Stories from the November 12, 2009, Print Edition
Men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs has said he wants to "reestablish the excitement of GW basketball" with a return to a high energy, high intensity style of play. With six talented and outgoing freshmen joining the team this season, hopes are high that their energy will be contagious and help re-amp the program.
Before taking the court, sophomore Kay-Kay Allums and freshman Megan Nipe each eat the same pre-game snack: a turkey, bacon and avocado sandwich. But before they shared this tradition, they had to share the shooting guard position at Centennial High School in Minnesota, where their relationship did not start out smoothly.
By most college basketball standards, sophomores Tara Booker and Tiana Myers might be considered young. The two are, after all, only entering their second season of basketball at the collegiate level.
Damian Hollis has the size - a 6-foot-8-inch, 215-pound frame - and pedigree - his father, Essie, played in the NBA - to suggest he was predestined for basketball success.
Two physically dominant centers; a pair of players with four years of experience; a 6-foot-3 duo that took over the rebound department - gone.
The center-court team huddle breaks at practice and head coach Mike Bozeman is smiling, cracking a joke with his players. This is his second season as the head coach for GW women's basketball, but for the first time, the players are his.
"Rebuild" - bold and white and capitalized on the first page of the official GW pamphlet shilling the men's basketball program to prospective ticket holders.
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