The Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball program is hard at work getting ready for the 2018-19 season. That start is approaching like a freight train after three-plus weeks of practice.
“Our process started with developing fundamentals and principles, especially from a defensive standpoint,” Coach Lamont Paris said. “Now that most of those have been implemented, now it's geared more towards an 'X's & O's' stuff on the offensive side of things. We're sharpening things up and putting enough in that we can work towards playing a game.”
It’s been an important preseason camp with just one student-athlete returning from last year’s squad, well one who played more than seven games.
So there’s 10 that no game experience in a Mocs uni.
“We're making the right amount of progress to this point with a young team,” Paris continued. “Not only is it young, almost everyone is new to what we want to do schematically on offense and defense. There's a challenge with that...growing pains…but there's a lot of opportunity too.”
The schedule begins with a road trip to Charlotte on Nov. 6. The Mocs return to Gig City for the home opener Nov. 10 against Eastern Kentucky. First look comes with a Nov. 1 exhibition against Lee at 7 p.m. Don’t miss the Mocs Basketball Tipoff Event on Tuesday, October 30.
TICKETS
Season tickets are on sale now. They can be purchased on GoMocs.com (at the link above) or by calling (423) 266-MOCS. Fans can also stop by the Gate 1 ticket office at McKenzie Arena.
Full season tickets range from $90-190 for lower-level reserved through upper-level general admission.