Peyton Siva maturation

Peyton Siva was a highly recruited high school player out of the Seattle area before settling on Louisville.  Earlier this week Siva was named the pre-season player of the year in the Big East and his team is the #2 ranked program in the country according to one pre-season poll.  Last year Louisville made a run to the final four where they lost to the eventual national champion Kentucky Wildcats.

The road to being picked as the pre-season player of the year in the Big East was not always a smooth one for Siva.  He had trouble adjusting to the intensity of college basketball and the intense coaching he was receiving as a freshman at Louisville, but instead of taking the easy way out and transferring or moving back home Peyton sucked it up and grinded through the first couple years in Louisville's program.  Now Siva understands and accepts the coaching he is receiving and is a mentally tough player who has become the leader of one of the best programs in the nation.  Too many players go to college and don't give it a realistic chance to work out.  They can't accept the coaching, hours, time away from home or not being the "go to" guy.