FGCU men’s basketball follows psychologist Dr. Joe Carr’s plan through challenging season

After the first practice ended Saturday, the UConn men’s basketball players gathered in a circle at midcourt. They’d heard from the coaches; now it was time to critique each other. “We’re being brutally honest,” said R.J. Evans, who has transferred to UConn to play as a postgraduate. “We’ll tell each other, ‘This is something I think you can do…

AUBURN — Sports psychologist Dr. Joe Carr has worked with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, college teams from one end of the country and in a law enforcement environment “where they were going after high-level, big-time guys.” His mission: Develop team unity. One of his assignments this year: Develop team chemistry at Auburn, a team…

It's easier this year for Notre Dame men's basketball players Zach Auguste (30), Jerian Grant (22) and Pat Connaughton (24) to be critical of one another and their teammates without feelings being hurt.

After the first practice ended Saturday, the UConn men's basketball players gathered in a circle at midcourt. They'd heard from the coaches; now it was time to critique each other. "We're being brutally honest," said R.J. Evans, who has transferred to UConn to play as a postgraduate. "We'll tell each other, 'This is something I think you can do...

In 2012, Leon Tolksdorf arrived in Storrs, Conn., from Germany, unsure of how to interact with some of his teammates. He knew his fellow Berliner Niels Giffey and had played on a club team with the brother of another German player on the roster, Enosch Wolf, but relating to his peers from Brooklyn or Chicago...

Newly appointed head coach of the Duquesne men’s basketball team, Keith Dambrot, is looking to bring the philosophies and culture he developed at Akron to the Dukes. To do so, Coach Dambrot is enlisting the services of revered sports psychologist, Dr. Joe Carr, just as he did throughout his career with the Zips. The name...