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Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee, and the Twelve Years that Transcended Women's Basketball
0803255209 epub For twelve years the womens basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in womens sports. Even now, twenty years since the annual series started, the competition between these two storied programs still provokes heated argument and bitter resentment. Led by Hall of Fame coaches Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt, UConn and Tennessee combined for nine national championships, with the UConn Huskies winning fiveincluding four against the Tennessee Lady Vols. In all, UConn won thirteen of twenty-two matchups during the rivalry, and along the way the two coacheswith distinctive and brash personalities and a shared determination to rule their sportclashed privately and publicly, generating enough heat to make womens basketball relevant in the national sports landscape as never before. Read more