Wednesday afternoon brought a familiar site to Savage Arena: the University of Toledo women’s basketball team practicing.
But something about the scene felt foreign — for the first time since the George W. Bush administration, Tricia Cullop was not leading drills.
A new era of Toledo women’s basketball officially dawned, as Ginny Boggess led the Rockets in their two-hour inauguration of her breakneck offense and grating defense. The head coach's name is different, Sophia Wiard and Quinesha Lockett are gone, and there are seven new freshmen and transfers.
The standard, however, is the same. And Boggess isn’t backing down, instead acknowledging the expectations and embracing the forecast.