Two whole months after their pre-season opener and one month following the Ron & Jane Graham Shootout, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s basketball team is certainly ready for the real thing.
The team finally got the 2024-25 Canada West season underway on Friday, visiting the University of Calgary Dinos.
The Huskies are ranked eighth in the pre-season coaches poll after rebounding last year with a 11-9 record, a full six wins better than their final record in 2022-23.
While it was good enough to get the Huskies back into the playoffs, they’ve seen an exodus of star players with six graduations, including Alexander Dewar, Chan De Ciman, Tyrese Potoma and Fisayo Moibi.
“It’s tough to replace great people like that,” said Huskies head coach Jamie Campbell. “But we have got a lot of really good, young, talented kids in here. We got to live through some of the young mistakes that they’re making. They’re showing a lot of great …