John Leyba / The Denver Post)
In the spring of 1983, 28-year-old Ceal Barry arrived in Boulder hopeful of taking the next step in her career, but uneasy about the obstacles in her way.
A Kentucky native, Barry was lured away from her job as the women's basketball coach at Cincinnati by the opportunity to coach a Colorado team in a higher profile conference, the Big Eight.
In Colorado for the first time in her life, she had no idea where to shop, let alone recruit.