CHARLOTTESVILLE Two years after the inaugural game was played at John Paul Jones Arena, Debbie Ryan has pictures waiting to be hung on the walls of her office, which sits below the court and just down the hall from the locker room that bears her name.

NORFOLK Celeste Hill is an Old Dominion Lady Monarch again. The former ODU All-American is one of two new assistants on Wendy Larry's staff. Belle Koclanes, a 2002 University of Richmond graduate and former assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania, is the other.

Conference USA Freshman of the Year Tia Lewis of the University of Central Florida has transferred to Old Dominion.

NORFOLK In the five years since the Constant Center opened as arguably the finest facility in the Colonial Athletic Association, Old Dominion has bid to play host to the CAA women's basketball tournament three times.

At 37, Dawn Staley is in line for a lifetime achievement award. And no wonder: Just a partial list of her accolades is astonishing in its depth.

NORFOLK Old Dominion assistant basketball coach Karen Barefoot is the new head coach at Elon University.

GREENSBORO, N.C. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs were better - much better - than they were when they lost to Connecticut by 43 points four months ago in the Virgin Islands. But better often isn't good enough when the Huskies are the opponent. That was the case in Sunday's Sweet 16 match-up at the Greensboro Coliseum.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Thirty-four games ago, amid a tropical setting full of natural beauty, the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs played their ugliest game of the season. Tiffany Green scored two points. So did Megan Pym. Jazzmin Walters had none. ODU shot 29 percent from the field, an improvement from its ghastly 4-of-18 foul-line performance.

NORFOLK The cameras and notebooks are steering toward one Old Dominion player right now – and that’s even before Connecticut’s horde of writers descends upon her today in Greensboro, N.C.

NORFOLK Old Dominion saved its best for its last home game of the season. Tuesday night’s overtime thriller over Virginia catapulted the Lady Monarchs out of the second round of the NCAA tournament and into the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002. “I felt like I was holding my breath the whole second half,” said ODU senior T.J. Jordan.