Several years ago the women recruited 4 top 100 AAU teammates who should have provided talent and athleticism to the program. Kortni Simmons should be the starting point guard but has been hurt her entire career and finally was medically disqualified this year. Destini Walker should start at the wing forward position and has has had the same fate as Simmons. Ariel Stephenson should be starting at the SG position but injured her shoulder and will return for her redshirt senior season next year. Tyra Whitehead should be starting at center but has been dismissed from the program. The team plays in front of a few hundred fans in the Joel. It’s amazing they can recruit anybody to play in an empty arena. Conti does her best at PG but the team lacks ACC level athleticism with all the injuries. The conference season could get ugly if other teams press our ball handlers. Several athletic recruits will join the program next year and everybody returns except Penna. Some day we may put a healthy team on the court but it hasn’t happened in Coach Hoover’s entire tenure.