Not much is different about the makeup of Wichita State’s women’s basketball team, but everything might change.
The Shockers are looking to turn last season’s 7-22 record, which followed three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances under coach Jody Adams-Birch, into a permanent outlier.
So far, their best asset is continuity. All 11 players return and WSU added five newcomers, facts that may expedite the rebuilding process or even proclaim it complete. A fifth 20-win season in the last six years isn’t being ruled out.
“I think it’s realistic in the fact that the ones who had a lot of shots and took a lot of shots, that won’t happen this year,” Adams-Birch said.