BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The No. 5 Tennessee women’s basketball team rode its “hockey substitution” playing style to a near upset of No. 1 seed Texas in the Sweet 16 on Saturday
“Right now it’s just Year 1 playing this style of basketball,” said junior guard Ruby Whitehorn, who led the Lady Volunteers with 16 points in the 67-59 loss. “I feel like we showed the world how great it can be.”
Whitehorn joined Tennessee from the transfer portal after spending two years at Miami. The collective buy-in from Whitehorn and her teammates is what made their system so successful in their first season under new coach Kim Caldwell.