Alan Bishop is busy all year. As UT Arlington's men's basketball strength and conditioning coach, the work never ends.

But the summer, more so than any other, is Coach Bishop's time. That's when his work with the men's team hits overdrive. The Mavericks are already showing the fruits of that labor as they prepare for the 2013-14 season.

"Summer is the time to do it because you have a little less demand on your body from what we do in practice," UT Arlington men's basketball coach Scott Cross said. "They have an opportunity to take in more calories and put on some muscle and increase their max lifts in the weight room. I think they look good. A lot of them have already gotten stronger and I imagine over the next four or five weeks they'll do even better." Read More