Quotes: Everything IU basketball freshman forward Trevor Manhertz said after Tuesday’s practice

• Alex Bozich

• 16m ago

 

Trevor Manhertz was the third player to commit to Indiana in the class of 2026.

Manhertz chose the Hoosiers over Duke and Louisville and has been on campus for a little more than a month as the program prepares for an upcoming trip to Lima, Peru for the FISU America Games.

The 6-foot-8 forward was one of three Hoosiers to talk to the media on Tuesday following a practice at Cook Hall.

Here’s a full transcript of Manhertz’s comments from Tuesday’s media session in the locker room at Assembly Hall:

On getting acclimated to IU:

“I think it’s been really really good. Coming in I didn’t know what to expect other than it’s gonna be hard so I think us having practices that are hard but not like draining is really good for me just to get into college shape, college physicality.”

On the biggest thing he’s learned so far:

“Just be yourself. If you’re not yourself, you’re not going to be confident in what you’re doing, question everything so if you just be yourself and play with max effort, you’ll be good.”

On the biggest thing he’s had to work on from a basketball perspective:

“Really just my confidence. Like right now, new team, feel like I’m getting to know everyone but I’m not as confident as I was last year so I think just getting my confidence back up and I’ll be there.”

On how the coaches have helped him:

“They’ve been very helpful. They tell me to shoot the ball, they tell me when I make a good play and when I make a bad play. They tell me to do it again but just make the right read out of it so I think just encouraging me to do the right things always helps me.”

On adding strength and weight:

“I just been eating what they give me. Shakes, food, all that, so I think it’s been really good.”

On what made him choose IU:

“Really the coaching staff. I was recruited by Rod Clark and he what he had to say to me was really… like I could tell it wasn’t just he’s recruiting me as an athlete, he was seeing me as a person, too.”

On his strengths as a player:

“I’m a shot maker and my ability to make the right play on the offensive side is really good. My defense, my deflections, my off-ball defense, kind of good passing and stuff like that.”

On the opportunity to play in Peru this summer:

“I have a friend that’s from Peru so I’ve heard about it but I haven’t been. I think the trip overall is going to be really good and the game on the 15th, I think will be a good first little dip into the first home game. I think just playing all those games with a whole new team you can’t get much better than that.”

On who he looks to for advice and leadership:

“Yeah, I think mainly for me, it’s Trent (Sisley) and Markus (Burton). When I was here before we started practice, Markus was working out and he would just sit and watch my workouts. When I did something wrong, he would let me know.

“I think Trent and I built a good connection. We’re in the same position group and just seeing him do the right things, I just follow him.”

On building chemistry with new teammates:

“I think it’s gone really well. Some people are more outgoing than others. That brings the shyer people like myself just more into each other. When that happens, we’re a lot more connected and I think that’s been what’s happening. We’ve got a lot of connection the past couple weeks.”

On the biggest challenge for him so far:

“I think just physicality. That was expected but I think that’s just been the biggest.”

On building a bond with Vaughn Karvala and Prince-Alexander Moody:

“Yeah, they’re my roommates, so we go out to dinner every night together. It’s been fun.”

On the games of Karvala and Moody:

“I think we complement each other very well. Prince all around, Vaughn’s all around, I’m all around. I think we all complement and go together well.”

On going against the frontcourt guys in practice:

“It’s hard but I think that will only prepare me for the future this season. I think them being as big as they are helps me but also them.”

On playing for Darian DeVries:

“I think it’s very, you can tell he’s invested into the team. He wants us to be good. He doesn’t want us to lose, he wants us to be good. So I think him just making sure we do everything right and don’t cut corners and stuff like that has been very beneficial.”

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