UC Bearcats Adlan Elamin, Tyler Tejada, assistant Johnny Hill talk

Talk to Adlan El-Amin, Tyler Tejada, and assistant coach Johnny Hill today at 5th 3rd Arena. The team has been going good. I think we've been doing really well. Everybody's been gelling really well. For me personally, I think I've been developing at a good rate, putting on weight. Just trying to keep everybody together, trying to keep everybody up to speed. I've been with coach for a year already, so just trying to step up as a leader. I'm just trying to put on as much as I can. It's been a new experience for me to stay in here. It's been fun. I've been getting used to it, and I'm definitely ready for the whole process. It seems like it's pretty exciting news, but we're all just pretty focused on who's here at the moment. He was great for us last year. He made a lot of big shots. He was a great shooter. He's just an overall great player, great guard. Great guy to play with, great character. It would be really cool to play with him. For me, not so much. Obviously, it was a little process with the portal and all that stuff. It took time, but I already knew where I wanted to be, and I wanted to be a good coach, so now I'm here. It's definitely been a lot of fun. A lot of new experiences, learning curves. It's definitely been a lot of fun. It's definitely exciting. I've played a couple of big 12 teams over the years, like at Towson. I know it's going to be a challenge, but it's definitely something I'm looking forward to. It's definitely one of the biggest teams I've been a part of. With that, there's a lot of dangerous things we can do together on the court. I'm definitely looking forward to doing it. I'm the guy that's probably going to talk a lot in the gym. When I played, I did that, and now I coach, I do the same thing. I think it's just fun. It gets guys going a little bit. Coach put us out there in some of them re-drills. He knows my knee ain't working the same that it used to, so all these guys are pretty hard to guard right now. When you can't guard them, you just give them a nice little friendly bump and let them know there's no dunks around here, no layups, nothing easy. Nothing official right now, but I like the roster that we've put together and love how everything is coming together so far. I think it's kind of going away now with all these beautiful arenas like this one. Guys are a little more conditioned playing inside, but I think that game will give a lot of good elements to it and just bring some excitement with it.