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Minium: ODU Women’s Basketball Team is Honoring Anne Donovan, and Trying to Win Back Fans



By: Harry Minium
NORFOLK, Va. - Nikki McCray-Penson has been taking her message on the road in an effort to win back fans who have stopped coming to Old Dominion women's basketball games.

The ODU coach wants people to know that the Monarchs are on the way back after years of mediocrity. Her message is short but compelling: We've got a good team that works hard and plays an entertaining brand of basketball, and we're going to get better, much better, in the future.

I followed her one evening recently when she spoke at a PTA training session at Norfolk's Booker T.