The Tribune

THE University of the Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team is all set to tip off its season with two games at the Governors State Jaguars Tip-Off Classic in Illinois this weekend.

“After our preseason games in Summer of Thunder we looked at what was working and have been building off that heading into the season,” said head coach Bacchus Rolle.

“We’ve had two months to pull everything together for the season,” he added.

Rolle pointed out that the team has been working on post play and making smart basketball decisions.

“We need to be smart in the post because we usually don’t match up with other teams in terms of size so we have to beat them with smarts in the post,” he said.

“And then our guards need to make smart decisions coming into the front court. We’ve been working on these two aspects of our game along with boosting our transition defence among other things and we expect to perform well in Illinois and the rest of the season.”

The Mingoes open against Calumet College St Joseph at 6pm (Bahamas time) Friday in University Park, Illinois. The UB squad then faces the tournament hosts Governors State University 4:30pm (Bahamas time) on Saturday.