What had been a sterling season for Tech women’s basketball could now easily cause the program to collapse in on itself. Head coach MaChelle Joseph being placed on leave by Tech athletics for unspecified reasons has had wide-ranging impacts throughout and threatens the stability of a program that had appeared to finally be in the running for the NCAA Tournament.
On February 27, in a brief press release, Tech athletics announced that Joseph had been placed on leave from the team, but declined to comment further on the matter. The move was unexpected, as there had been no indications of issues involving Tech’s women’s basketball team and the program was enjoying its best season since 2013-2014.