The roster looks almost the same as last year, and that's where the similarities must end for the Bloomington North girls basketball team.

The Cougars are without a senior this year, but have plenty of varsity experience back in their sophomore and junior classes. North welcomes back four starters and five players who averaged between 5 and 10 ppg for a 13-12 squad.

They'll face a beefed-up schedule, but it's a team more ready for the challenge than it was a year ago.

"Having four starters back is very important," third-year coach Kiley Jarrett said. "I don't have to do a lot of teaching; it's more fine-tuning all the options we have offensively and defensively. We can just get after it.

"They all know what their role is and that we want to get up and down with a fast pace. We know wha

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