It’s ironic, really. The most storied women’s basketball program at the time was clearly the Tennessee Lady Vols.
But on March 24, 1997, they were the underdog Cinderella team set to face the undefeated and No. 1 seeded UConn Huskies. And they pulled off one of the greatest and most memorable upsets in NCAA history.
It wasn’t supposed to be like that, though.
Tennessee was coming off of a national championship the year before and they had won four overall under Pat Summitt.
Chamique Holdsclaw, the best player in college basketball, was just a sophomore.