As the ends of all the sports seasons that I follow approached, I spent more and more time thinking of ideas for TOC articles to occupy the summer months. One of the ideas I had was to interview Mady Sissoko. My selection of him, out of all the MSU basketball players, was because I thought his journey was one I personally would like to learn more about, and I imagined I could turn it into an article that you all would enjoy reading. So I reached out to the appropriate person in Michigan State’s athletic department and requested the interview.