Drazen Zlovaric tried talking with coach John Shulman during dead-ball periods in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball season opener.
He’s made great strides since then.
Zaccheus Mason raised his fist to ask for a substitute after just a few minutes of playing early in the season. The former Ole Miss tight end can play for much longer stretches now.
Jahmal Burroughs, a junior college transfer from a year ago, is in the starting lineup and freshman Jared Bryant is now in the rotation as a center as well.
“That first game seems so long ago,” Zlovaric said. “Even the Kentucky game [Dec. 17] seems like a long time ago.”