Toning It Down For Awhile
So, what's next for the Utes, now that they're finished with their foreign tour and back on campus for the start of fall classes?
That's easy -- running, lifting, shooting and studying.
Coach Jim Boylen said he plans to have the Utes lift weights early in the morning three days a week, and run 200's and 400's on the track at East High School every Sunday night. And since he's not allowed to hold basketball practice for a couple of months, "I've asked my guys to get their shooting in and do the things that they have to do on their own," he said. "It's up to them. I'm expecting them to take some ownership of that -- get their shooting in, in their free time.
"But really," he added, "besides lifting and the Sunday night run, these first 14 days back, we're going to relax a little. Not relax. Tone it down a little. You never relax. But we're going to tone it down."
Having talked to colleagues such as Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Marquette's Tom Crean and Dayton's Brian Gregory -- all of whom have taken their teams on foreign trips, albeit shorter ones -- Boylen believes his players need a break after 22 straight days of practice, travel and games on their tour of Australia.
"But I also want school to be a focus here the next two weeks, and we're going to get on the right track that way," Boylen said. "I just think they need to get away from it, and again, I want to get a good start to school. School's a big priority to me. We've raised our G.P.A., we don't have guys skipping classes anymore. We're going to keep that thing going."
Boylen also reported that former players Ricky Johns and Misha Radojevic both graduated, and that incoming freshmen Morgan Grim and Carlon Brown both earned perfect grades in their summer courses.
"If I can't trust them off" the court, Boylen said, "I can't trust them on" it.
That's easy -- running, lifting, shooting and studying.
Coach Jim Boylen said he plans to have the Utes lift weights early in the morning three days a week, and run 200's and 400's on the track at East High School every Sunday night. And since he's not allowed to hold basketball practice for a couple of months, "I've asked my guys to get their shooting in and do the things that they have to do on their own," he said. "It's up to them. I'm expecting them to take some ownership of that -- get their shooting in, in their free time.
"But really," he added, "besides lifting and the Sunday night run, these first 14 days back, we're going to relax a little. Not relax. Tone it down a little. You never relax. But we're going to tone it down."
Having talked to colleagues such as Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Marquette's Tom Crean and Dayton's Brian Gregory -- all of whom have taken their teams on foreign trips, albeit shorter ones -- Boylen believes his players need a break after 22 straight days of practice, travel and games on their tour of Australia.
"But I also want school to be a focus here the next two weeks, and we're going to get on the right track that way," Boylen said. "I just think they need to get away from it, and again, I want to get a good start to school. School's a big priority to me. We've raised our G.P.A., we don't have guys skipping classes anymore. We're going to keep that thing going."
Boylen also reported that former players Ricky Johns and Misha Radojevic both graduated, and that incoming freshmen Morgan Grim and Carlon Brown both earned perfect grades in their summer courses.
"If I can't trust them off" the court, Boylen said, "I can't trust them on" it.
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