Media day, closed scrimmage highlight week for UALR basketball

BURN THE HORSE
There's a couple of things to look forward to this week as the start of the season gets closer.

First, Tuesday and Wednesday are Sun Belt Conference Media Days. The Men's basketball media day is Wednesday and UALR Coach Steve Shields is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. In the past, the Sun Belt has made these available later in the day. Hopefully that will be the case. BTH will try to get a recap if possible.

Second, UALR has its first closed scrimmage on Friday against Stephen F. Austin. The NCAA allows Division I teams to participate in these scrimmages against other Division I opponents. But NCAA rules are that they must be closed to the public. And the teams aren't even supposed to discuss what happens.

Typically, this will consist of a full game, or possibly a couple of shorter games. It would also generally include some situational scrimmages with scenarios set up by both coaching staffs.

This usually also starts to separate starters from non-starters as the season approaches.


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