 Kelsey Rothaus and this is Behind the Hype with CalTV Sports. I'm here in Haas Pavilion with starting forward of our men's basketball team, Ivan Rabb. Ivan, thank you so much for being on the show. First of all, huge congratulations for the AP pre-season All-American honor. You received the second most votes. You're the only underclassman and you're only the second player from Cal to get it since Jason Kidd, 1993. You were not even born yet. Telling me things I didn't even know. There you go. I mean, you've received so many basketball accolades, but when you first heard about this one, what was your reaction? Well, it was definitely exciting. I mean, I know there's a ton of players who've gotten this award, but at the end of the day, it's still a pre-season award and I still have to go out and prove it not only to them, but to my teammates and to my coaches that I can lead the team to win. And going into the season, you lost a couple key guys to graduation. Jaylen Brown, of course, is drafted to the Celtics, but you have so many strong new additions and four returners. How would you compare the dynamic of this year's team to last year's team? This year, I would say that we brought in a lot of quick guards. We have three guards that just came in this year who all play the fantastic players in transition. They all shoot and scored a ball, period. They all play pretty great, pretty good defense, and at the end of the day, they just want to be part of a good team, and I think that we're building something special here. And you're only a sophomore, but do you feel like you've started to take on a little bit of a leadership role with this group of guys? Yeah, definitely. Starting in the summertime, people were looking to me to lead drills and just be vocal on the basketball court and even off the court in the locker room. I think all of those things add up to being a great leader. And the fact that we've been here today and that we're talking about your sophomore season, it's a big deal. Last spring, you know, you had that big decision. You're going to enter the draft. You're projected to go as high as six. You decided to come back. What went into that decision? To be honest, I felt like I had some unfinished business here. And besides that, I love the campus. I've taken a lot of great classes. I've met a lot of great people, and I'm just building more and more relationships every day. So there was a lot of important people here that I didn't want to leave yet. And what's wrong with another year at college? Absolutely. Nothing's wrong with another year at college. On behalf of all Cal students, we're very thankful. Now, in honor of you staying in Berkeley for another year, we're going to have a little power round of questions here. So just answer quickly. You know, got to talk about your favorites in Berkeley. So hard one, first one. Favorite food place in Berkeley. Okay, my favorite food definitely is Tavoli's right now. Oh, good choice. Tavoli's, yeah, I love it. Favorite class you've taken so far? Favorite class? Black representation of black people in reality TV. Very interesting. It was a class I'm taking over summer. It was amazing. Colin Kaepernick was in that class along with a lot of other people who just made a huge impact. So it was great. Go Bears, that's awesome. Favorite thing to do in Berkeley besides playing basketball? Yeah, we don't have a lot of free time. But when I do, I try to spend it just relaxing with friends or going to movies. I love going to movies. I love popcorn. Love popcorn. Best Conto Martin quote or mannerism? Sure, there's a lot to choose from there. Yeah. Wow. The craziest thing or the funniest thing that he says is just he loves to say when the lights come on, don't get afraid. Like he doesn't exactly say that, but he definitely says don't start choking. Don't get scared when the lights come on when it's time to have a serious game. Good message. Good message. And lastly, if you can pick one, do you have a favorite memory in House Pavilion so far? I would say the last game against SE when we finished up the 18-year-old season. That was a great game. Also against Oregon last year when we came out just scoring the ball just rapidly to begin the game. So those are the two probably my favorite games. How do you feel about your chances of going undefeated at home again this season? You can never call it. I think that was in the story theme. One game at a time, definitely. But that's definitely our goal. I mean, why not try to win every year? Absolutely. Well, thanks so much for being on the show Ivan. Good luck the rest of the season.