Basketball Jones
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TK Comments from Tonight's Coaches Show
* He did not say when, but indicated that Spencer Littleson will play again sometime this season.
* Gave high praise to Luke Knapke for his loyalty in coming back for his 5th Year as he had opportunities to transfer to some Power 5 Programs without having to sit out this season. He also had high praise for TJ Smith for being unselfish for what the coaches are asking him to do on the court, i.e. rebound and play good defense. He said, a lot of today's players would not accept that type of role.
* Despite their struggles during Mid American play, he said the team is sticking together and not doing any finger pointing. He said that is mostly due to the tremendous leadership of the 4 Captains (L. Knapke, W. Jackson, S. Littleson and M. Jackson). He also credits his Assistant Coaches for staying positive which he said rubs off on the players who are in tuned to how the coaches are reacting to their current struggles on the court. He loves this Coaching Staff!
* With the league schedule the way it is with games every Tuesday and Saturday, practice time is limited this time of year to getting ready for the upcoming opponent, not for fundamentals or player/team development work. They do not practice on Sundays or Wednesday and the days they do practice they're very cautious about not overworking the players, especially the starters who are playing heavy minutes. They will have time to work on other stuff during their bye week between the Buffalo and Western Michigan games in a couple of weeks.
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02-03-2020 07:13 PM |
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