Virginia Fan Q&A: Women’s Sports Spotlight

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Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton will try to lift Virginia women’s basketball back to relevance. ~ Photo By Kris Wright/TheSabre.com

It’s time for another round of mailbag questions in the Virginia Q&A feature, which runs as part of our Fan Friday content on TheSabre.com. For this edition, we’re putting women’s sports in the spotlight.

As always, click on the question to go to the message board thread and discuss.

How realistic is a return to the upper echelon in the ACC and nationally for the women’s basketball team? And how many years do you think it will take if it is possible? ~ 105A

When Virginia hired Amaka Agugua-Hamilton in March, it gave the women’s basketball program a much-needed reset and boosted interest this offseason. Most UVA fans agree that with the John Paul Jones Arena, academics, and a spot in the ACC, that the Hoos should be more competitive here than they have been recently. Coach Mox is now the one in the coaches’ seat trying to make that happen.

I, for one, think it is realistic for UVA to get itself back to relevance quickly, but it could take a full recruiting cycle (four years) or more to try to get into the upper echelon of the conference and therefore the nation.

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