Chris Diamond

#3

5'11    140 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests: None
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):   Miami Heat
Favorite Musical Artist/Group:  Meek Mill
Favorite Quote or Saying:   “Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn't Work Hard”
Favorite Movie:  None
Favorite Restaurant:   None
Final Four Picks for 2014:                                     
1. Kansas
2. Duke
3. Michigan
4. Kentucky

Will Arend

#4

5'10    135 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests: Golf
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport): Baylor
Favorite Musical Artist/Group: Switchfoot
Favorite Quote or Saying:   Pain is temporary.
Favorite Movie:   Talladega Nights
Favorite Restaurant: Outback Steakhouse
Final Four Picks for 2014:
1. Baylor
2. Michigan State
3. Duke
4. Kansas

Holt Clausen

#10

5'9   126 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests:  Fishing
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):Nebraska University
Favorite Quote or Saying:    “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Kevin Durant
Favorite Movie:    Step-Brothers
Favorite Restaurant: Saltgrass
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Kentucky
2. Louisville
3. Duke
4. UNC

Matt Strange

#12

5'7   125 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests:  working out  
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):   LSU
Favorite Musical Artist/Group:  Drake
Favorite Quote or Saying:   “You are never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka
Favorite Movie:   The Blind Side
Favorite Restaurant:   Raising Cane’s
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Indiana
2. Florida
3. Arizona
4. Kentucky

Cole Creighton

#20

6'0   150 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies: Baseball,football,fishing,hunting
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):  Oklahoma City Thunder
Favorite Musical Artist/Group: Kanye West
Favorite Quote: “Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”
Favorite Movie: Elf
Favorite Restaurant:   Mikee’s in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Kansas
2. Michigan State
3. Gonzaga
4. Syracuse

Mitch McGurrin

#21

5'10   124 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests:   Football, biking
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):   Notre Dame Basketball
Favorite Musical Artist/Group:   Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.” –Henry Ford
Favorite Movie:   Miracle
Favorite Restaurant:   Chipotle
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Kentucky
2. Michigan St
3. Kansas
4. Arizona

Shayon Tayebi

#23

5'9   148 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests: Football, video games
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):  Denver Broncos
Favorite Musical Artist/Group: Eminem
Favorite Quote or Saying: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Favorite Restaurant:   Taco Bell
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Duke
2. Kentucky
3. Syracuse
4. Louisville

Carter Deardorf

#31

6'4   157 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non -Basketball Hobbies/Interests:  Swimming
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):   Indiana University
Favorite Musical Artist/Group:  Kid Cudi
Favorite Quote or Saying:    “I can do all things through Him that strengthens me.”
Favorite Movie:  This Is The End
Favorite Restaurant:  Grotto
Final Four Picks for 2014:    
1. Indiana
2. Vanderbilt
3. Duke
4. Butler

Gabe Carbajal

#32

6'0    135 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies: Hanging out with my friends
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport): Arizona Wildcats
Favorite Musical Artist/Group: “Matt & Kim”
Favorite Quote or Saying:    “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” –Thomas Edison
Favorite Movie:   Empire of the Sun
Favorite Restaurant: Sweet Tomatoes
Final Four Picks for 2014:  
1. Arizona
2. Villanova
3. Harvard
4. SMU

Michael Purcell

#42

6'2    175 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies/Interests: Football
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):  Texans
Favorite Musical Artist/Group:   Led Zeppelin
Favorite Quote: “Be a presence” – Coach Lammers                     
Favorite Movie:  21 Jump Street                                                        
Favorite Restaurant: Chili’s
Final Four Picks for 2014: 
1. Duke
2. Michigan State
3. Kansas
4. Syracuse

CJ Busic

#44

5'11    161 lb

Freshman

Favorite Non-Basketball Hobbies: Hanging out with friends
Favorite Pro or College Team (any sport):   New York Yankees
Favorite Musical Artist/Group: Drake
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there” -John Wooden
Favorite Movie: Glory Road
Favorite Restaurant: Guadalajara
Final Four Picks for 2014:                                     
1. Kentucky
2. St. John’s
3. Kansas
4. Duke