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Article: Progress, but no locker room yet for ISU
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- January 9, 2003
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NORMAL - It's not wins or losses that will get the locker room
back for Illinois State's basketball team.
"As soon as I think everyone cares for each other and proves it,
they will get their privileges back," ISU coach Tom Richardson said
Wednesday during his weekly news conference. "The main thing we want
is to get the players closer together.
"When one guy is down, we need 13 guys picking him up. We weren't
getting that. This is a weird team because they are very close
friends. I think they are afraid of stepping on each other's toes. A
team must have accountability and ownership within its group.
"We didn't have that, but I think it is getting better. I've been
pleased with the kids' ...