It’s hard for Langston Love to tap the brakes. When you’ve been through as many injuries as Love has endured during his time at Baylor, it’s completely normal that he’d be anxious to rush to get back on the court. “Langston’s doing well, progressing well,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said on the Bears’ first day of practice on Sept.
23. “He’ll be in practice in a limited fashion today and excited about the progress he’s made. If anything, he does too much, rather than too little.
You love that as a coach.” Love admitted that Drew is right, that he tends to overdo it when it comes to his rehabilitation. “Yeah, I tend to overwork a little bit,” Love said.
“That’s what I’ve learned. I’ve got to find the right balance between the amount of work that I want to put in and what’s right.” At this point, Love would accept just one fully healthy season for the Bears.
His journey in Waco has been marked by one injury pothole after another. Baylor guard Langston Love was in the midst of his best all-around season last year when an ankle injury derailed his progress. Love, a 6-5 shooting guard, grew up in San Antonio and started his high school career at Cibolo Steele.
Baylor was the first major program to make a scholarship offer, even before he transferred to Montverde Academy in Florida after his sophomore year of high school. Love helped Montverde win a national championship while playing alongside future NBA stars Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes.