Miss you Pat Summitt 🧡🏀. She put UConn on the map. Now Geno has done a remarkable job of maintaining that. But Patricia Sue Head Summitt put them there.
Geno put UConn on the map. Geno is the one who won 11 titles, not Pat. Geno is the one who beat Pat twice in the championship game. Geno is 1, Pat is 2.
@@alexanderschneider5020 Nobody wanted to go to Storrs to play Connecticut until Pat said she would and that is why UConn became the power it became period.
+ridor9th They weren't rivals? Pat and Geno had a love/hate relationship and both teams hated each other and loved to beat one another. They have 18 titles combined (maybe 19 after tonight) where no other school has more than 2 and there was a period where they were the only 2 good programs in the sport. They may not be geographic rivals, but they still seemed like rivals to me. And if Tennessee was better over the past few years, they might still be rivals again.
+JTR NO, they were never rivals. A true rivalry does not have to include the championships. ESPN wanted them to be rivals and Connecticut WANTED to be rivals with Tennessee. Tennessee played UConn only in the best interest of the sport. UT wanted the sport to grow, they were willing to play anyone else for the sake of sport's growth. UConn's true rivalry? Boston College and Providence. Tennessee's true rivals are: Old Dominion, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana Tech, Texas & Stanford. I'm so glad that more and more Top 25 teams are not playing UConn. Baylor, Stanford, Virginia, Duke and Tennessee has ceased to play UConn. UConn has done nothing but caused the stagnant to this sport. If Geno knew what is in the best interest of this sport, he would leave UConn for another school. Look at Bankers Life Fieldhouse's upper sections. Virtually empty. With UConn in Final Four, the Final Four matches has failed to sell out. Why? I know why. They all pointed at fans of Connecticut as the culprit.
+JTR Keep in mind that I have been a fan of this sport since 1984. I was there when Geno was assistant coach at Virginia. I am a longtime associate member of WBCA, a longtime fan of Virginia. I know more about this sport than you can muster in a lifetime. As usual, the Final Four in Indianapolis did not sell out. In fact, the upper sections are curtained closed. Says a lot.
ridor9th Hey, that's fine. Avoiding the disadvantage of the fact that I wasn't even alive in 1984 (and not until a few years after) you're still not going to convince me that I'm wrong. Just because we disagree and you may know more about the sport does not mean that you are right and that I'm wrong. We just have differing opinions. And you are literally the first and only person I've ever seen have that opinion. I guess it must be lonely at the top, right?
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Miss you Pat Summitt 🧡🏀. She put UConn on the map. Now Geno has done a remarkable job of maintaining that. But Patricia Sue Head Summitt put them there.
Geno put UConn on the map. Geno is the one who won 11 titles, not Pat. Geno is the one who beat Pat twice in the championship game. Geno is 1, Pat is 2.
@@alexanderschneider5020 Nobody wanted to go to Storrs to play Connecticut until Pat said she would and that is why UConn became the power it became period.
Pat summitt 💜 Tennessee forever
my UCONN # 1 ♥️
rest in peace pat much love for geno.
OH, please. They were not rivals. So glad that UT terminated the series.
+ridor9th They weren't rivals? Pat and Geno had a love/hate relationship and both teams hated each other and loved to beat one another. They have 18 titles combined (maybe 19 after tonight) where no other school has more than 2 and there was a period where they were the only 2 good programs in the sport. They may not be geographic rivals, but they still seemed like rivals to me. And if Tennessee was better over the past few years, they might still be rivals again.
+JTR NO, they were never rivals. A true rivalry does not have to include the championships. ESPN wanted them to be rivals and Connecticut WANTED to be rivals with Tennessee. Tennessee played UConn only in the best interest of the sport. UT wanted the sport to grow, they were willing to play anyone else for the sake of sport's growth.
UConn's true rivalry? Boston College and Providence. Tennessee's true rivals are: Old Dominion, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana Tech, Texas & Stanford.
I'm so glad that more and more Top 25 teams are not playing UConn. Baylor, Stanford, Virginia, Duke and Tennessee has ceased to play UConn. UConn has done nothing but caused the stagnant to this sport. If Geno knew what is in the best interest of this sport, he would leave UConn for another school.
Look at Bankers Life Fieldhouse's upper sections. Virtually empty. With UConn in Final Four, the Final Four matches has failed to sell out. Why? I know why. They all pointed at fans of Connecticut as the culprit.
ridor9th
We are never going to agree on this.
+JTR Keep in mind that I have been a fan of this sport since 1984. I was there when Geno was assistant coach at Virginia. I am a longtime associate member of WBCA, a longtime fan of Virginia. I know more about this sport than you can muster in a lifetime. As usual, the Final Four in Indianapolis did not sell out. In fact, the upper sections are curtained closed. Says a lot.
ridor9th
Hey, that's fine. Avoiding the disadvantage of the fact that I wasn't even alive in 1984 (and not until a few years after) you're still not going to convince me that I'm wrong. Just because we disagree and you may know more about the sport does not mean that you are right and that I'm wrong. We just have differing opinions. And you are literally the first and only person I've ever seen have that opinion. I guess it must be lonely at the top, right?