New coach and philosophy. It's a pretty experienced team but the addition of Temira Poindexter has been huge for TU. She is a force in the middle and can both block shots and rebound and she's shooting an incredibly high FG % right now. It looks like Nelp has give the Mayberry's a green light to shoot from outside when open.
TU could finish in the top 4 of the league. They haven't beaten any world beaters this season but they've been solid and have not lost the same types of games they would have lost the previous 3-4 seasons (i.e. Duquesne). Missouri S&T was obviously a game they wanted to get an extra home game. S&T is division II. Also, the athletes on the women's sports teams makes are part of the 25% of female students in Rolla. I remember when they came and played in the women's soccer team in Fall 1993...it was Halloween and it was freaking snowing in Tulsa and they played the game. TU's women won the game 13-0 (don't ask how I remember this).
