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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 4512312, member: 10435"] As much as the Houston-UCLA game made mens' college basketball, the Tennessee-Connecticut game on MLK Jr. Day in 1995 made womens' college basketball. The Houston mens' at the Astrodome was the first regular season game to be broadcast in primetime by a major network. The Tennessee game turned out to be a showcase on ESPN for womens' basketball which was thought to be inferior and unattractive to viewers. But there it was, an outsized and poised personality with the skills to match in Rebecca Lobo, the classic match up of North versus South, the brash young coach against the GOAT, and an exciting, watchable team and game. All of a sudden, heroes and idols for little girls, a state 100% behind a womens' team in sport, and a great rivalry was born which culminated in a great NCAA title game that year, replete with a second half comeback, Jenn Rizzotti not to be denied and Lobo coming through. More than anything else it was Pat Summit who agreed to play "away" in hostile territory for the good of the game that made it possible. She didn't have to do it. They were the top dogs. They were #1. But she did it because she clearly saw the effect it could have and she was right. The sport would never be the same again. [/QUOTE]