Western Kentucky opened basketball practices ahead of the 2021-22 season last week with a new-look team.
With several key pieces from last year's team now gone, the Hilltoppers are working on establishing the culture in practices early this preseason.
"We've got a lot of new pieces. I like my pieces. We've just got to put our pieces together, but we've made progress. We've made progress in these few days we've had and we've got miles and miles to go," WKU head coach Rick Stansbury said Wednesday. "Early in practices you're just trying to establish how you're going to do things – the effort and the attitude you play with.