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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 4545341, member: 6485"] My mom and her younger brother were both basketball players. My mom was 6'0 and played in the old school 3 on 3 days on offense, once scoring over 40 points in a game. Her youngest brother was 6'6 and wound up playing at Delta State when I was very young. I grew up hearing about their women's dynasty and would have gladly attended the school except I wanted to study engineering. I didn't play basketball but at my small, rural school the girls team was more successful than the guys team. Football was by far the biggest sport but girls basketball was big too. Ole Miss had a very good team in the late 80s/early 90s and Delta State also won a few D2 titles in that span. Additionally, the Lady Vols were starting to be dominant and everyone would cheer for Pat Summitt when they were on TV. My days in college MSU was abysmal but I still attended a few games and would support them as a I could. By the time I was an adult WBB was finally on TV regularly and the WNBA was around. I know I'm an atypical fan (almost 50 year old male with no daughters or kids for that matter) but I'm still a big fan of many top teams. I admit to being on the UT side of the rivalry with UConn but never was "against" UConn due to the fact the teams were so impressive to watch and showed how excellent women's basketball could be played. [/QUOTE]