Ryan Emhart , who plays for Gonzaga right now , who is probably gonna be an all-American , and then Arthur Columa at Texas and then of course Ryan Cabrenner , who is gonna be an all-American this year as well , 4 time defensive player , 3 time defensive player of the year at Big East , sorry , um , yeah , so it was just such a special . Team , um , and I really felt like I took a huge leap in my personal development on the court , um , personal growth and , you know , development on the court that year just by by playing with those guys and getting beat up by those guys , but also , you know , giving them a hard time as well so it was really , really exciting scout team . So usually , um , the way I think most teams run in college basketball is that you have the rotation guys which is usually like 1 through 77 guys who are gonna play the majority of the minutes throughout the game .
Uh , felt surreal , you know , growing up as a little kid you never , you know , you always watch March Madness on CBS and whatnot and just like , man , what if I'm there one day and it actually happened . It was such a surreal moment , um , and just that team , like I said , the culture , the expectations Mac had for us , you know , that team fits so well together , the synergy on that team was amazing . Um , we ended up having , you know , Trey Alexander , who plays for the Nuggets now , and Baylor Sharman , who plays for the Celtics were a part of that team .
This might be a little cliche , but I feel like , you know , sports culture and sports are . Intertwined together if you're not , if you wanna be a successful program that culture needs to stay , you know , consistent , um , and then having guys like me who are 50 years and Ryan Coburnners of the world who know how Coach Mac envisions success , um , it's really important to , you know , set an example and be a vocal leader on and off the court , make sure the younger guys understand what the expectations are and the standards , and I feel like . I've taken great pride in that , especially the last two years , and I take great pride in my , you know , I'm , I would say I'm the team captain of the scout team which , uh , some people , you know , might think like , oh wow , you're , you're not really playing on the court or whatever , but I take real pride in that because one I've developed so much through playing the scout team playing the best players on .
Intertwined together if you're not , if you wanna be a successful program that culture needs to stay , you know , consistent , um , and then having guys like me who are 50 years and Ryan Coburnners of the world who know how Coach Mac envisions success , um , it's really important to , you know , set an example and be a vocal leader on and off the court , make sure the younger guys understand what the expectations are and the standards , and I feel like . I've taken great pride in that , especially the last two years , and I take great pride in my , you know , I'm , I would say I'm the team captain of the scout team which , uh , some people , you know , might think like , oh wow , you're , you're not really playing on the court or whatever , but I take real pride in that because one I've developed so much through playing the scout team playing the best players on . Um , the opposing teams , um , and then , you know , coaching up the younger guys as well , um , being that , you know , mentor and telling them all the little nuances of the game and how , you know , the opposing team plays , um , I take really great pride in that and it's something , you know , is , is , is not an easy task .
So for the next practice those guys were ready to go and it was a little bit more of a battle the next day . The atmosphere is always great at creating games our team . Our fan base travels really well whether that's in Maui , whether that's in Vegas , whether that's an away game it's , it's always a great time to play in front of those guys in front of the crowd in front of the fans , um , they always bring it and we're really appreciative of that .
