School since 2015. He helped lead the Spartans to three 7A state titles (2019, 2018, 2017), one 7A runner-up (2020) and an overall record of 152-22. During his time at Mountain Brook, the Spartans eclipsed the 30-win mark four times including a 34-3 record in 2018 while ranking No. 17 in the USA Today national rankings and a 31-3 record in 2019 while ranking No. 5 in the USA Today national rankings.

Prior to his time at Mountain Brook, Good taught physical education and coached basketball at Thompson High School and Thompson Middle School from 2012-2015.

From 2007 to 2012, Good was a video coordinator at UAB where he assisted in four straight 20-win seasons, a CUSA Conference Championship in 2011, four post-season appearances (NCAA-2011; NIT-2010, 2009, 2008) and a 107-57 overall record. Good also served as a graduate assistant at Eastern Michigan University from 2005-2007.

Good began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Shepherd High School in Michigan from 2004 to 2005, helping lead the team to a 19-2 record and a conference title.

Good earned a Master of Science in Education from UAB (2012), Master of Science in Sports Management from Eastern Michigan University (2010) and a Bachelor of Science in Sports Studies from Central Michigan University (2004).

Good and his wife, Lucy, have two daughters, Addie Mae (8) and Evie Kate (5).

Matthew Powell

DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS AND ANALYTICS Matthew Powell enters his seventh season on the Samford men’s basketball staff. Powell is currently the staff’s director of basketball operations and analytics.

Powell has served on the Samford men’s basketball staff for the past six seasons, including the last two as director of basketball operations. As director of basketball operations, Powell has been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the men’s basketball program, travel planning, assisting in game scheduling, coordinating official visits, as well as additional duties. He has also overseen the team’s student managers and assisted with video scouting and game preparation.

Powell served as video coordinator during his first four seasons on staff, handling various duties including video scouting and analysis, preparation of scouting reports, game planning and other day-to-day activities.

Powell earned his Bachelor of Science in sports administration from Samford in 2014.

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Student-Athlete Q&A

Luke Champion Throughout the 2020-21 season, we will sit down for a Q&A with each player on the Samford men’s basketball roster. For this Q&A, Joy Grace Webb talked with freshman forward Luke Champion.

Question: What is the best piece of advice you have for seniors in high school, planning to play basketball in college?

Answer: Continue to work hard and don’t listen too much to outside noise.

Question: What do you enjoy the most about college basketball?

Answer: The competition level—everyone is really good. I love how much we get to work.

Question: If you were not a basketball player, what would you be?

Answer: I would be a basketball coach.

Question: Do you have any gameday rituals? If so, what are they?

Answer: I have lucky socks I wear and I have to drink a Coca-Cola.

Question: Do you have any hidden talents?

Answer: I can juggle.

Question: What would you like to say to your coaches or teammates?

Answer: I am ready to get out there and work!

Question: What got you into basketball?

Answer: My family—my dad was a basketball player.

Question: What is your favorite place in Birmingham?

Answer: Top Golf Question: Do you have any weird food combinations?

Answer: Chicken nuggets on a burger. I was crazy hungry the first day of college, so I went to the grill in the University Center and got chicken nuggets and put it on my burger with a slice of pizza too. The pizza wasn’t great, but the nuggets on the burger are great.

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Student-Athlete Q&A

Clay Holmes Throughout the 2020-21 season, we will sit down for a Q&A with each player on the Samford men’s basketball roster. For this Q&A, Joy Grace Webb talked with freshman guard Clay Holmes.

Question: What is the best piece of advice you have for seniors in high school, planning to play basketball in college?

Answer: My piece of advice would probably be to pick the school before you pick the basketball program. You have to love school above it all. Once you’ve found the school, then look at the head coach.

Question: What do you enjoy the most about college basketball?

Answer: My teammates and all of the people I’ve met Question: If you were not a basketball player, what would you be?

Answer: I’d be a professional ping-pong player. Ping Pong is by far my best sport, then basketball.

Question: Do you have any hidden talents?

Answer: I can play two songs on guitar.

Question: What would you like to say to your coaches?

