With the departure of former head coach Steve Hawkins and the transferring of the team’s two top scorers from last season, Michael Flowers and Brandon Johnson, WMU men’s basketball will be entering a sort of new era when it tips off its season at Butler at 6 p.m. EST time on Wednesday night on FS1.
The challenges presented for a new coach taking over a program in their first are already great, but the COVID-19 pandemic has further amplified those obstacles. First year head coach Clayton Bates said keeping his team healthy while preparing them for the season has been the main focus.