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====== October 30, 2010 - Virginia vs. Marquette ====== | ====== October 30, 2010 - Virginia vs. Marquette ====== | ||
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- | ===== Wrapping Up The Virginia Workout | + | ===== Busy Weekend At MU ===== |
- | Coach [[Buzz Williams]] said following | + | With the Marquette |
- | Turns out, that wasn't exactly | + | First up is MU's practice/ |
- | With all 11 healthy scholarship players making | + | The practice has caught on around |
- | MU twice worked out against Kansas State under coach [[Tom Crean]], and last year traveled to [[Nebraska]] in Williams' | + | "I think the best thing about scrimmaging, no matter |
- | "I think that Coach (Tony) Bennett' | + | "You can pre-arrange situations. It' |
- | "There are definitely things that we've got to get more fluid at, which you would anticipate after the first 15 days of practice, | + | In his first year as coach at MU, Williams took his team to Nebraska to practice |
- | With five newcomers to Division I on the squad -- a storyline that will undoubtedly be repeated numerous times over the course | + | Bennett |
- | "I thought it went good," | + | "Coach Bennett' |
- | "All of those things are healthy considering our roster and the nature of our roster. So I thought it was a great experience." | + | "What we're going to do tonight is stay in a hotel as if we're on the road -- eat a meal, scouting report, film, wakeup in the morning is at 6, chapel' |
- | The format | + | "I just think that there' |
- | "I thought our structure was a lot better this year than last year," | + | Williams said his team will be able to gain some positives |
- | "Then this afternoon we played half-court possessions. Five Marquette possessions on offense, flip it, then wipe the score at the end. We did three sets of that. Then we played basically make it-take it ,full-court. It's Virginia' | + | "There will be value next week," he said. "We have yet to practice |
- | "In other words, you keep playing until somebody scores, and it's really | + | "We've practiced 12 times. Our guys want to do something different. They need a day, a chance of pace, and they're excited. It'll be good. One way or another, |
- | Perhaps most important, no one was injured -- a major benefit | + | It's all part of the process of getting ready for the regular |
- | "It was a really good day. We ground our guys up," said Williams. "The priceless thing about doing this is to have an opportunity with so many new guys to see what getting on a plane is like, seeing what getting on a bus is like. I know that sounds so elementary, but it will better prepare us for our road games this year. | + | " |
- | "If you're going to play a scrimmage, and forfeit an opportunity to play an exhibition game, you need to get as much out of it as you can. Guys will be off tomorrow, which is how we planned it. But today was a really good day." | + | "This will be the first time that, instead of having Blue and White teams, we're going to have a Blue team. We'll sit over here together, and I think that's good. I'm excited. We've done a lot of stuff to prepare for it -- not from a technical standpoint, but from a rhythm standpoint." |
- | MU will play its lone exhibition game this coming | + | Two MU players, Joe Fulce and Chris Otule, won't be able to take part in the early session with Virginia because of class commitments, |
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+ | One key player who returned to this week was [[Jimmy Butler]], who had missed time after suffering a concussion and a gash over his eye after hitting his head on the court. The senior forward has been given the green light to take part in some of Saturday's workout, which is good news for both the Golden Eagles and Butler. | ||
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+ | "Jimmy will be limited. (Thursday) was his first practice," | ||
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+ | Williams said after Butler initially went down with the concussion that he'd be ultra-cautious before letting him return to full speed. He continues to stick to that, much in the same way he handled [[Darius Johnson-Odom]]' | ||
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+ | "I would say he probably could have been 6-7 days ago, but there was no purpose in that," he said. " | ||
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+ | Unlike normal practice sessions, which can be opened | ||
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+ | I'll try to get some sort of general update on the Virginia workout up on the blog this weekend. | ||
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+ | As it turns out, the Al won't be the only facility on campus being utilized on Saturday for such an event, either. | ||
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+ | In addition to the MU women working out against | ||
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+ | The obvious links here are new UWGB coach [[Brian Wardle]], his assistant [[Brian Barone]] and Northern Illinois assistant [[Todd Townsend]], all of whom are former MU players and served in some capacity on MU staffs under [[Tom Crean]]. | ||
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+ | The location made sense in that it was roughly halfway between both Green Bay and Dekalb, Ill., which allows the schools to save a bit of money on travel expenses, and you've got to think that Wardle, Barone and Townsend will all have all sorts of memories come flooding back as they re-enter the very same gym in which they spent countless hours practicing in as Golden Eagles. | ||
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+ | And finally, MU is hosting 6-foot, 205-pound guard Derrick Wilson on an official visit this weekend. | ||
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+ | Wilson, who plays at Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., is from Anchorage, Alaska. | ||
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+ | MU has two remaining scholarships in the Class of 2011-' | ||