Miami Hurricanes PG Ja’Quan Newton “This is best team I’ve been on”

Last season was one of transition for Newton. He was tasked with succeeding Angel Rodriguez at point guard. Newton had previously come off the bench as more of a combo guard in 2015-16. He should get some help from Bruce Brown and Freshman Chris Lykes at the point this season.

Newton spoke about having to make that move last year.

"“Last year I feel I was put in a tough position… I never really played the full point guard role in my entire life…I was on the high school team and there was a bunch of good guys and I was always was the scorer. I was the best scorer and the best player so I would just score, score, score… My freshman year when I came here I didn’t play that much, but my role wasn’t to come in and run the team. It was come in and score. My sophomore year when I broke out it was just come off the bench and score—that was my role—and do what you do… Last year when I was put in the position to run the team it was something I never did before. So I take last year as a down year for me. I feel like last year was a learning experience because now I know what to do, now I know what to expect, and now I know what I’ve got to do as a point guard to make my teammates better.”"