Basketball season is here. Official practice starts this Friday night. It seems like every year, guys like Gary Parrish write articles about how programs like Ohio State and other high major basketball programs skip Midnight Madness and have a normal practice instead. Furman used to have it but we had practice last year instead. We aren’t having it again this year. I don’t mind not having Midnight Madness. It is no secret that we had a really bad season last year. If we’re going to have a better season, its going to take alot of things but one of them is being in sync with each other, which comes from practice.
We maxed out in the weight room on Monday and Tuesday. I increased my 1 rep bench press 10 pounds up to 225 (don’t laugh). My vertical leap stayed the same at 30″. I was able to increase my squat by 20 pounds to 385. The new bench and squat maxes are personal highs for me.
Tomorrow we have our team picture and weights. Last year I got alot of grief for my facial hair (Exhibit A) and I was apparently “dangerously close” to not being in our team picture this year. I cleaned up a little bit but I didn’t get rid of the facial hair completely.
I’ll let you know how practice is going in a few days.
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