The issues currently plaguing the University of Manitoba Bisons are concerning, but head coach Kirby Schepp called them fixable.

The Bisons men’s basketball team has been oddly slow out of the gates by the program’s standards. They hold a 4-3 record in Canada West despite having yet to face any of the top teams in the conference.

Shooting has been the glaring issue. Manitoba has fired at a 42.9 per cent clip from the field — that ranks eighth out of 17 teams — and 30.3 per cent from beyond the arc (12th), while the club’s dismal 59.3 per cent efficiency from the free throw line (second-worst) — something Schepp called mystifying — has certainly capped the offence.

Overall, the level of play hasn’t matched the aspirations of a team that believes it can compete for a national championship

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