Turgeon was on the Zone today. RPTS Fun from texags was nice enough to relay the conversation for those of us not fortunate enough to catch the live broadcast. Here are the highlights:

On Texas recruiting...

Looks forward to driving around Texas and recruiting home-grown kids.

WSUwas close to BigD and H-Town, so it was convenient. 6 of 9 players on the Sweet 16 team were Texans. Having A&M on your chest takes recruiting to whole new level. Gonna try to get the best players in the state.

On the legendary coaches he was worked under...

Roy Williams taught MT how to be a better person, how to run an offense, how to recruit. He and Brown were his two biggest influences.

On the NBA...

Learned how to double team, use ball screens. Helped him learn more advanced plays. NBA experience gives a coach more credibility, which helps his recruiting.

Style of play...

Says it will be a lot Gillispie's man-to-man. He's big on defense. On offense, he likes Kansas & North Carolina style. Likes fast, motion offense. Likes to run. Not 100% sure how he'll run ours - needs to see our players more, but he knows how to adapt.

On our current recruits...

Made calls last night. "The players that have signed, they love A&M and they love the current players." Feels "pretty confident" that all the recruits will be here. Not allowed to go out and do face-to-face until Friday. One recruit is out of town until Sunday, so they'll have a busy weekend.

2 of them watched the press yesterday, and MT "thinks they were sold after watching it." He knows people are concerned about 'the big fella' (DJ), but he is confident about the power of A&M and his (MT's) own background and the type of coach he is, he can't see why it won't work out.

On being at Texas A&M...

"No doubt in my mind this is where I need to be. I'm excited, my family is excited." This is a huge step in my career. I'm gonna take A&M basketball to a whole new level.