Why Jay McAuley Is “feeling great” About Wofford Basketball
The Wofford men’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Southern Conference by coaches. But Jay McAuley doesn’t seem like a coach who’s worried about his team having a mediocre year. Fans shouldn’t, of course, expect a coach to express pessimism leading into a new season. Still, it’s clear that McAuley likes his…
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Wofford Basketball Preseason Update 2021
Students are back on campus, and that includes a heralded group of Wofford’s freshmen men’s basketball players – Corey Tripp, Dante Keisenhofer, and Luke Turner – as well as a slew of young returning players who gained valuable experience last season. I had the opportunity to talk with Coach Jay McAuley late last spring. WoffordFans…
Wofford Basketball Offseason Update (June 2021)
The offseason is in full swing for Wofford Men’s Basketball, but that doesn’t mean it’s downtime for players or coaches. Summer is a time for coaches to focus on recruiting and planning ahead. Players hit the weight room and work on fundamentals; some are taking summer classes. All of this was limited a year ago,…
Thoughts On An Unusual Season
It might have been the weirdest basketball season any of us can remember – but we weren’t ready for it to be over. Having concluded the regular season on a three-game win streak, including an exhilarating senior night win over Furman (with some fans allowed in!), Wofford looked poised to make a serious run at…
Taking On High Expectations: A Conversation With Jay McAuley
“People now pronounce ‘Wofford’ the right way.” That’s the metric head coach Jay McAuley’s used to describe how far the men’s basketball program has progressed since he first came to the college as an assistant coach. It was 2008, and McAuley was barely out of the University of Georgia, where he’d been a reserve guard…
Interviewing Mike Howard, Former Terrier Basketball Star
When I was kid, just old enough to start paying close attention to sports, Wofford basketball was a pretty sad affair. From 1976 to 1980, the Terriers endured four losing seasons in a row, winning a total of 35 games and losing 87. Two guys led the way in turning things around, and if you…
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