When do you guys start hoops practice?

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lawgator1

lawgator1

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Look, I know we are 10 days away from football season and, trust me, its foremost on my mind. But I heard on the radio this a.m. that the Gators open basketball practice today in anticipation of some sort of exhibition in Canada. That seems awfully early to me. I remember b-ball Midnight Madness being in November. Do you guys know when UT opens up the gym for first practice?
 
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You can't officially start practice til October the 15th. You can however have open gym without any coaches watching, and have individuals, which is actually a group of 4 players with the coaches for 2 hours a week. Mainly works on fundamentals. I played and last yr was my sr. yr. There's no way they can start early.
 
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I bleed Orange said:
You can't officially start practice til October the 15th. You can however have open gym without any coaches watching, and have individuals, which is actually a group of 4 players with the coaches for 2 hours a week. Mainly works on fundamentals. I played and last yr was my sr. yr. There's no way they can start early.
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Thanks! I was wondering how they could possibly have started that early. I think its good they are getting together for the open gym sessions -- need to get all the rust off.
 
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Ya usually guys play 4 to 5 times a week. Just play pickup, you just hope that the guys want to play and don't just go to goof off.
 
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I bleed Orange said:
Ya usually guys play 4 to 5 times a week. Just play pickup, you just hope that the guys want to play and don't just go to goof off.
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Or get hurt. I seriously worry that one of these guys is going to get badly hurt this year and that it will affect their NBA chances. If that happens, every time someone says a kid ought to stay in school, they'll just point to that Gator kid that could have been a first rounder but decided to stay.
 
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Teams can take off-season exhibition tours every so many years to places like Europe etc. This is what Florida may be doing and so a real practice may be legal. UT went Europe a few summers ago.
 
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Team Slacker said:
Teams can take off-season exhibition tours every so many years to places like Europe etc. This is what Florida may be doing and so a real practice may be legal. UT went Europe a few summers ago.
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I remember Roy Williams really criticized Donovan awhile back for using those trips as recruiting tools. Specifically remember something about a European trip.
 
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ya this is true. i have seen injuries happen as well as been apart of them, i tore all the ligaments in my ankle in the preseason during open gym, i landed on someones foot, but was back in time for practice to start.
 
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