One of the most difficult skills to impart on college basketball players is the focus and intensity necessary to be consistent at this level. Players need to focus on the season, focus on each game, focus on each 4-minute interval between media timeouts, focus on every possession.
We'll learn something about this team tonight when they take the court against Jacksonville (0-1). After the Noles dismantled Nicholls State in the season opener, will the team come out just as focused tonight against their 2nd straight over-matched opponent?
Minutes after Sunday's victory, Xavier Rathan-Mayes was asked what that win meant.