The Daily OrangeQ & A with Marcus Sales
By Matt Ehalt
Posted: 11/19/09, 11:15 PM EST Section: Sports
Marcus Sales has taken over as Syracuse's new No. 1 receiver since Mike Williams quit the team earlier this month. Sales grew up in Syracuse and played at Christian Brothers Academy, before signing with the Orange.
Sales has shown improvement this season, catching 18 balls for 191 yards and three touchdowns. He sat down with The Daily Orange recently to discuss his love for basketball, the decision to go to Syracuse and his favorite football receiver.
What would people be shocked to know about you?
That I love to play basketball. Basketball is my first love and when I was growing up I always thought I would be playing basketball until my senior year in high school and that's when I chose to play football. I led my team in scoring my sophomore, junior and senior year. I was getting looked at by a lot of small I-AA schools but I told all the basketball schools I really didn't want to play basketball in college so they shouldn't' waste their time.
Anyone on the basketball team that you play with right now?
I played against Brandon Triche in high school. We beat them my senior year but my junior year they beat us. I think he had 29 and I think I had 25. We didn't guard each other.
Do you play ball with any of the guys here?
We always go around to Archbold and we play around all the time. Me, Cam and a few other people. We just have fun.
Are you the best basketball player on the team?
I don't know, there are a lot of other guys on the team, it's more of a physical game when we play and there are no referees. Cam is pretty good, Doug Hogue is pretty good, those are the guys I can think of off the top of my head.
Who's the worst player on the team?
I don't know, I can't really tell you that. It's funny to see Nick Speller play.
Did you ever think of going anywhere else, being from Syracuse?
My senior year it came down to North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Syracuse and I just felt more comfortable staying at home and I really don't regret it all because I get to see my family all the time and I'm playing in the Big East so there's nothing I regret. I go home like every weekend after the games.
Sales has shown improvement this season, catching 18 balls for 191 yards and three touchdowns. He sat down with The Daily Orange recently to discuss his love for basketball, the decision to go to Syracuse and his favorite football receiver.
What would people be shocked to know about you?
That I love to play basketball. Basketball is my first love and when I was growing up I always thought I would be playing basketball until my senior year in high school and that's when I chose to play football. I led my team in scoring my sophomore, junior and senior year. I was getting looked at by a lot of small I-AA schools but I told all the basketball schools I really didn't want to play basketball in college so they shouldn't' waste their time.
Anyone on the basketball team that you play with right now?
I played against Brandon Triche in high school. We beat them my senior year but my junior year they beat us. I think he had 29 and I think I had 25. We didn't guard each other.
Do you play ball with any of the guys here?
We always go around to Archbold and we play around all the time. Me, Cam and a few other people. We just have fun.
Are you the best basketball player on the team?
I don't know, there are a lot of other guys on the team, it's more of a physical game when we play and there are no referees. Cam is pretty good, Doug Hogue is pretty good, those are the guys I can think of off the top of my head.
Who's the worst player on the team?
I don't know, I can't really tell you that. It's funny to see Nick Speller play.
Did you ever think of going anywhere else, being from Syracuse?
My senior year it came down to North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Syracuse and I just felt more comfortable staying at home and I really don't regret it all because I get to see my family all the time and I'm playing in the Big East so there's nothing I regret. I go home like every weekend after the games.
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