Last Dance with Marquette: 1-on-1 with Oso Ighodaro

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Oso Ighodaro played a grand total of 38 minutes in his first season at Marquette. So how did he get from that freshman with Oso Ighodaro Ready for His Last Dance averaging 1.2 points per game to the dominant force that is helping Marquette back to their third straight NCAA tournament?

It all started when Shaka Smart was hired as head coach. Oso was the only healthy player on the roster for a bit working one on one with Shaka and the rest of the staff.

"Proving myself to coach and knowing that I deserve to be here to myself as well. Giving me the confidence was huge," said Ighodaro.

That jump-started Oso's transformation into a two-time All-Big East forward.

"They really pushed me hard during those workouts and I found out that I had more. That I could be better."

Smart recently called Oso the most unique player he's ever coached. He's nearly seven feet tall but dribbles and passes like a guard, telling me he works on his ball handling every day, even the scheduled days off.

"I think every big want to play point guard growing up. I've always watched bigger wings that can handle the ball and do everything on the floor and that's something I've always wanted to do. I still have more growth to go in the area, but that's something I wanted to have with my quickness to get to different spots on the floor and get my teammates open."

After the tournament Oso will turn his attention to the NBA where he's on the borderline of a first-round draft pick, but first he tells me he wants to leave his mark with the Golden Eagles and the best time to do that is March. With Marquette.