2008 Woodie Awards
One on One with Courtney Bradley
Patrick Swafford
Issue date: 2/2/06 Section: Sports
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One of them is the impressive streak Courtney Bradley has been on.
In the last four games, the 6'5" junior from Utica, Miss., is averaging 25.25 points per game. In that stretch, the Gamecocks are 3-1 and are climbing the ladder in the OVC standings.
After Saturday's win over UT-Martin, The Chanticleer got the chance to go one-on-one with Courtney Bradley and learned that one of the newest additions to the team is just living out a dream.
CS: Why did you decide to come to JSU after junior college?
Bradley: You want to know the truth?
CS: Yeah.
Bradley: Well, I had a couple schools that I was visiting that were holding scholarships for everybody. My intention was to go to Tennessee-Chattanooga, but once I was getting ready to go on a visit, they called me and said they were holding a scholarship for someone else and I'd have to walk on. Southeast Louisiana told me the same thing, so instead of going through a hassle, I figured Jacksonville State was the place. I just think everything happened for a reason.
CS: What's in your CD player?
Bradley: The Canton Spirituals.
CS: I never would have guessed that.
Bradley: I really don't listen to rap before a game. I feel like if I listen to something slow, it really mellows me out. It'll make you focus on what you're doing instead of just playing.
CS: What's your favorite quote?
Bradley: Impossible is nothing.
CS: What's your favorite movie?
Bradley: Joy Unlimited. That's everything. It gets me in that frame of mind, that dominate mind.
CS: What are you afraid of?
Bradley: Failing.
CS: Anything else besides that?
Bradley: God.
CS: What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Bradley: I always wanted to play in the NBA.
CS: What's your favorite sport, besides basketball?
Bradley: Baseball.
CS: Who's your team?
Bradley: Ken Griffey, Jr. got traded to the Cincinnati Reds. I like Ken Griffey, Jr.
CS: That's like me. I follow Curt Schilling wherever he goes.
CS: What's your most embarrassing moment on the court?
Bradley: I got dunked on in JUCO.
CS: How bad?
Bradley: He back cut me. I thought I had the lob. They threw the lob low, he just like, took it out of my hands and dunked on me. That was embarrassing.
CS: What's your most memorable moment?
Bradley: Scoring 43 points.
CS: Finish this sentence. If I wasn't playing basketball, I'd...
Bradley: I'd probably be at the crib.
CS: What's your favorite aspect of the game of basketball?
Bradley: Scoring.
CS: What's the best class you've had at JSU?
Bradley: Criminology.
CS: What's your weakness on the court?
Bradley: To me, it's lack of size. I don't play defense for forty minutes. I feel like if I was taller and a little bit more efficient on the defensive end, I'd be a whole lot better.
CS: When you're not on the court and you're not studying, what do you like to do?
Bradley: Sleep.
Courtney Bradley and the rest of JSU basketball will look to continue their winning ways tonight in the friendly atmosphere of Pete Mathews Coliseum against Eastern Illinois at 7:30.