Even though the 2017 season doesn’t start for another few months, the team is already preparing to defend their MAC Championship. However, according to manager Billy Gernon, this particular time of the year can be a bit tough.
“This is my least-favorite time of the year, professionally,” Gernon said. “We don’t have much involvement with our guys, because of needed and well-implemented NCAA rules to create a focus on academics in the stretch run to finals.”
Outside of finals, the two-week period of time the NCAA calls “discretionary week,” the team’s preparation comes down to a concept involving three simple letters: U, S and F.