He did it at the University of Utah, where Rick Majerus coached him as a freshman.

He's doing it now with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, who hired Scott Skiles during the offseason.

Is Skiles old-school tough?

You be the judge.

Less than 11 hours after arriving in Salt Lake City after Tuesday night's 114-105 loss in Denver, Skiles put his players through a 45-minute shootaround Wednesday morning at EnergySolutions Arena, where they will play the Jazz tonight.

Normally, NBA teams playing on the second night of back-to-back games rest in the morning. But Skiles was unhappy enough with the Bucks' play against the Nuggets that he ordered the shootaround.

"Obviously, he's one of the toughest coaches around," Bogut said. "He just demands professionalism. . . . Having us shoot around because we didn't play well, I think it's a wake-up call for us. He doesn't appreciate how we played and wants us to know we need to play better tonight."

Asked if that was something his former college coach might have done, Bogut shook his head and said: "There's no comparison between Majerus and Scott. It's different when you are a pro. In college, obviously, you had limitations. You did whatever he wanted. The pro game is a little different. A lot of that [college] stuff doesn't fly."

In his first 12 games under Skiles, Bogut averages 10.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks.

"Just trying to be aggressive," he said. "But I still have a lot of work to do in that area."

Bogut had just two points and three rebounds in 16 foul-plagued minutes at Denver. He called it "my worst game of the year, individually." Still, Bogut believes the experience he has gained since leaving Utah and becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2005 NBA draft is starting to pay dividends.

"It's a matter getting into the flow of the game - knowing when to foul and when not to," he said. "My first two years, I'd get early fouls and then sit on the bench for eight or nine minutes. . . . It disrupted my rhythm and everything went out the window. I think now I know when to foul and when not to - you've got to give up a jumper if you've got two or three fouls."

Said Skiles: "He's 23 years old. He's still a very young player, so there is some inconsistency there. But we're just trying to get him to stay aggressive all the time and not be passive. When he does that, he's very, very good."

Led by Richard Jefferson and Bogut, the Bucks have gotten off to a 5-7 start - not bad considering their brutal schedule and injuries to top scorer Michael Redd and starting power forward Charlie Villaneuva.

"It depends on where you want to set the bar," Skiles said. "We can get the pom-pons out and say, 'The Bucks are playing harder . . . and they're playing a little better defense.' Or we can say, 'We are nowhere near where we need to be, to become an elite team, and we've got to stay with it.' . . . I prefer the latter rather than the former."