So it has begun...

As most everyone knows, practice started for D3 basketball on October 15th. Like everyone else, we went twice on Saturday and then twice again on Sunday. We got a lot of things in and our guys' heads were spinning, even the veterans. We've decided to implement some different things into what we do and it has put a lot of guys on the same learning curve. We are hopeful that our new schemes will work out.

The guys have been getting after it pretty good throughout practice, today was the exception. I wasn't exactly pleased with the way we were playing today. Some of it had to do with some new drills and us deciding as a coaching staff to mix the groups a little bit. It certainly wasn't pretty at times and I'm sure some of the recruits who came to practice weren't exactly impressed. I think it's important to mix in groups because we aren't going to sub five for five all time. It might happen some but that will be the exception.

We are pleasantly surprised by how some of the guys have played. As of right, we feel that we can probably put 14 different guys out there right now and not miss a beat. As we all know, that can and will change as the season progresses. It could be a higher or lower number. To have as much depth as we think we have right now, is definitely a good problem to have.

As a staff, it is always difficult to figure out the rotation for games. This year could be a little easier, as we have four different opportunities to see how the guys react to playing someone else and in a game situation.  On top of that, some guys shine better when the lights are on and others go to the corner. Hopefully, we have a bunch of guys that like the light. We will have a Alum Scrimmage first, then an foreign exhibition game, followed by another scrimmage, and then exhibition game before we open up the season.

We start with a game against Northwestern College on Nov. 15 as part of a doubleheader with the women's team. Other non-conference games will include @ UW-Eau Claire, UW-Whitewater, Cal Tech, and @ Chapman (CA). Once again it should be one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country.

To go back on some of my previous blogs, I was super wrong on my World Series predictions. St. Louis and Texas are playing some great baseball right and are certainly deserving of being there. I know that Fox is not happy with those two teams there because ratings must be brutal. Fox needs the Yankees or Red Sox there to drive up the ratings otherwise they will lose money.

It's almost here...

11 more days until practice officially starts and I can't wait.

So, this past weekend I was able to head to Madison for the Nebraska-Wisconsin football game. I got to experience pretty cool and it's down below. This isn't my video and I am clearly not tech-savvy enough to get it from my phone to here. I'll work on that.



I still think West Virginia has a better atmosphere and is louder. You be the judge.




Pretty cool stuff either way.