Jody Adams-Birch is happy to once again face uncertainties about her basketball team.
The Wichita State women weren’t afforded that luxury last season, and they may not have known it was a luxury. They started the season with eight healthy and eligible scholarship players, ended with 11 and had few questions about who played most of the minutes.
In their two-game Thanksgiving tournament in Miami, WSU had six available players. Offseason departures created a short roster following three Missouri Valley Conference championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Now the Shockers, with 11 returners and five newcomers, have 16 on the roster.