North Carolina was the preseason pick to claim its fifth straight league title, receiving 15 of 42 first-place votes by the ACC’s panel of reporters and school representatives in voting results released during the league’s media day.

In the blink of an eye, Debbie Ryan watched as 10 players raced from one end of the practice court to the other and back.

While she can’t hear everything that her teammates can, Britny Edwards, a rookie on the Virginia women’s basketball team, is of the opinion that she is not different.

Whether she likes it or not, Wright suddenly finds herself learning how to be a team leader.

For Virginia women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan, it was a season of returns.