The improvements of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team have been evident through 10 games.
Since an 0-2 start that included a 42-point loss at Alabama-Birmingham, the Mocs have won five of eight games, with a 3-3 record against NCAA Division I competition. With only one senior and eight freshmen, UTC has battled through injuries and inexperience to post a 5-1 record at home – the only blemish a two-point overtime loss to 2017 NCAA tournament participant Jacksonville State.
“I”m happy with how we’re progressing and how we’re improving,” coach Lamont Paris said after Sunday’s win over Charlotte. “For guys to accept that and absorb that and put out their best effort requires a lot of commitment. I’ve been really happy with them.
“We’ve been getting more results, maybe not in wins and losses, but we’ve been right there to win some of these games. If we weren’t handling these situations as well as we are, we might not have been in those positions.”
Paris has been forced to use a seven-man rotation, with promising 6-foot-6 freshman Duane Moss out indefinitely with a ruptured disk in his back.