More than one week into the official start of BYU basketball practices, coach Mark Pope has noticed a big change with his team in terms of the way it is competing.
He attributes that, in part, to Duke’s Coach K. No, not legendary men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski, but first-year Duke women’s coach Kara Lawson, the former WNBA champion and Olympic gold medalist.
Before a recent Blue Devils practice, Lawson taught her team the difference between working hard and competing in a video that went viral on social media.
“At the end of every session we have, that’s the question you’re asking yourself: ‘Did I compete today?