Monday, December 31, 2007

The Professor

Just about everytime junior point guard Bryan Petersen touches the basketball, you can hear a small chant of Iowa State students yelling, "the professor," in reference to the And One basketball player. Maybe it is a justified nickname for the junior college transfer who was known as "pistol Petey," in high school. In his last six games, Petersen has 29 assists and just one turnover. Following the Iowa game, he went on a three game stretch without any turnovers, including a 13 point, 7 assist performance against Texas Southern.
"I think it's getting more compfortable and experience," Petersen said following the game. "I've been through two college basketball seasons so I kind of know what to expect a little bit."
Cyclones' coach Greg McDermott is also expecting him to teach a few of the younger guys like Diante Garrett and Cameron Lee some things. Now, that's a professor.

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