Know Your Knights: Men’s Basketball Player Geo Baker
Sep 21 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY – Guard Geo Baker is one of six newcomers, and one of three scholarship freshmen along with big men Mamadou Doucoure and Myles Johnson, on the roster this season. He is a graduate of Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H., where he was a First Team NEPSAC Class AA All-New England selection. Baker competed on the AAU circuit for the DC Blue Devils New Hampshire, where he was coached by T.J. Thompson, who played at George Washington under Karl Hobbs and Steve Pikiell.
An accomplished student with a high basketball IQ and impressive work-ethic, the 6-4, 180-pound Baker started playing basketball with his next door neighbor at the age of seven. His mother, Irene Baker, captained the basketball team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Know Your Knights: Freshman guard Geo Baker
One word to describe Coach Pikiell: Intense
Favorite Rutgers basketball player, past or present: Eugene Omoruyi
Best friend(s) on another collegiate team: Wabissa Bede (Virginia Tech), Caleb Green (Holy Cross) and Tshiefu Ngalakulondi (St. Bonaventure)
Best player ever faced: Bruce Brown (Miami)
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The RAC
If I wasn't playing basketball, I'd be: Playing soccer
Favorite professional athlete: Steph Curry
Favorite professional sports team: Golden State Warriors
The person I most admire is: My mother
One word to describe myself on the court: Intense
One word to describe myself off the court: Relaxed
Few people know that I…: Am good at ping pong
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: T.J. Thompson
I chose Rutgers because…: I loved the atmosphere
I selected my jersey # (0) because…: It's the number I wore in high school
Favorite cereal: Fruity Pebbles
Favorite movie: The Town
The best actor to play me in a movie is…: Ice Cube
Favorite musician/group: Drake
Famous people I have met include…: LeBron James
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are…: Listen to music
Favorite all-time Christmas/holiday present: Nintendo GameCube
If I didn't have to sleep, I would do this with my extra time…: Play basketball
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would have a good chance at winning medal at…: Sarcasm
The website I visit most often is…: Youtube
If my life was a book, the title would be…: Underrated
An accomplished student with a high basketball IQ and impressive work-ethic, the 6-4, 180-pound Baker started playing basketball with his next door neighbor at the age of seven. His mother, Irene Baker, captained the basketball team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Know Your Knights: Freshman guard Geo Baker
One word to describe Coach Pikiell: Intense
Favorite Rutgers basketball player, past or present: Eugene Omoruyi
Best friend(s) on another collegiate team: Wabissa Bede (Virginia Tech), Caleb Green (Holy Cross) and Tshiefu Ngalakulondi (St. Bonaventure)
Best player ever faced: Bruce Brown (Miami)
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The RAC
If I wasn't playing basketball, I'd be: Playing soccer
Favorite professional athlete: Steph Curry
Favorite professional sports team: Golden State Warriors
The person I most admire is: My mother
One word to describe myself on the court: Intense
One word to describe myself off the court: Relaxed
Few people know that I…: Am good at ping pong
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: T.J. Thompson
I chose Rutgers because…: I loved the atmosphere
I selected my jersey # (0) because…: It's the number I wore in high school
Favorite cereal: Fruity Pebbles
Favorite movie: The Town
The best actor to play me in a movie is…: Ice Cube
Favorite musician/group: Drake
Famous people I have met include…: LeBron James
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are…: Listen to music
Favorite all-time Christmas/holiday present: Nintendo GameCube
If I didn't have to sleep, I would do this with my extra time…: Play basketball
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would have a good chance at winning medal at…: Sarcasm
The website I visit most often is…: Youtube
If my life was a book, the title would be…: Underrated
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