Pat Summitt was a legend. Tributes to her, her contributions to Tennessee, and her contributions to women's basketball have filled the internet. Rather than rehash those, I wanted to tell the story of the time her Lady Vols played Joe Ciampi in the biggest women's athletic event that's ever happened at Auburn.
In the late 1980s, Auburn's football team was in the middle of a three-peat of SEC titles. The men's basketball team was in a stretch where they went to five straight NCAA tournaments. Arguably, the two programs were never better than they were at that time.