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- | ===== Wrapping Up The Virginia Workout | + | ===== Busy Weekend At MU ===== |
With the Marquette Golden Eagles' | With the Marquette Golden Eagles' | ||
- | First up is MU's practice/ | + | First up is MU's practice/ |
The practice has caught on around the country in recent years, with coaches finding that the amount of work and film they can get out of these things inherently more valuable to the process of building their teams than the beatdowns they wind up handing out to Division III opponents. | The practice has caught on around the country in recent years, with coaches finding that the amount of work and film they can get out of these things inherently more valuable to the process of building their teams than the beatdowns they wind up handing out to Division III opponents. | ||
- | "I think the best thing about scrimmaging, | + | "I think the best thing about scrimmaging, |
"You can pre-arrange situations. It's reps where everybody is seeing how an opponent will handle it. And that's difficult to quantify the value of." | "You can pre-arrange situations. It's reps where everybody is seeing how an opponent will handle it. And that's difficult to quantify the value of." | ||
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"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." | "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." | ||
- | 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, | + | 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, |
- | 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' | + | 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' |
"Jimmy will be limited. (Thursday) was his first practice," | "Jimmy will be limited. (Thursday) was his first practice," | ||
- | 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' | + | 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 |
"I would say he probably could have been 6-7 days ago, but there was no purpose in that," he said. " | "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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In addition to the MU women working out against Illinois State, UW-Green Bay's and Northern Illinois' | In addition to the MU women working out against Illinois State, UW-Green Bay's and Northern Illinois' | ||
- | 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. | + | The obvious links here are new UWGB coach [[Brian Wardle]], his assistant |
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. | 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. |