Post by elp525 on Jul 18, 2011 5:30:51 GMT -5
Monday, July 18 2011
Garrett Cullen
Morgantown
The new-look Mountaineer basketball team is back to the practice court. The team has five practices set for the month of July and five more coming up during the first week of August prior to heading overseas for play in Italy.
The practices will be important for the large group incoming players that are new to the program.
“Everybody did really well as far as bringing intensity and enthusiasm to practice,” said senior Kevin Jones. “And that’s all Coach (Huggins) is looking for from these young guys so far. He doesn’t expect them to get everything right in a day, but he expects them to play hard.”
The Mountaineers get 10 practices in total for the summer prior to that trip overseas – competition that Jones said will be key to get a feel one another and how they play.
“It’s going to be a big bonding experience,” Jones said. “Hopefully we can go out there and learn each other’s games better. To go out and play against other competition will be a great experience for us.”
There will also be time for more practices overseas as well.
“We’ll learn enough,” said Mountaineer head coach Bob Huggins. “We’ll get to go play games and practice over there too. I think we’re going to play six or seven games over there, which leaves probably another four or five days to practice.
Regardless, the make-up of this year’s team is quite different than Mountaineer teams in the past, bringing a different style of play to the floor.
“Expect it to be a more fast-paced team – not so much of a grind it out team where we’ve got to win by scoring 60 points,” Jones said.
“I just want us to get better everyday,” he continued. “As long as everybody’s going out there and coming in the gym and getting shots up, working hard in the weight room, working hard in conditioning – we should get better. There’s no reason we can’t get better.
To see all of the interviews from practice, click on the related story link below.
Garrett Cullen
Morgantown
The new-look Mountaineer basketball team is back to the practice court. The team has five practices set for the month of July and five more coming up during the first week of August prior to heading overseas for play in Italy.
The practices will be important for the large group incoming players that are new to the program.
“Everybody did really well as far as bringing intensity and enthusiasm to practice,” said senior Kevin Jones. “And that’s all Coach (Huggins) is looking for from these young guys so far. He doesn’t expect them to get everything right in a day, but he expects them to play hard.”
The Mountaineers get 10 practices in total for the summer prior to that trip overseas – competition that Jones said will be key to get a feel one another and how they play.
“It’s going to be a big bonding experience,” Jones said. “Hopefully we can go out there and learn each other’s games better. To go out and play against other competition will be a great experience for us.”
There will also be time for more practices overseas as well.
“We’ll learn enough,” said Mountaineer head coach Bob Huggins. “We’ll get to go play games and practice over there too. I think we’re going to play six or seven games over there, which leaves probably another four or five days to practice.
Regardless, the make-up of this year’s team is quite different than Mountaineer teams in the past, bringing a different style of play to the floor.
“Expect it to be a more fast-paced team – not so much of a grind it out team where we’ve got to win by scoring 60 points,” Jones said.
“I just want us to get better everyday,” he continued. “As long as everybody’s going out there and coming in the gym and getting shots up, working hard in the weight room, working hard in conditioning – we should get better. There’s no reason we can’t get better.
To see all of the interviews from practice, click on the related story link below.
