Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2813672, member: 250"] Meanwhile a sorta objective look at this news out of Knoxville. [URL="https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/columnists/university-of-tennessee/john-adams/2018/08/14/lady-vols-tennessee-uconn-basketball-geno-auriemma-holly-warlick/988608002/"]Now that they’re playing again, Lady Vols can learn something from UConn[/URL] "It's unlikely that either program's status will change between now and the renewal of the series in the 2019-20 season. Nonetheless, Tennessee is the big winner here. I'm surprised UConn had an interest in reviving a series that Summitt canceled after the 2006-07 season. The Lady Vols need this game more than the Huskies do. Canceling the UConn series was one of the few mistakes Summitt ever made. She was always conscious of promoting the sport as well as her own program. And no other rivalry did more for the women's game than this one. With 11 national championships, UConn is now the preeminent program in women's basketball. Tennessee is no longer the top program in the SEC. [SIZE=5][B]Why playing UConn will help Lady Vols[/B][/SIZE] But playing UConn in the regular season will work to Tennessee's advantage. Never mind the likely outcome. UConn will remind the Lady Vols what a championship team looks like. It also will expose whatever flaws UT has." I like this little bit from early in the article: "Back then, it would have been Dynasty vs. Dynasty, and Pat vs. Geno. Now, it's just a [B]speed bump[/B] for UConn on the way to another Final Four. " :p [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach