Tough break for Florida State - Genesis Choice opts out of her final year with the Seminoles.

In the past year, Florida State has lost the following post players:

- Choice (9.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
- Trinetta Moore (7.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg)
- Lauren Bradley (8.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg)
- Ronalda Pierce (5.3 ppg, 3.5 ppg)

While the losses of Moore and Bradley were to graduation, Pierce tragically died last season from a ruptured aorta.

In the post, the losses amount to 30.4 ppg and 18.8 rpg. Florida State has only 6 players returning, and none of them are posts. Of course, they also lost leading scorer Tasheika Allen. Obviously, the freshmen will be called upon to contribute early and often.

FSU looked poise to break through to the elite in the ACC (see 2000-2001), but has been supplanted by Maryland. This recent development will not help Coach Sue Semrau's team move up in the standings of the new ACC.