HAMPTON, Virginia -- Last March, Hampton University went into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament having lost nine of its last 13 games. Yet the Pirates went on a memorable four-game run that weekend, which set up a first-round win in the NCAA tournament.That type of finish can only help in the offseason. For the 12 players returning, it was positive reinforcement.
“That run made everything easier,” HU coach Edward Joyner Jr. said during Thursday’s MEAC preseason teleconference. “It made recruiting easier, it made walking around campus easier. These guys have bought into what we’re trying to do.
“I’m not saying they (hadn’t) before. When you see the fruits of your labor, that changes everything. Winning cures everything. They’re really looking forward to what’s ahead of us this year.”
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