Akron basketball player Amani Lyles on upcoming NCAA Tournament
Akron Zips men's basketball player Amani Lyles reflects on winning three MAC Tournament titles in a row and the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Video Transcript
Bonnie, you guys are heading back to the NCAA tournament three years in a row.
We've obviously talked to you about that yesterday, but just your general reaction to seeing Texas Tech and Akron as the matchup.
obviously we know they're a good team.
they play in one of the best conferences in the country.
excited to learn more about them here going on these few days.
Tampa has good weather, so I'm excited to be there as well.
but just excited to compete at another high, high level, another tournament game, hopefully to get our first win.
What have these past 42 hours been like for you?
just really taking in the moment of what really happened.
looking back at all the clips and all the videos that the people have made about us, and just really just soaking it in before we could move on to the next step.
On the court, you know, after you guys won, got you, you're hugging guys- Yeah screaming history.
Yeah.
To make MAC history like that, what would it mean to make Akron history and do what you said- Yeah finally get that NCAA tournament win?
it would mean everything.
It'll just put a stamp on how much we've grown and developed as a, as a program, over the years.
and we take a lot of pride in growing.
we don't just wanna keep doing the same thing over and over again.
Obvi- obviously it's a blessing, but we want to keep rising, raising the standard for the ones that come after us, just like the guys who did it before us.
