This episode features Illinois State Men's Basketball Graduate Assistant Tyler Hicks. Tyler shares insight about his journey thus far, gives advice to current student managers, and sparks a facial hair debate amongst The Practice Players.
Tyler has a vast amount of basketball experience at such a young age and has worked at every level from high school to the high major Division 1 level. He started writing for ButlerHoops.com at age 13, where he covered virtually anything related to Butler Men's Basketball. From 2016-2018, he was a student assistant at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 2018-2022 he was a student manager at The Ohio State University. His senior year at OSU he was head manager, responsible for a number of tasks including game reports, practice set up, live-coding, and overseeing a group of 15 student managers. Currently, Tyler is in his first season as a Graduate Assistant for the Illinois State Men's Basketball team.