I'm sure that's true, largely to the reasons he wrote about. But also, all they got out of the deal was an upstart opponent that at best came in and shared their spotlight, and at worst stole it (see 4-0 in NC games). So not sure why *they* would be anxious to mark the anniverasry. I hope at least we ended up #1 on their list of most hated WBB teams...
... and blessed with talented and charismatic players and coaches, in a state that loves its university enough to tune in woman's basketball...and get hooked.
They've had a show on ESPN that I've seen parts of a couple of times pertaining to Coach K, the Duke men's basketball coach that exalts his career achievements. They extol all his "virtues" and his brilliance and they have a lot of renowned people supporting his greatness. What they don't do is do a lot of mentioning of UConn except for showing a little clip of Duke upending UConn in the Huskies first Elite Eight game, in overtime. Then they show many other magic moments of the legendary Coach K and his brilliance. They fail to show how the UConn men have pretty much owned the Dukies since then and that Coach K has failed to beat the Huskies in any big games since, even when heavily favored, as his 1999 team was. That team was supposed to be their legendary Duke team and UConn won. Then in 2004, more of the same. Yet, no mention that might deter from "THE LEGEND". I think the whole show was a little disingenuous because they never showed his warts or his shortcomings. That seems to be something that this Tennessee beat writers remarks seem to parallel. Don't make much of (or anything of) things that may have occurred that reflect less highly on your school's legendary program. UConn owning Tennessee in title games and exceeding their legacy in an appreciably shorter time with more titles (and the potential of more to come). I guess that's to be expected, right?
