Meet Mitch McGary, The Unicycle-Riding Freshman Who's Taking The NCAA Tournament By Storm
Towards the end of Michigan's blowout over Florida, the game got so out of hand that the CBS announcers brought up this fun fact: Mitch McGary can ride a unicycle.
We did some digging, and it turns out that he's something of a renaissance man.
He can, indeed, ride a unicycle. He told M Magazine (an on-campus publication) earlier this year that he has been riding one for about eight years. A few months ago, he posted this photo (presumably from the high school) of him riding one:
In that Q&A with M Magazine he also revealed that he wants to be a financial advisor if a career in pro sports doesn't work out.
Perhaps the oddest revelation from that Q&A: He once worked at a fireworks store.
McGary is equally as interesting on the court. His emergence has been the single biggest reason why Michigan has been so good in March. He gives their guard-centric offense a different dimension.
He suffers from ADHD, and his transition to college hoops was slowed by that disorder, the Detroit News report. But he seems to have it all figured out, and he's peaking at the right time.