{"id":9187,"date":"2017-09-19T14:13:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=9187"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:49:14","slug":"qa-with-bu-mens-basketball-newest-freshman-andrew-petcash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2017\/09\/19\/qa-with-bu-mens-basketball-newest-freshman-andrew-petcash\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A With BU Men&#8217;s Basketball Newest Freshman: Andrew Petcash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8643\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/04\/16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o.jpg\" alt=\"16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o\" width=\"1296\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/04\/16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/04\/16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/04\/16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2017\/04\/16463591_1837065356541797_6499196911884638601_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">BOSTON \u2014 Fall Sports are in full swing across college campuses, but soon it will be time for basketball teams to take center stage across the landscape of collegiate athletics. The Boston University Men\u2019s Basketball team brings in four freshmen in Walter Whyte, Sukhmail Mathon, Javante McCoy and Andrew Petcash. Petcash was a late addition to the roster after <a href=\"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/2017\/09\/18\/breaking-kyle-foreman-will-not-play-for-mens-basketball-in-2017-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Foreman&#8217;s departure<\/a> from the team; he took the time to sit down with WTBU Sports to finish off the recruiting series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greg Levinsky: Describe your game or compare yourself to a current NBA player for our reference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Andrew Petcash: I try to make everyone better. If I have to score, I\u2019ll score. If I have to get the ball to other guys, I\u2019ll get the ball to other guys. I just try to play really hard. I model my game after Nik Stauskas and JJ Reddick, I try to do things like they do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: What do you feel is the skill in your arsenal that is most ready for the college level?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: My shooting ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: Why did you choose to come to BU instead of opting to go to New Hampton and attract more scholarship offers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: Boston is an awesome school with a great education. You get to play really good basketball as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: You grew up in Pittsburgh, a city without an NBA team. What were the main basketball teams that you followed growing up? Which games would you go to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: When I was younger Lebron just got there [to Cleveland]. Me and my dad would drive to Cleveland, it\u2019s like an hour, and watch him. Those games are always awesome. Now I\u2019m a 76ers fan. I\u2019m trusting the process, this year should get good. They should get better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: What is the most important aspect of your game that you need to improve on to be successful for BU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: Strength, quickness and speed. Adjusting to the physicality of the college game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>GL: What was the best part of your visit here?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: The city, the atmosphere. It\u2019s always buzzing and I really liked that. I didn\u2019t see that at a lot of other schools and now that I\u2019m here it\u2019s always upbeat. It\u2019s pretty cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: Did you grow up playing against anyone on BU or around the Patriot League?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: I didn\u2019t grow up playing against anyone from BU, but in AAU I played against a lot of Patriot League guys. Max Mahoney, my roommate, we have the same exact birthday. I definitely played him some time. We both recognize each other but we don\u2019t know where we played each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: You are a part of a recruiting class that contains three wings. BU already has established high minute off-ball guards in Cedric Hankerson, Destin Barnes, Tyler Scanlon and Cheddi Mosely. How does having all of those players in front of you motivate you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: What\u2019s nice about BU is a lot of people get chances to play. We have a lot of good guys so any night can be anyone\u2019s time to shine. I think as a team you want good competition and you want good guys around you to get everyone better and to win. I don\u2019t see it as a downside at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: If there is one player on the team you could guarantee you would beat in a 1-on-1 game, who would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: I guarantee you I could beat Tyler Scanlon, because I know exactly how he\u2019s going to play. He\u2019s just going to shoot threes and he\u2019s going to get goofy when he thinks he\u2019s got it in hand. But, I\u2019m gonna take him to the hole and easily beat him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GL: If you could upset any team in the NCAA tournament at some point in your career, what team would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AP: Definetly any team from Pittsburgh. Just because I feel like they undermined me, they didn\u2019t give me as a local kid a shot. Duquesne or Pitt for sure. I\u2019d love to beat them and I\u2019d love to beat them badly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s basketball season kicks off on November 10 at Case Gym when the Terriers play host to rival Northeastern University. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky BOSTON \u2014 Fall Sports are in full swing across college campuses, but soon it will be time for basketball teams to take center stage across the landscape of collegiate athletics. The Boston University Men\u2019s Basketball team brings in four freshmen in Walter Whyte, Sukhmail Mathon, Javante McCoy and Andrew Petcash. 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