Our Rio Grande Valley gives a hearty welcome to new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Men’s Basketball Coach Lew Hill. Hill, who was in the Valley this week to meet and greet, just off a Final Four ride with his former team — the University of Oklahoma Sooners, where he was assistant coach — said he’s looking forward to being a part of our community.
We look forward to having him and learning from him and cheering on what he anticipates will be highly-charged, high-scoring new recruits to the Vaquero’s team.
“It takes a village. I mean the community, the university, the administration — everybody coming together as one. Then you work for the team and everybody is going for the same common goal, which is winning,” Hill said in a live online video chat on Thursday with Monitor Reporter Greg Luca.
During the 30-minute interview, Hill laid out his vision and strategy for taking this team where he believes it can go and for what he expects of us, the community, in return.
“Recruiting and scheduling (more home games) are the two top components to changing the culture,” he said. “We got to get more people in the stands.”
He’s right. How can others care about our team, or what to come and play for UTRGV and attend the university if our own community doesn’t come out en masse to support them?
Likewise, Hill promises one heck of a show. He says his favorite word is “fun” and he plans on entertaining.
“If you play exciting, try to score 100 (points) every game, running, dunking, shooting 3’s, that’s exciting to me,” he said. “People love that type of basketball.”
Yes we do. So bring it on. We’ll rally the fans. And we’re glad you’re here.
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