Lady Vols And Uconn
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Lady Vols And Uconn
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Author : Richard Kent
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008
Lady Vols And Uconn written by Richard Kent and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Sports & Recreation categories.
UConn was a fledging women's basketball program that had been to one Final Four as of 1995. Tennessee was the king of the hill having won 7 National Championships and having produced some of the greatest women's players of all time. Pat Summitt was and is the head coach and is widely considered to be one of the top coaches in women's or men's college basketball history. In fact, she turned down the Tennessee head men's coaching job. She agreed to play Geno Auriemma and UConn in 1995 in an epic battle in Storrs, CT. UConn won that game and won the National Championship that year and off and running was the series. It has produced as much if not more drama than Red Sox-Yankees, Cowboys-Giants and Knicks-Celtics. It has been compared to Carolina-Duke on the men's side. It is certainly produced more National Championships than both of those schools. "What Duke and North Carolina represent in men's college basketball, UConn and Tennessee represent in women's college basketball, the greatest rivalry in the game. Two teams that when pinned against one another in 1995 for the National Championship changed the sport of women's college basketball forever. The cast of characters from the polarized Hall of Fame coaches to the all-American icons have raised the bar, the talent and the media awareness at the national level. Although the characters change from year to year, the national fever of this matchup continues to grow. It is an ongoing saga that defines women's basketball and encapsulates all that is good and possible about athletic competition. Any young player should read this book and understand that without these teams, these coaches, these players, we would be watching women's basketball exclusively in March at the Final Four." Colleen Healey, former UConn women's basketball player.
Unrivaled
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Author : Jeff Goldberg
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-03-01
Unrivaled written by Jeff Goldberg and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The story of the UConn-Tennessee rivalry, the most celebrated and most controversial in women's college basketball history"--
Excellence3
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Author : Hartford Courant
language : en
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2004
Excellence3 written by Hartford Courant and has been published by Sports Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Raise The Roof
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Author : Pat Summitt
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2012-02-08
Raise The Roof written by Pat Summitt and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-08 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"It wasn't a team. It was a tent revival." So says Pat Summitt, the legendary coach whose Tennessee Lady Vols entered the 1997-98 season aiming for an almost unprecedented "three-peat" of NCAA championships. Raise the Roof takes you right inside the locker room of her amazing team, whose inspired mixture of gifted freshmen and seasoned stars produced a standard of play that would change the game of women's basketball forever. The 1997-98 season started innocently enough. One Saturday in August, four young freshmen--Semeka Randall, Tamika Catchings, Ace Clement and Teresa Geter--arrived on the Tennessee campus to begin their college careers. Welcoming them were a number of players from the previous year, including Chamique Holdsclaw and Kellie Jolly. But that night, in a sign of things to come, a simple pickup game turned into an amazing display of basketball brilliance--freshmen against established players, and with barely a shot missed by either side. Suddenly Pat Summitt glimpsed the future: fast, aggressive and hugely talented. This might be the team she'd worked her whole career to coach. As the season got under way, other dramas unfolded. After one emotional team meeting, Summitt realized that many on the team were playing for something more than just the glory of the game: all four freshmen, for example, came from single-parent homes, and the tough circumstances of the majority of the other players seemed to add an extra edge to their desire to win it all. Further, Chamique Holdsclaw, widely regarded as the greatest female player ever, was being dogged by questions about turning pro--and she seemed reluctant to rule it out. Meanwhile, another member of the team began to notice the unwelcome attentions of a fan, who soon turned out to be a full-fledged stalker. All this was behind the scenes; out on the court, the win column was swelling with every game: 8-0, 15-0, 21-0. As 1997 turned into 1998, Pat Summitt began privately to admit that this team had changed her: these kids were so lovable, funny and eager to please that she simply had to let them into her heart. Along the way, the Lady Vols were redefining what women were capable of, trading in old definitions of femininity for new ones--in short, they were keeping score. And by the time they entered the NCAA Final Four tournament in Kansas City, Summitt found herself believing the impossible: despite all the distractions, the 1997-98 Lady Vols could go undefeated, and, in doing so, raise the roof off the sport of women's basketball. Packed with the excitement of a season on the brink of perfection and filled with the comedy and tragedy of one year in the life of a basketball team, Raise the Roof will have readers cheering from the bench for a team of all-conquering players and their astonishing coach.
Seven
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Author : Alan Ross
language : en
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Seven written by Alan Ross and has been published by Cumberland House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
There simply is no other record like it in mens or womens college basketball: the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, coached by the incomparable Pat Summitt, has claimed seven national championships in the last 21 years. Ross presents an intimate portrait of each championship season.
The Same River Twice
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Author : John Walters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Same River Twice written by John Walters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Encyclopedia Of Women In Today S World
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Author : Mary Zeiss Stange
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2011-02-23
Encyclopedia Of Women In Today S World written by Mary Zeiss Stange and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-23 with Social Science categories.
This work includes 1000 entries covering the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world.
The Big Dance
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Author : Barry Wilner
language : en
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Release Date : 2012-02-16
The Big Dance written by Barry Wilner and has been published by Taylor Trade Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Covered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, “March Madness” has become an American phenomenon as anticipated as the Super Bowl. This is the story of the tournament from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as just an eight-team “bracket” to today’s sixty-eight-team format. From the “Cinderella” teams like Butler and Gonzaga to perennial powerhouses such as UCLA and Kentucky, covering buzzer-beaters, upsets, and dynasties, the story of one of the most-followed sporting events in history is comprehensively told here.
Unrivaled
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Author : Jeff Goldberg
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-03
Unrivaled written by Jeff Goldberg and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03 with Education categories.
For twelve years the women's basketball rivalry between UConn and Tennessee was the most iconic matchup in women's 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 five--including four against the Tennessee Lady Vols. In all, UConn won thirteen of twenty-two matchups during the rivalry, and along the way the two coaches--with distinctive and brash personalities and a shared determination to rule their sport--clashed privately and publicly, generating enough heat to make women's basketball relevant in the national sports landscape as never before. On the court, the two teams produced a series of memorable games, from overtime thrillers to timeless classics that defined the sport. Off the court, the coaches' encounters were often marked by their seemingly genuine dislike for each other, until the conflict reached a breaking point in 2007 and Summitt stunned the basketball world by canceling the series for reasons neither side has ever revealed. Now, eight years after the last game, Unrivaled uncovers the on-court and behind-the-scenes story of this intensely personal rivalry between coaches, players, and the two most passionate fan bases women's sports has ever known.
Rivals
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Author : David K. Wiggins
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Rivals written by David K. Wiggins and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.