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Getting to know Drake's Tucker DeVries: Trading a hairdo for handles

Getting to know Drake's Tucker DeVries: Trading a hairdo for handles
DRAKE鈥橲 TUCKER DE VRIES WON THE VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS A SOPHOMORE. YEAH, A REPEAT PERFORMANCE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. THOSE ODDS ARE WITH THE SUCCESS HE鈥橲 HAD SO FAR, HE鈥橲 UPPED HIS AVERAGE EVEN MORE. LOOK AT THIS 22 A GAME NEARLY SEVEN REBOUNDS AND ALSO THREE AND A HALF ASSISTS PER GAME. HE DOES IT ALL. AND SHANNON EARHART FOUND OUT WHAT MAKES TUCKER TICK. WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT DRAKE. WHAT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT DRAKE? I KNOW YOUR DAD WAS HEAD COACH HERE, BUT WHAT WHAT ELSE? YEAH, I THINK AT THE TIME, THE GUYS THAT WERE HERE I FELT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH. I GOT TO KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS JUST A GOOD FIT FOR ME. IT鈥橲 A GOOD LEAGUE. UM, RIGHT AT HOME. HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY HERE. TUCKER DE VRIES WASN鈥橳 ALWAYS KNOWN AS MR. BASKETBALL, BUT I THINK WHEN HE WAS A KID, HE HAD THIS LONG, LIKE, CURLY, FLOPPY HAIR. SO THAT鈥橲 WHAT HE GOT. HE WAS PROBABLY MOST KNOWN FOR WAS HIS HAIRDO. YOU KNOW, I EVEN GOT TEXT MESSAGES HERE RECENTLY. LIKE, HARD TO BELIEVE THIS LITTLE GUY IS NOW DOING WHAT HE鈥橲 DOING, YOU KNOW, IN COLLEGE, BECAUSE THAT鈥橲 NOT WHAT WE ENVISIONED. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK OF YOUR LIFE? HAVE YOU SPENT PHYSICALLY SHOOTING THE BALL? THAT鈥橲 A GOOD QUESTION. UM, I MEAN, THERE鈥橲 THERE鈥橲 DIFFERENT PHASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WORK YOU鈥橰E PROBABLY PUTTING IN. BUT THE OFF SEASON, IT鈥橲 IT鈥橲 A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HIM JUST SITTING AROUND IN THE BACKYARD WHEN HE鈥橲 A LITTLE KID, LIKE HE JUST SAT OUT THERE FOR HOURS AND HOURS JUST DRIBBLING AROUND AND MAKING UP HIS OWN GAMES AND PRETENDING HE ALWAYS MADE THE GAME WINNER. REALLY, HE鈥橠 ALWAYS PRETEND HE鈥橠 MAKE THE GAME WINNER. YEAH, HE NEVER MADE THEM, THOUGH. YEAH. SO YOU GET A REDO, A FOUL. BORN WITH COMPETITION IN HIS GENES. BUT TAUGHT COMPETITIVENESS. I KNOW I SAID I WOULDN鈥橳 ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR DAD BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR DAD. BUT WHAT鈥橲 YOUR RELATIONSHIP REALLY LIKE? TAKE ME IN THERE ON THE COURT WHEN YOU鈥橰E PLAYING VERSUS NOT ON THE COURT? YEAH, I THINK WE鈥橰E WE鈥橰E TWO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GUYS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE SHOWN IN DIFFERENT WAYS. UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT鈥橲 A LITTLE ARGUMENT HERE AND THERE, A LITTLE SNAP BACK. BUT I THINK WE BOTH KNOW WE JUST WANT TO WIN. WELL, HE GETS TO BEAT ME AT GOLF. THAT鈥橲 HIS I THINK THAT鈥橲 HIS BIGGEST JOY IN LIFE. BESIDES, BASKETBALL IS BEATING ME AT GOLF. GOLF? WHO鈥橲 BETTER? UM, ME FOR SURE. YEAH. AND BY A LONG SHOT, UH, IT鈥橲 GETTING LARGER AND LARGER. YEAH, ON THE GREEN AND HARDWOOD, IT鈥橲 INDISPUTABLE. TUCKER IS IN HIS PRIME TO SEE ALL OF HIS DREAMS GET FULFILLED. OF YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE BACKYARD BY HIMSELF IN THE RAIN OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO NOW. HE鈥橲 HE鈥橲 PLAYING ON A STAGE THAT AND DOING WHAT HE鈥橲 DOING, WHAT HE鈥橲 BEEN PRACTICING DOING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE LIFE. AND IT鈥橲 SUCH A IT鈥橲 SUCH A JOY TO WATCH THAT BEING ABLE TO LOOK BACK, I THINK, UH, FIVE, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, I鈥橪L BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROBABLY ENJOY IT EVEN A LITTLE MORE. SHANNO
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Getting to know Drake's Tucker DeVries: Trading a hairdo for handles
Drake's Tucker DeVries is the Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for the second straight year. The Waukee native upped his average to nearly 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 and a half assists per game.Why did DeVries stay at Drake? "I can't imagine it any other way," DeVries said. "Why mess with what's working?"DeVries wasn't always known as Mr. Basketball. "When he was a kid he had this like long, curly, floppy hair. That's probably what he was most known for, his hair," said Devries' head coach and father, Darian DeVries. Tucker DeVries was born with competition in his genes but taught competitiveness through his dad. "I think we're two highly competitive guys. That might be shown in different ways, whether it's a little argument here and there, a little snap back, but we both know we just want to win," said DeVries. The competition doesn't stop off the court. "He gets to beat me in golf," said Darian. "I think that's his biggest joy in life besides basketball is beating me at golf." On the green and hardwood. It's indisputable. Tucker DeVries is in his prime. "To see all of his dreams get fulfilled of talking about it in the backyard, by himself in the rain, or whatever it might be, to now he's playing on stage and doing what he's doing, what he's been practicing doing for his whole life. It's such a joy to watch," said Darian. "Being able to look back, five, ten years from now, I'll be able to look back and probably even enjoy it a little more," said DeVries.

Drake's Tucker DeVries is the Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for the second straight year.

The Waukee native upped his average to nearly 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 and a half assists per game.

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Why did DeVries stay at Drake?

"I can't imagine it any other way," DeVries said. "Why mess with what's working?"

DeVries wasn't always known as Mr. Basketball.

"When he was a kid he had this like long, curly, floppy hair. That's probably what he was most known for, his hair," said Devries' head coach and father, Darian DeVries.

Tucker DeVries was born with competition in his genes but taught competitiveness through his dad.

"I think we're two highly competitive guys. That might be shown in different ways, whether it's a little argument here and there, a little snap back, but we both know we just want to win," said DeVries.

The competition doesn't stop off the court.

"He gets to beat me in golf," said Darian. "I think that's his biggest joy in life besides basketball is beating me at golf."

On the green and hardwood. It's indisputable. Tucker DeVries is in his prime.

"To see all of his dreams get fulfilled of talking about it in the backyard, by himself in the rain, or whatever it might be, to now he's playing on stage and doing what he's doing, what he's been practicing doing for his whole life. It's such a joy to watch," said Darian.

"Being able to look back, five, ten years from now, I'll be able to look back and probably even enjoy it a little more," said DeVries.