World of Basketball with Fran Fraschilla

Peyton Siva - 2013 NCAA National Champion

Episode Summary

Fran Fraschilla is joined by former Louisville star and NCAA Champion Peyton Siva. The two talk about his career in Germany playing for Alba Berlin, how his game was shaped by growing up in Seattle, why he chose to play at Louisville, and a whole lot more. Then, in the lead-up to this weekends Final Four, we replay a chat that Fran had before the season with Gonzaga's Associate Head Coach Tommy Lloyd.

Episode Notes

Fran Fraschilla is joined by former Louisville star and NCAA Champion Peyton Siva.  The two discuss a wide variety of topics, including: 

• Peyton on what it takes to be a great player in Europe
• Peyton on the similarity between European basketball and college
• Peyton on Coach Aito 
• Peyton on what is different about European basketball
• Peyton on developing his pick-and-roll game
• Peyton on how his game was shaped by growing up in Seattle
• Peyton on his High School rivalries
• Peyton on why the basketball culture is so strong in Seattle 
• Peyton on why he chose to play at Louisville
• Peyton on the last game at Freedom Hall 
• Peyton on the Louisville fanbase
• Peyton on the competition in the Big East
• Peyton on the Greek rivalries
• Peyton on the biggest thing he learned from Coach Pitino
• Peyton on the 2013 NCAA tournament
• Peyton on making his way to Europe
• Peyton on the German League
• Peyton on Franz Wagner
• Peyton on the Covid shutdown last season
• Peyton on winning a championship in front of no fans