
Huskies are “on guard” for 2023-24 season
The Huskie men’s basketball team will have no shortage of guards on the floor when training camp starts during the third week of August at the Ron and Jane Graham Gymnasium at Merlis Belsher Place. All of Saskatchewan’s guards from last season return for the 2023-24 season, and some new recruits have the coaching staff looking forward to the start of training camp next month.
Coach Jamie Campbell has a strong philosophy for success. “It starts with our defense”, he said. “It’s what you can control every day. You can’t promise me that you are going to make jump shots, but you can promise that you are going to defend. The best teams in our conference are very good defensively.”
Injuries played a major role in Saskatchewan’s 5 and 15 conference record last season. Campbell has put an added emphasis on depth at the guard position for that very reason. Tyrese Potoma and Alex Dewar logged too much court time out of necessity last season.
“There would be weekends when Alex would play 75 minutes out of 80 minutes”, said Campbell. “It’s unfair! This will allow them to bring their minutes down which will allow them to play fresher and be better.” Potoma had 59 defensive rebounds last season, Dewar had 54.