South Main Sports

Eric welcomes in Rice men’s basketball star redshirt sophomore Josh Parrish on the latest edition of South Main Sports. Before the interview is a quick Owls score report from the last week (0:31). In our conversation with JP (starts at 3:30), we talked about: how he played football before he played basketball (4:44), his stellar senior year in high school (6:20), choosing to go to TCU and playing with his older brother (8:30), dealing with not playing much his freshman year and winning the NIT (11:09), his decision to transfer out of TCU and to come to Rice (16:14), being forced to sit out a year due to NCAA rules and getting ready for this season by going to Spain as a team this summer (18:37), his photography interests (21:38), and we play a game called teammates (22:40). After the interview we highlight the upcoming games for Rice Athletics.   Get in touch with us on social media. We’re on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @southmainsports. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE on iTunes!! We’re also on Spotify and most major podcast directories. We’ll be back soon with another interview, so stay tuned.  

Episode number 1! For our first podcast, Eric’s guest is men’s basketball head coach Scott Pera. Before the interview is the score and news report on all things Owls (0:53). In the interview with Coach Pera, we discuss how he first fell in love with the game/how he knew he wanted to coach (3:40), his success in Pennsylvania high school basketball and first state championship (6:28), moving to Southern California, coaching James Harden, and second state championship (9:18), transitioning from high school to college and the Arizona State days (14:39), recruiting differently at an ivy league school (18:02), coming to rice with Coach Mike Rhodes and his years as the associate head coach (19:14), getting his first head coaching gig, his vision for the program, and having former players on his staff (23:26), and rapid fire questions (27:48).   If you like what you heard, please SUBSCRIBE and RATE!! To get in touch with us and to hear about news related to South Main Sports, please follow us on twitter and instagram @southmainsports and like us on Facebook: South Main Sports.

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