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Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry: (Lower Your Buckets For Treasures)

Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry: (Lower Your Buckets For Treasures)

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Author: Richard Kent
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 9 reviews
Sales Rank: 159217

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 157
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5

ISBN: 0595487378
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780595487370
ASIN: 0595487378

Publication Date: March 17, 2008
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UConn was a fledging women's basketball program that had been to one Final Four as of 1995. Tennessee was the king of the hill having won 7 National Championships and having produced some of the greatest women's players of all time. Pat Summitt was and is the head coach and is widely considered to be one of the top coaches in women's or men's college basketball history. In fact, she turned down the Tennessee head men's coaching job. She agreed to play Geno Auriemma and UConn in 1995 in an epic battle in Storrs, CT. UConn won that game and won the National Championship that year and off and running was the series. It has produced as much if not more drama than Red Sox-Yankees, Cowboys-Giants and Knicks-Celtics. It has been compared to Carolina-Duke on the men's side. It is certainly produced more National Championships than both of those schools.

"What Duke and North Carolina represent in men's college basketball, UConn and Tennessee represent in women's college basketball, the greatest rivalry in the game. Two teams that when pinned against one another in 1995 for the National Championship changed the sport of women's college basketball forever. The cast of characters from the polarized Hall of Fame coaches to the all-American icons have raised the bar, the talent and the media awareness at the national level. Although the characters change from year to year, the national fever of this matchup continues to grow. It is an ongoing saga that defines women's basketball and encapsulates all that is good and possible about athletic competition. Any young player should read this book and understand that without these teams, these coaches, these players, we would be watching women's basketball exclusively in March at the Final Four." Colleen Healey, former UConn women's basketball player."Every sport needs its standard bearers and that is what Tennessee and UConn are in collegiate women's basketball." Chris Gobrecht, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Yale University


Customer Reviews:   Read 4 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars BAD editing!!!   July 11, 2008
I couldn't believe the amount of typos, misspelled names, and grammar mistakes in this book! It got to the point where it was distracting. Other than the poor editing the book was a pretty good read as a fan. It brought back some good memories from the series but wasn't the greatest thing I've ever read.


1 out of 5 stars Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry   July 10, 2008
I was very disappointed in this book; there was a lot of history about UConn and Geno. The writer is apparently not very familiar with the Tennessee history or Pat Summitt. What I found distracting while reading this book was all the repeated information, mispelled words, typos, and wrong information. Not a well recommended book.


5 out of 5 stars Exceptional!   May 28, 2008
By far, the best book I have ever read about women's college basketball. Kent is really an authority on the subject and has definitely done his homework. Those of us who watched golf on other networks while UCONN/Tennessee was on ESPN now know what we were missing. It's too bad that this great rivalry is ending.


5 out of 5 stars Lady Vols and UCONN The Greatest Rivalry   May 23, 2008
I have been a fan of women's baskeball for over 10 years. This book is fascinating. It really gives the reader the inside on how the series came to an end. The whole saga is sad for women's basketball but maybe somehow the teams will get back together when the coaches change. The Rizzotti stuff was an eye opener!


1 out of 5 stars Lady Vold and UCONN   May 15, 2008
Not what I expected at all. I thought it might be a tell-all of the rivalry between the two teams, but it was just a history of UCONN games, which has been published many times in the past.

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