Western Kentucky is preparing for something none of its players or coaches have faced.
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, Conference USA created a new format for league play that features back-to-back games against the same opponent on back-to-back days.
For the Hilltoppers, that stretch starts this weekend at Charlotte.
“It’s going to be no different right now for me as it’s always been. Hey, you take them one at a time, you’ve got one game and you’ve got to find a way to win that first one,” WKU coach Rick Stansbury said. “You get to the second one, again, I don’t have the knowledge of what kind of effect it has, but I know as a coach, they keep score and none of that stuff can matter.