Austin Villarreal Talks Making UWM's Basketball Team, His 40+ Inch Vertical, & Playing Two D1 Sports

Send us Fan MailUniversity Wisconsin-Milwaukee's NEWEST member of the basketball team, Austin Villarreal, joins the show to discuss his basketball journey. Austin explains how he got his vertical jump over 40 inches, whether or not he'll play two sports at UWM, and how he earned a spot as a walk-on at the Division One Level. Heck of a story from the Arrowhead High School Product. Subscribe for more college basketball content! Time stamps: 00:00 Introduction00:25 Austin on Attaining His Vertical Jump01:43 Austin’s Walking Backwards Hack02:33 Why Austin Chose UWM 04:10 Austin’s Other School Options05:24 Austin’s Basketball Training This Past Year06:07 How Austin Ended Up on the UWM Squad07:08 Austin on Being a Late-Bloomer07:53 Austin on the Rewarding Feeling of Earning a Spot on the Team08:38 Will Austin Continue Doing Track? 09:15 Austin’s Goal of Earning Playing Time10:45 Was Austin’s Arrowhead Team the Best Ever?12:20 Rapid Fire Round