Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Kari Hoffman, the second-year Wright State women’s basketball coach, gave her roster a complete overhaul in the offseason, retaining just two players and bringing in 13 new ones.
It was exhausting but necessary. The Raiders went 4-19 last season and were plagued from the start by internal strife.
After a highly successful run at Cedarville, Hoffman knew she’d be in for a challenge in moving up to Division I, but she certainly didn’t figure on having to assemble what’s likely the biggest recruiting class in the country this year — maybe in the last several years — and there wasn’t exactly a blueprint on how to do it.
Yet, with the start of the season just days away, Hoffman is upbeat about her personnel. And since the Horizon League always seems to produce a surprise contender every year, she doesn’t see why the Raiders can’t be that team.
“It’s been great to see how our recruiting efforts have paid off with like-minded players. They all want the same thing. They really seem to enjoy playing with each other,” Hoffman said.
“Obviously, we haven’t faced any adversity yet. That’ll be coming. … But you never know how a team of 15 new faces will jell together, and they’ve responded better than I expected.”
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