The restful — relatively speaking — evenings college basketball coaches can steal in between seasons expired along with October.
While the majority of the country might not turn its full attention toward the court until Alabama claims another football championship, the men in charge of producing well-oiled basketball machines by March have started sacrificing Z’s once again.
“I didn’t sleep much last night,” third-year St. Louis University coach Travis Ford said after his Billikens rolled over Quincy in an exhibition last week.
It’s impossible for coaches to truly diagnose certain strengths and weaknesses until games begin.