The Men’s Basketball team is preparing for a new season, with a focus on improvement and growth. Head coach Scott McCandlish says their goals aren’t just about wins and losses, but getting better every game. 

“I just want to see improvement in growth from the beginning of the season to the end of the season. Not really going to put a win and loss total on it,” McCandlish said.

This season the team will have more depth, although 3 players graduated last year; Ian, Carter, and Jonathan. There will be 6 seniors returning and a great group of juniors, sophomores, and freshmen.

“This year, the roster has a little bit more depth, [13 players], a little bit more interchangeable. We have six seniors, and then we have three sophomores that show contributions a lot, and then obviously we have a handful of juniors that are as well,” McCandlish said.

McCandlish pointed to the team’s chemistry as being their best strength.

“Their togetherness. How tight of a unit they are. Just on the court, [and] off,” McCandlish said.

Senior Andrew Morin says the team is excited and confident heading into the new season, and the players are aiming to make it to the post season.

“[It] feels really good to start a new season. We feel like we can be really competitive this year and make a real big push, our biggest goal as a team is making the postseason,” Morin said.

He credits their summer and fall league play for building their chemistry as a team.

“I think playing as a team, there’s a lot of team chemistry. We’ve been playing in summer leagues, fall leagues, workouts all summer, all fall. So we really, we know how to play together,” Morin said.

The crowd during their first game against Powhatan really gave the team the energy and motivation they needed to get the win.

“That 1st game, it was a lot of fun to play in with the crowd there. 
Got us motivated and hyped, and it was a great atmosphere,” Morin said.