#1: Fardaws Aimaq - California Livin’, NCAA Journey, Adapting to New Situations, Mark Madsen

Fardaws Aimaq (@daws_1) is a Canadian big man at Cal Berkley. 🇨🇦 Daws has had an incredible college career with stops at Mercer, Utah Valley, and Texas Tech. He has many accolades such as WAC Player of the Year, 2x WAC Defensive POY, 2x Lou Henson National POY Finalist, 2x Lefty Driesell Defensive POY. Daws has been selected as a pre-season All Big 12 selection. Enjoy! 0:00 Fardaws Aimaq Intro. 1:15 Experience at Cal 3:45 Canada High School Basketball 4:45 Why Mercer? 6:15 Adapting to New Situations 7:20 Recruitment Priorities  9:00 Coach Mark Madsen 13:00 Redshirt Year Transformation 14:00 Accountability & Discipline 16:10 NBA Pre-Draft Workouts & Feedback 17:30 Life After Playing Career Ends — Family, Coaching 19:15 Dinner with LeBron James 20:30 Fashion?! 21:40 Advice to Young Hoopers  23:35 Current State of College Basketball 25:30 Best Player You’ve Faced 27:10 Cal’s Roster Preview 30:00 Rapid Fire Questions 31:15 Overcoming Injury at Texas Tech