Folarin Campbell
Folarin Campbell
Folarin Yaovi Campbellis a Nigerian-American basketball player who plays for Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the George Mason Patriots. Campbell started at guard for the Patriots, including during his sophomore season when the Patriots made their improbable run to the NCAA Tournament's Final Four in 2006. The team was nicknamed the Cinderella Team...
contain foul mimicking shots staying strong
We have to contain their big guys. They are really strong inside. We have been working on mimicking their shots and staying out of foul trouble.
basketball
I mean, basketball was made to have fun.
heard junior mason recruiting until year
I had never heard about Mason until my junior year when they started recruiting me.
beginning couple games gym happened hitting jump last left open paying shot took trying wide work
I've been working on my jump shot lately, just going into the gym and trying to work on it and it's been paying off. These last couple of games I've been hitting big threes. At the beginning of the game I was left wide open and I just took the shot and they just happened to fall.
decided defense left low middle playing wide
They were playing defense down low so it really left the middle wide open. So I decided just to attack.
carolina north open punch shots took wide
We just wanted to come out and punch them in the face. North Carolina did the same thing to us. I was wide open so I took the shots and they went in.
defense lost
We lost by 20. Our defense was terrible.
jump paying shots
I've been working on my jump shots and it's been paying off.
assume chair coach north played roy saw slam williams
Coach L has his own way of coaching. When we played North Carolina, I saw Roy Williams slam a chair down. I can only assume what he does in practice. I don't need all that.
believe destiny proved
Anything is possible. If you believe in yourself, it can be your destiny, and we proved that.
beginning builds carried confidence early game second shots
Me and Will (Thomas) got some early shots at the beginning of the game and we made most of them. If we can make shots at the beginning of the game it builds our confidence up. We just carried that confidence into the second half.
final george schools three
My final three schools were Providence, Georgetown and George Mason.
great knew
But we play great defense. I knew we could do it in overtime.
basketball coach poised sure
Like coach said, we just go out there and have fun. We're all calm, poised and we make sure we have fun. I mean, basketball was made to have fun. So, if you ain't having fun, you're not going to perform.