The University of San Diego women’s basketball team was seconds away from a conference championship last season. Had the Portland Pilots not hit a last-second shot in overtime, the Toreros would have won the West Coast Conference tournament and carried momentum into March Madness. But the Pilots hit the shot. And the Madness never happened, not for anyone.
After coming so close last year and having their spring and summer disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toreros are finally back in the gym, getting ready to make another run for the postseason. As is the nature of college basketball, head coach Cindy Fisher will have to put together this year’s run without some key players from last year.