Basketball season has arrived, and the UCSB women’s basketball team will feature plenty of fresh faces on the court after graduating seven seniors from last year’s team.
In year one of the Renee Jimenez era, the Gauchos were formidable—finishing 18-13 overall and 12-8 in Big West Conference play—despite having very little time to implement a new system. Year two will feature a more intentional approach.
“Last year we obviously had seven seniors and a really veteran group, but I think sometimes when you have that many seniors, it’s really hard to implement an entirely new basketball system,” Jimenez said. “You’re just trying to work with what you have, and I thought we did a really good job of that.”