For Brown, the transition to the college game was tougher than just learning new plays and adjusting to the speed of the game. Head coach Cathy Inglese moved Brown to the power forward position, a spot she had never played in her high school days.
"Well, last year [I played] the forward position because we were lacking so much height and I was one of those versatile players that could play down low. They started me at the four position [power forward] and it was completely new to me," Brown said. "I had never played the four before at all, not in high school, not in AAU. I mean I had worked on my post moves just because I was tall, but I never thought I'd be playing that position at the college level. It was kind of funny, when coach said I was starting at the four."
The personal expectations for Brown will be high this season, but the expectations for the team on the whole are fairly modest. The Eagles finished 10th in the ACC last season, their second in the conference, with a 3-11 record and a 13-16 overall record. The preseason poll has the Eagles picked to finish 11th in the conference, a pick that the team is using as motivation.
"There are still expectations to do well. We were not preseason ranked well in the ACC, we were 11th out of 12 and we all looked at that as a team," Brown said. "It's posted up in our locker room, and every day saying, 'That's not the way it's going to be for Boston College, we're not going to finish 11th.' Whether they put us there in the preseason polls, that's what they have to say, but we are going to respond in a completely different manner."
Brown is one of two returning starters who will lead a very young team, a team that boasts six freshman and three sophomores. The sophomore forward, however, will be switching positions again this year in order to help fill the team's needs, moving back to the small forward position. She is still trying to learn that new position, and is hoping that her experience elsewhere on the court will help.
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