If there is a silver lining in what has been a forgettable start to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball season, it’s that none of it really matters.
At least that’s been the theme over the past 10 days as coach Katie Burrows and her team have been preparing for the opening of Southern Conference play Thursday night at Western Carolina. While there’s no getting around the fact that at 1-13 the team is off to the worst start in program history, the Mocs’ real season is beginning with all goals still possible.
“They are excited for the clean slate and to get into conference play and make a statement,” Burrows said after a spirited practice this week. “We had a great long break and we had the one game against Ohio where I saw some improvement on things we had been working on.
“I feel we’re making progress. In the practices we had last week and the ones we are having now, I can see improvement in our players.”
Statistics tell a good bit of the story. The Mocs are being outscored by nearly 20 points per game and out-rebounded by 10. They have exactly 100 fewer assists than their opponents and 70 more turnovers.