The entire sports community in the Gulf Coast area is still seeing effects from Hurricane Katrina, with some still struggling mightily.

From the article:
"UNO, as a public university, has borne the twin burdens of Katrina and a state budget crunch that has forced $14.5 million in cuts on the school since January 2009 ... The squeeze notably extends to athletics.

Women's basketball coach Amy Champion, the school's interim athletics director, was one of those who made their way to Commander's Palace last week to reflect on the past five years. She's hoping to make it through one more, she says.

Her team has a single holdover player on scholarship and a roster of six less than two months before the start of practice. "We just have to hit up the rec center and see if there are some kids in free play who'd be interested in playing," Champion says."