So McCasland told him to shoot right-handed during the game. Shoot it with your right hand the rest of shootaround.
They opened the tournament as double-digit underdogs at South Dakota - the ideal setup for McCasland.Īt the game-day shootaround, McCasland noticed Michael Miller, a left-handed junior-college transfer who had averaged two points per game, messing around shooting with his right hand. He had taken over an eight-win team and led the Mean Green to 15 regular-season victories and a spot in the College Basketball Invitational.
It was 2018, McCasland’s first season at North Texas. Then there’s the one where McCasland told a player to shoot with his non-dominant hand.
