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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He\u2019s one of the best all-around players in the Big 12, he scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in Iowa State\u2019s 79-59 win over West Virginia on Saturday and, according to himself, he's entertaining on &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; off the floor. Cyclones junior forward Georges Niang is our latest guest for the Sunday Sit Down.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Just FYI, I\u2019ve been told you have oodles of personality, so I\u2019m expecting that to come out in this conversation.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georges Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Oh, don\u2019t worry. I\u2019m pretty funny.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: O.K. then. Eight seconds left, game on the line\u2014which current college basketball player do you want taking the big shot? You can\u2019t pick a teammate.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I\u2019m gonna have to go with my guy Marcus Posley out at St. Bonaventure. I\u2019d roll with him. I like what I\u2019m seeing.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Who do you want defending the big shot? Again, can\u2019t pick a teammate.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I\u2019m gonna have to go with T.J. McConnell out of Arizona. He locks guys up, so that\u2019s for sure who I\u2019d pick.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Why is your team better than people think?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I think it\u2019s because of the amount of freedom and passion we play with. All of our guys get along, play for each other and play the right way.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: What one weird thing do you keep in your backpack or basketball bag?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; It\u2019d probably be my dog tag. It\u2019s a gift I was given that I don\u2019t play with, but I keep it in my backpack when we go on the road to play.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Who\u2019s your favorite follow on Twitter?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; This has to be appropriate, huh?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI.com: Haha. Well, your choice. All about public perception.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I\u2019ll say Bill Clinton.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Who\u2019s your celebrity crush?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I have two. One I\u2019ve had for awhile is Shawn Johnson, the former Olympic gymnast who\u2019s from Iowa. And my other one would be Niykee Heaton, she\u2019s a singer.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI.com: Shawn Johnson is an unconventional choice.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; I\u2019m a little different.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: What\u2019s the best dunk you\u2019ve done or seen live?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Best dunk I\u2019ve seen live would have to be Melvin Ejim\u2019s putback against Texas Tech last year.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Favorite March Madness memory?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; DeAndre Kane hitting the buzzer-beater against North Carolina last year in the NCAA tournament.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: You\u2019re an NBA GM with the first pick in the 2015 draft\u2014who are you taking and why?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Gosh, you\u2019re not making this easy. I\u2019ll take Karl-Anthony Towns from Kentucky. I really like his upside and potential and how much he offers on the defensive and offensive ends.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: In their primes, are you taking LeBron or Kobe?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Oh boy. I\u2019m gonna have to go with LeBron. I didn\u2019t understand basketball as much as I do now when I was watching Kobe in his prime. I do have a ton of respect for Kobe and what he does, but I think LeBron is doing it all and he\u2019s really impressive to watch. We\u2019re all witnesses to something great and something we may never see again.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: What\u2019s the dumbest mistake you\u2019ve ever made on a basketball court?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Hold on, let me ask some of my teammates. (&lt;em&gt;Muffled sounds&lt;/em&gt;.) That is not true! O.K., the dumbest thing I\u2019ve done is this year, we were at West Virginia, up one and there were 54 seconds left. Coach told us we had three timeouts. I was inbounding the ball and I leaned over to the ref to call timeout, and for some reason I saw a zero on the board that said we had no timeouts, so I threw the ball in and they stole it. (&lt;em&gt;Editor\u2019s note: Iowa State escaped with a 74-72 win&lt;/em&gt;.)\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: What is Coach Hoiberg\u2019s favorite phrase to yell in practice?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; He makes this weird face where he sorta bites his lip, and I\u2019ll just say he says \u201CPick it up!\u201D but there\u2019s obviously an expletive in that phrase.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Which venue do you most want to play in?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Either the Carrier Dome or Rupp Arena.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Who on your team would make the best coach someday and why?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Monte Morris, Matt Thomas or Naz Long. Naz because he\u2019s always positive, Monte because he has a vast knowledge of the game and Matt because we all feel like he\u2019s the next coming of Fred Hoiberg.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;SI.com: Which teammate are you singing a karaoke duet with, and what\u2019s your song of choice?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably Abdel Nader and the song of choice would probably be something from the Spice Girls.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI.com: Oh wow, interesting. Do you have a personal favorite from their greatest hits album? &lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; It goes like (&lt;em&gt;starts singing&lt;/em&gt;) \u201COh, I\u2019ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want \u2026\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI.com: And now my day is made.&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong &gt;Niang:&lt;/strong&gt; Hey, I\u2019m here for you.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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