STILLWATER — Steve Lutz-led practices are gaining somewhat of a mythical reputation.
Players last season discussed the high-intensity practices, but with Lutz’s second roster featuring a dozen new players, this new group is mostly going through Lutz’s regimen for the first time.
Lefteris Mantzoukas, from Greece, has played professional basketball since he was 14 years old, but he said he’s never taken part in a practice like the first one he took part in inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
“When I first got here, our first practice was the hardest practice I’ve ever been a part of,” Mantzoukas said.