News - Tennessee Lady Volunteers
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As University of Tennessee women's basketball head coach Pat Summitt retires and steps into her new role as head coach emeritus for the Lady
By Doug Feinberg Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. -- Though bruised and braced, an injured left shoulder hardly prevented Candace Parker from hoisting that championship trophy on high for one last time.
After a nine-year title drought, Tennessee and coach Pat Summitt are NCAA champions.
Longtime friends and rivals - Tennessee coach Pat Summit and Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer - send their teams out to play for the national championship Tuesday night, with the Lady Vols (33-3) looking for a seventh basketball title and the Scarlet Knights (27-8) looking their first in any team sport since 1949.