Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State’s veteran players are accustomed to the intensity coach Scott Nagy brings to a game, but the newcomers may want to brace for a rise in the decibel level during Thursday’s opener against Marshall.
Preseason for the Raiders has been so disrupted by COVID-19 that they’ve seldom had their full squad together, meaning they haven’t even scrimmaged enough to get a sense of the no-nonsense Nagy.
“For some guys — when you’ve been out two weeks and haven’t had someone getting after you and demanding things of you — sometimes that’s a shock,” Nagy said. “Just to have somebody yelling at you and asking you to do things the way you’re supposed to do them, we just don’t have a lot of that time.
“Some of these guys aren’t used to how I am in a game. It’s going to be interesting to see how the players respond.”
Though some may need an adjustment period, the Raiders are expected to do just fine — even with point guard Trey Calvin and wing Tim Finke being first-time starters.
They’re the overwhelming pick to repeat as Horizon League champions behind preseason player of the year Loudon Love and a dynamic supporting cast.
