In the early weeks of practice for the 2023-24 basketball season, Hubert Davis has tried a variety of ways to emphasize the importance of a sense of urgency.
He's punished transgressions with running. He's raised his voice. One practice plan had a simple message at the top: "No box out=chair." The meaning was very simple: miss a box out, and the offender would be taking a seat on the sideline, just as they'd be coming out of the game if a missed box out happened in competition.