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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2998055, member: 6927"] And here's an AP article that ESPN is running on its NCAAW homepage: [URL="http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25779481/tennessee-lady-vols-dealing-first-three-game-skid-1986"]Lady Vols looking to regroup from losing streak[/URL] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]The 20th-ranked Lady Volunteers (12-4, 1-3 SEC) have lost three straight games for the first time since February 1986. That three-game skid includes Tennessee's first back-to-back home losses since December 1996.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]It's the latest rough stretch for a program trying to rebound from two straight NCAA tournament second-round exits, which marks Tennessee's longest absence from the Sweet 16.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]"I worry about them refocusing," Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said Wednesday. "Look, we're going to make mistakes. We've got to learn to regroup and really concentrate on what's getting ready to happen. I think this group sometimes dwells on what just happened instead of putting it behind [them] and getting motivated to what we need to do moving forward."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Tennessee hasn't lost four consecutive games since the early 1970s, in the years before former coach Pat Summitt took over the program. The Lady Vols will try to avoid that fate Thursday when they visit [URL='http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/333/alabama-crimson-tide']Alabama[/URL] (9-8, 1-3).[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]The Tennessee-Alabama series exemplifies the Lady Vols' changing fortunes. Tennessee has lost its past four games against Alabama after beating the Crimson Tide 42 straight times from 1984 to 2016.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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