Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Road trip tests Florida A&M Rattlers

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- The road that FAMU has traveled so far hasn’t been an easy one and it’s getting tougher with every stop that the men’s basketball team makes. The Rattlers’ next stop comes tonight at the University of Arkansas.

During the next 10 days, they’ll travel to Las Vegas for a tournament, then play at Jacksonville before coming home for a Dec. 1 game against Bethune-Cookman University at the Lawson Center.

Being away from home against teams from the Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC has presented some challenges, the biggest of them for coach Clemon Johnson being finding ways to keep his players’ confidence up. The Rattlers (0-3) go into every game as underdogs and, with the exception of a five-point loss to Houston, the games haven’t been close.

Things could have been much easier for the Rattlers against less powerful opponents, but with a financially strapped athletic department the financial guarantee take precedent.

“What I have to do is keep convincing those guys that this (playing against bigger programs) isn’t how it’s going to be for the entire year,” Johnson said Monday night before a team practice.



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FAMU MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE -2012

Date Opponent Location Time (ET) Results  
Thu, Nov 01 Albany State (Exhibition) Tallahassee, Fla. 7 p.m.
Fri, Nov 09 Houston at Houston, Texas 12 p.m. 76 - 81 (L) Final
STATS
Tue, Nov 13 Stetson at DeLand, Fla. 7 p.m. 66 - 88 (L) Final
STATS
Las Vegas Tournament
Sun, Nov 18 Arizona State at Tempe, Ariz. 2 p.m. 70 - 97 (L) Final
STATS
Tue, Nov 20 Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark. TBA
- (L) (W) (T)
Fri, Nov 23 Longwood at Las Vegas, Nev. TBA
Sat, Nov 24 Presbyterian/Longwood/Cornell at Las Vegas, Nev. TBA
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Thu, Nov 29 North Florida at Jacksonville, Fla. 7 p.m.
Sat, Dec 01 Bethune-Cookman * Tallahassee, Fla. 6 p.m.
Tue, Dec 04 Edward Waters College Tallahassee, Fla. 7 p.m.
Sat, Dec 08 Allen University Tallahassee, Fla. 4 p.m.
Sat, Dec 15 Clemson at Clemson, S.C. TBA
Tue, Dec 18 Texas Tech at Lubbock, Texas TBA
Sat, Dec 29 Georgia at Athens, Ga TBA

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