Kevin Broadus gathered his Morgan State basketball team for a meeting a day before the end of the 2019-20 regular season. The Bears’ head coach wanted his team to understand what they had done, what they can still do and mostly to make sure they keep doing it.
“We had this long meeting, our first meeting all year, just to sit down and talk about the year and what they expected,” Broadus said. “These guys won nine games last year. We’ve already won nine in conference this year. I asked those guys if they really believed they could do this.”
Broadus got a broad range of answers. Some said yes, some said they thought they’d win 20. The veteran coach paused.
“Honestly? I told them they had to evaluate themselves,” Broadus said. “I said a lot of you are the same players that won nine games last year and they all looked at me. I said, ‘No, really. How did you think you’d win more?’ Me? I didn’t have a number per se. I just wanted improvement.”