Answer: Thank you for giving me a chance. I’m really thankful.

Question: What got you into basketball?

Answer: My dad encouraged me and coached me.

Question: What is your hot take?

Answer: Michael Jordan is the GOAT, no doubt.

Question: What do you want the fans to know about you?

Answer: I love to win and would not have come here if I did not believe in Coach Bucky.

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Student-Athlete Q&A

Jaron Rillie Throughout the 2020-21 season, we will sit down for a Q&A with each player on the Samford men’s basketball roster. For this Q&A, Joy Grace Webb talked with freshman guard Jaron Rillie.

Question: What is the best piece of advice you have for seniors in high school, planning to play basketball in college?

Answer: Enjoy high school basketball because the next level is different. High school, you are playing for everyone you know. In college, it’s all different. It is a good different, but different.

Question: Why did you decide to come to Samford?

Answer: I heard a lot about the program and decided to commit because I thought it was right.

Question: If you were not a basketball player, what would you be?

Answer: I would be a coach, professional or Division I Question: Do you have any gameday rituals? If so, what are they?

Answer: Just come in, shoot, and get ready for the game Question: Do you have any hidden talents?

Answer: I am pretty good at soccer.

Question: What got you into basketball?

Answer: I grew up around basketball and my dad played professionally. I always grew up in a gym. I used to live in Australia, then we moved to US and, everywhere I went, I played basketball.

Question: What is your hot take?

Answer: Stephen Curry is the best point guard of all time.

Question: What is the biggest difference in California and Alabama?

Answer: The South’s love for football—the South is another beast when it comes to football.

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Student-Athlete Q&A

A.J. Staton-McCray Throughout the 2020-21 season, we will sit down for a Q&A with each player on the Samford men’s basketball roster. For this Q&A, Joy Grace Webb talked with freshman guard A.J. Staton-McCray.

Question: What is the best piece of advice you have for seniors in high school, planning to play basketball in college?

Answer: Have fun with it. It’s a good journey. It’s a long journey, but it’s good. It’s exciting. Just see what happens next.

Question: Why did you decide to come to Samford?

Answer: The coaching staff and how Bucky treats his players—the family here Question: If you were not a basketball player, what would you be?

Answer: I would be a tennis or baseball player. I am good at tennis and I just like baseball.

Question: Do you have any gameday rituals?

Answer: Eating Wendy’s on game day—and I am hoping to keep the ritual going.

Question: What would you like to say to your coaches or teammates?

Answer: I am looking to win this year.

Question: What got you into basketball?

Answer: My mom took me to the court and shot with me. She always played with me.

Question: What do you want to be known for?

Answer: I am a chill guy off the court, playful, but I know when to be serious. I don’t want to take life for granted.

Question: Do you have any weird food combinations?

Answer: I am a plain person and I don’t like mayonnaise.

Question: Is there anything else you want to say?

Answer: BUCKY BALL IS COMING!

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Marcellus Vail Throughout the 2020-21 season, we will sit down for a Q&A with each player on the Samford men’s basketball roster. For this Q&A, Joy Grace Webb talked with freshman guard Marcellus Vail.

Question: What is the best piece of advice you have for seniors in high school, planning to play basketball in college?

Answer: Keep working and get better every day. It will all work out.

Question: If you were not a basketball player, what would you be?

Answer: I would be a golfer.

Question: Do you have any hidden talents?

Answer: I am really good at golf. I shoot under par a lot. You would be surprised.

Question: What would you like to say to your coaches or teammates?

Answer: Thanks for helping me get better every day as a player and person.

Question: What got you into basketball?

Answer: My mom and dad put a basketball in my hand.

Question: What is your hot take?

Answer: King Kong is the best movie ever! I have poster in my room.

Question: What do you want the fans to know about you?

Answer: I am a funny guy, ready to work, and ready to win games. That is the whole reason I am here.

Question: If you had to bring one teammate with you to a desert island, who would it be and why?

Answer: JD (Jalen Dupree) because he is HUGE and if somebody or animal tries to mess with me, I know JD would whoop ‘em.

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