Friday, January 9, 2015

Depth provides pleasant challenge for HU basketball staff

HAMPTON, Virginia -- Hampton University's Convocation Center has been as much laboratory as gym for the past couple of weeks, as professor Ed Joyner Jr. and his merry band of scientists worked with all of the ingredients in their chemistry set.

There were some successes, as well as a few spills and clean-ups. As the Pirates completed non-conference play and dive into their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schedule, Joyner believes he finally has a handle — albeit a loose one — on the deepest team he has ever coached.

"It has been difficult to figure out how to piece everybody together," Joyner said. "The last 4-5 days, we've been able to get in the gym and just practice. We've been able to get everybody in there and try to figure out roles and get everybody's roles properly addressed. We think we've been able to do that."

Hampton (6-8, 2-0 MEAC) heads to Florida this weekend for games at...

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