2009-03-23 02:56 pm

NYT: Lady Vols Are Upset in Opener

I'm surprised at the early exit and now part of my bracket is skewed... oy.

March 23, 2009
Women's: No. 12 Ball State 71, No. 5 Tennessee 55
Lady Vols Are Upset in Opener
By JERÉ LONGMAN

A trying, exhausting season for Tennessee came to a stunningly premature conclusion Sunday night as the fifth-seeded Lady Vols, the two-time defending national women’s champion, lost to 12th-seeded Ball State, 71-55, in the first round of the Berkeley Region in Bowling Green, Ky.

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2009-01-25 04:03 pm

NYT: Pat Summitt Makes Tennessee a Cradle of Coaches

January 25, 2009
Pat Summitt Makes Tennessee a Cradle of Coaches
By KAREN CROUSE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It happens to every Lady Volunteers basketball player who has gone into coaching. She’ll be railing about a lazy pass in practice. Glaring at a player who failed to box out an opponent. Lecturing how leadership is about being respected, not liked.

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