Listened to a very enthusiastic Travis tonight. I got in and out before the team accountant was able to cross check attendance with the donation list.
Blake Anderson and Eli are on scholarship to fill out the roster.
Staff knew transfers personally before they entered portal. Steele feels strongly about the need for that, and fitting with the culture.
Mekhi has had great off season. Reese had great spring, is bigger and stronger. Was injured while home, should be back in next week or two.
Kotecki much stronger.
Skaljak getting more comfortable, won summer shootout that staff puts together.
Steele says usual suspects should be best teams in MAC. Hopes league will be better overall than last year in order to improve ranking.
My eyebrows raised when he said team will defend full court all game. Says he has “gazelles” on the team and without Anderson, pace will be quicker. Still not convinced he recruits the athletes to play that way.
At one point he was raving about the culture with this team. He said “ I think the culture’s even better than the talent”. I know what he meant, but I chuckled.