Look, there’s no way to ignore the statistics. In January of 2007, the Tennessee Lady Vols won their third straight game against the UCONN Huskies. It would be the last time the two teams met in the rivalry.
Thanks to a collection of recruits she brought in up to that point, Pat Summitt was able to win back to back national championships. But since then, with the rivalry coming to an end, UT has failed to reach the Final Four in a decade. Meanwhile, UCONN has rattled off SIX more national championships.
Summitt did a lot of great things for women’s basketball.