Meet Your Chanticleer Hoopsters
11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
As we count down to tipoff, each day GoCCUSports.com will profile the lighter side of the Chanticleer Basketball teams. Today's student-athletes to be profiled are Badou Diagne and Megan Pittman.
- What is your personal goal for this season? My personal goal is to play the best and the hardest I can, and be part of a winning team.
- What got you started in basketball? When I was fourteen a new court was built in my neighborhood. That's how I started playing basketball.
- What is your plan after college, if you do not become a professional athlete? My plan is to get a job somewhere in business.
- Where is your hometown? Dakar, Senegal.
- What motivates you on the court? My mother.
- How do you help the team stay focused during the season? I like to go hard and motivate my teammates every time the spirit of the team is low.
- Who is your role model? Michael Jordan.
- What would you say to your biggest fan? Do not let somebody tell you that you will not succeed.
- Do you have a motto or saying you live your life by? Get the work done!
- What is your biggest pet-peeve? Laziness.
- What is your favorite pre-game meal? Chicken with mash potatoes.
- Do you have any superstitions? I do not have any.
- What teams are you most excited to play this year? Clemson.
- What is your most favorite moment in your basketball career? My first game in the United States.
- If you could be an animal what would you be? A lion.
To see Badou's interview with senior guard Anthony Raffa, click HERE
Megan Pittman
- What is your personal goal for this season? To help my team in every way that I possibly can.
- What got you started in basketball? All of my friends played basketball, so I wanted to play to.
- What is your plan after college, if you do not become a professional athlete? I want to be a pediatrician.
- Where is your hometown? Liberty, Kentucky.
- What motivates you on the court? The competition and intensity of the crowd.
- How do you help the team stay focused during the season? Pushing each other every day in practice and always keeping our ultimate goals in mind.
- Who is your role model? Candace Parker.
- What would you say to your biggest fan? I really appreciate all of your support.
- Do you have a motto or saying you live your life by? All day, every day.
- What is your biggest pet-peeve? People who complain.
- What is your favorite pre-game meal? Pizza.
- Do you have any superstitions? I drink grape fierce Gatorade every game.
- What teams are you most excited to play this year? North Carolina and Liberty.
- What is your most favorite moment in your basketball career? When I got my first triple-double.
- If you could be an animal what would you be? A giraffe.
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