Helping Calm the Eager Hoop Fan
Technically, sure, it's football season. But some fans just can't wait for the leather to hit the hardwood.
For them, we have a suggestion.
Take a look at the preseason report on the Mountain West Conference over at ESPN.com, authored by our man Ed Graney of the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper. Coach Jim Boylen is a promiment part of his lead piece, about the coaching turnover in the league heading into next season.
In it, Boylen addresses some of the challenges of coaching in an unfamiliar league, having taken over the Utes after working as an assistant coach for Tom Izzo at Michigan State in the Big Ten Conference.
"Familiarity with a team can be comforting," Boylen said. "In the Big Ten at Michigan State, we knew what Michigan and Wisconsin and Northwestern and everyone else liked to do. But you still have to go out and stop it. There's a little bit of fear with the unknown, but that's just the reality this first year. I think it's going to take all of us at least one time through the league to really learn about one another."
Graney, who has covered basketball in the league perhaps better than anyone for years, also provides capsules on each of the teams, an update on the health of UNLV coach Lon Kruger, and a vast variety of other tidbits and stats. Enough, perhaps, to get any eager fan up to speed with still more than a month before practice begins.
For them, we have a suggestion.
Take a look at the preseason report on the Mountain West Conference over at ESPN.com, authored by our man Ed Graney of the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper. Coach Jim Boylen is a promiment part of his lead piece, about the coaching turnover in the league heading into next season.
In it, Boylen addresses some of the challenges of coaching in an unfamiliar league, having taken over the Utes after working as an assistant coach for Tom Izzo at Michigan State in the Big Ten Conference.
"Familiarity with a team can be comforting," Boylen said. "In the Big Ten at Michigan State, we knew what Michigan and Wisconsin and Northwestern and everyone else liked to do. But you still have to go out and stop it. There's a little bit of fear with the unknown, but that's just the reality this first year. I think it's going to take all of us at least one time through the league to really learn about one another."
Graney, who has covered basketball in the league perhaps better than anyone for years, also provides capsules on each of the teams, an update on the health of UNLV coach Lon Kruger, and a vast variety of other tidbits and stats. Enough, perhaps, to get any eager fan up to speed with still more than a month before practice begins.
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