Somebody taped the Mocs practice plan to the glass door of the Chattem basketball practice facility on Wednesday for all to see – a rarity.
One line summarized the practice, the day, the week, and the upcoming Southern Conference tournament which begins for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Saturday at 7 p.m. in McKenzie Arena.
“Risk it all.”
Those were the words that followed, “Thought of the day,” which is a staple of UTC practices and a line that Mocs must memorize before stretching and a few warm-up laps around the court.
“It means that you have to give it your all so that even if you win or lose that you’d be crushed and we played with our hearts,” UTC coach John Shulman said. “Now, if you don’t win, you go home. And I would hate to see somebody keep playing in our arena.”