With the 2019 basketball season starting Nov. 5, head coach Jay Ladner and the Golden Eagles have spent the past seven months adjusting to the new coaching administration.
“It’s just a different culture. I have the greatest admiration for Coach Sadler, and I thought he did a good job mitigating the situation here. It’s just a different style of play now,” Ladner said. “The way we play is strategically, and we like to run good offense. We want the best offense for our shooters to make the best shots.”
Inheriting a team of 11 rookies created a challenge for Ladner, and he has relied on redshirt senior forward Leonard Harper-Baker and junior guard LaDavius Draine to be leaders during this transition.