Competition was intense as the students made their case in front of the coaches and a few of the scholarship players. Head Coach Mark Byington ran the participants through a three-man weave drill, then had them scrimmage full court the rest of the time.
“He gave everybody a fair chance,” Trey Tolbert, sophomore exercise science major said of Coach Byington.
Coach Byington emphasized that he was looking for a locker room presence rather than a star player, as the Eagles return all five starters from last season. Byington told the students competing that three to six of them would be contacted for an interview.