UMass men’s basketball team eager for new players to arrive stat : gazettenet

Maryland transfer Jaylen Brantley is one of seven new players joining the UMass men's basketball team. AP@MattVautourDHGBy MATT VAUTOURThe next time the UMass men's basketball team takes the floor together, there will be as many new faces as familiar ones. "On July 10th we have to start becoming a connected unit whether you're playing this year or you're not. Lucious Jordan will be the director of basketball operations after spending last year in that role at the University of Albany. "If you're not a connected team out on the floor, you have no shot.




Young basketball players take part in a 3-on-3 tournament held at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on July 9, 2017. Spectators watch the action at a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on July 9, 2017. (Trevor Pritchard/CBC)Mac-Doris Jean-Marie, left, sits with his son Mac-Junior at a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on July 9, 2017. Part of the attraction is that, for many young players, 3-on-3 basketball is simply more accessible than the traditional 5-on-5 game, said Ausome Ottawa executive director Liisa Vexler. Jean-Marie said the less rigorous, more free-flowing nature of 3-on-3 is part of the reason the game appeals to a younger generation of basketball players.





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