With its continued success and best start in its 38-year-old program history, the No. 12/9 Green Bay (19-0, 9-0 HL) women’s basketball team is once again being recognized at the national level. Green Bay is featured in the Jan. 30 edition of The New York Times.
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“It’s great attention for our program and university,” said Green Bay head coach Matt Bollant. “We strive to bring honor to our program and university and coverage like this helps to do that, which is great.”
Reporter Pat Borzi recently spent time in Green Bay covering the Packers playoff game against the New York Giants and received a bonus story when he got the approval to feature a story on the history of Green Bay women’s basketball and its success in an NFL city.
“I’ve known about the program and followed its success and when I knew I was coming to Green Bay for the playoff game, I was excited to be able to do this story,” said Borzi. “There’s just so much history here; 35 consecutive winning seasons is just amazing.”
Green Bay is no stranger to national attention as it was featured live on ESPN’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show last season in addition to being the subject of several features published by ESPN.com writer Graham Hays.
“Obviously the more national attention we get the better it is for recruiting,” Bollant said. “We’re always so thankful for the coverage we get both nationally and locally as well because we know we compete against the Packers for attention.”
New York Times Article
(Release courtesy of Jill Wunrow, Green Bay athletics)
