Team Work,
Effort,
Development
Monday, January 28, 2008 at 02:27PM Two days later Noel shows the work ethic that made him a fan favorite as a freshman. The rest of the squad goes through a typically rigorous Roy Williams practice, but Noel's heavily bandaged right hand prevents him from taking part in any of the drills.
Instead, Noel works on his left-hand dribble and practices his shooting form left-handed. Without being asked, Noel selects one player to "shadow," and mirrors that player's running throughout drills. When the group he would usually be working with makes a defensive mistake, and Williams tells them to line up on the baseline for a series of sprints as punishment, Noel drops the basketball he is using and lines up beside his teammates, running sprints for an error he did not commit.
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