By Harry Minium
Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced Old Dominion University to shut down its campus, study hall was a weekly event for the women's basketball team.
Players would gather to do homework, study or write papers under the watchful eyes of Lubbock Smith III, ODU's Director of Student-Athlete Development and Leadership Programs.
Regardless of a player's academic standing, coach Nikki McCray-Penson deemed that study hall was mandatory for everyone.
And study hall is still mandatory even though the players have all gone home and are taking ODU classes online.