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Not to look past Rutgers, because we all know that would not be the smartest move, but lets take a look at what we will be up against after that game. In one word....Summit. This woman is one hell of a coach. If, and I say IF becuase I have faith in the ladies, we would lose to Tennessee I don't think we can be too upset. Last night Pat Summit passed Dean Smith to move to #2 career wins in college basketball, and she did it in fewer years. I know there are mixed feelings about this woman, but lets give her the props she deserves.

Lady Vols leader now all-time winningest D-I coach
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 1:23 a.m. ET March 23, 2005[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Pat Summitt stood at midcourt surrounded by her husband, son and 79-year-old mother, waved to cheering fans and smiled when Tennessee unveiled the new name for its court.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The hardwood at Thompson-Boling Arena will be called “The Summitt” in a fitting tribute to the coach who stands alone at the top of NCAA basketball.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt broke Dean Smith’s career victory record Tuesday night, getting No. 880 in the Lady Vols’ 75-54 win over Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt tied Smith with an easy win over Western Carolina in the first round Sunday night and passed the former North Carolina men’s coach with another convincing victory. The 52-year-old Summitt improved to 880-171 in 31 years at Tennessee, while Smith was 879-254 when he retired in 1997 after 36 years with the Tar Heels.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“Obviously, to be in the company with Coach Smith, to think about all the people that were a part of these wins, I never thought I’d live this long,” Summitt said.[/font]

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]After the game, NCAA officials presented Summitt with the game ball and a plaque. She hugged husband R.B., son Tyler, and mother Hazel Head, who surprised her daughter by being at the game.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The team posed for a picture with the players holding up newspaper pages with a huge 880 in orange on the front.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt also was surprised at the renaming of the court in her honor.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“It really touches me,” she said. “I never even thought about anything like that ever. I don’t think there could have been a better gift in terms of the feeling that I had and how much I love this university.”[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Top-seeded Tennessee (28-4), seeking its seventh national title under Summitt, advanced to face fourth-seeded Texas Tech in the semifinals of the Philadelphia Regional on Sunday.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The players said Summitt kept everyone’s minds on advancing in the tournament, not the record.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“She did a very good job of keeping our focus and she continually was harping on us that this was a game in the tournament and we’ve got to get to the Sweet 16, and if we do that we’ll get the record,” Shanna Zolman said.[/font]

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ninth-seeded Purdue (17-13) tried its best to stall Summitt’s chase, hanging tough with the Lady Vols in the first half.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But Tennessee’s defense was too much for Purdue in the second half. The Boilermakers didn’t have a field goal in the first 6:35 of the second half, while the Lady Vols pushed their lead to 20 with a 19-6 run.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“Congratulations to Coach Summitt,” Purdue coach Kristy Curry said. “I’m really happy for her, and I’m proud of my team for how they fought and battled.”[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tye’sha Fluker tied a career high with 18 points and had 10 rebounds. Shyra Ely added 16 points, Zolman 15 and Nicky Anosike 11.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sharika Webb had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Katie Gearlds added 13 for the Boilermakers, who made only four field goals in the second half.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt paced in front of the bench and clapped at each turnover her team forced. She flashed “The Stare” at officials and at her players. At one point, Summitt waved her arms around when a Purdue player drove past her to the basket as if she was going to guard her.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt overtook Texas’ Jody Conradt as the winningest women’s college coach early in the 2002-03 season.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt holds nearly every NCAA tournament record for a women’s coach, including NCAA titles (six), Final Four appearances (15), Final Four wins (17), tournament appearances (24), tournament games (104) and tournament wins (87).[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“A lot of players come and go, but the great ones leave and other great ones arrive,” Summitt said. “They wear the orange with tremendous pride.”[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And many of her tournament runs have started in Knoxville, where the Lady Vols are to 46-0 in NCAA tournament play.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt took over the women’s program at Tennessee in 1974 at age 22 when there were no scholarships and she had to wash the uniforms and drive the team van. The Lady Vols nickname didn’t even exist.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A mere 53 fans watched Summitt win her first game, a 69-32 victory over Middle Tennessee on Jan. 10, 1975.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thousands of orange-clad supporters came to see Summitt reach 880 on Tuesday, creating an atmosphere even more electric than usual.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Among those in attendance were Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer, former Lady Vols assistant Mickie DeMoss, former Lady Vol guard Kara Lawson and former men’s basketball coach Buzz Peterson, who was fired last week after four seasons.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The fans are likely to see many more wins. Summitt’s record could stretch well past 1,000 before she retires.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“Let me just say to all you fans, you’re a part of this. You’ve helped us build a great tradition,” Summitt said over the loudspeaker after the game.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“This basketball team is on a mission, so stick with us!” she said.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summitt is the second college coach to pass Smith this season.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Harry Statham of McKendree College in the NAIA did earlier this season and finished with 896 wins.[/font]


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:osu3:Good Luck Bucks!! :osu3:
 
OK. Props to Pat Summit. But why do they compare her win total to Dean Smith? That is a slight to Smith, IMHO. Why don't we ever mention Sadiharu Oh when discussing baseball records (American)? Because it is different competition. Not a slight, just a difference.

Dean Smith and his accomplishments (or any male coach) should not be used in the same sentence when discussing Pat Summit's accomplishments. The media does it in every article!
 
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I agree, I think it is entirely wrong to compare Summit and Smith. The games are completely different on so many levels. It has been stated in another thread the the parity of the mens game is non-existent in the womens game. There is no leaving early for the (W)NBA, you never see premier womens players skipping college to go to the pro's. Women's coaches don't have the prima donna attitudes to deal with, and there are way less "established" premier programs in women's hoops then in the mens. There is a reason that Warren Moon's stats from the Canadien football league don't count in the NFL, and the same for Steve Young and his USFL stats. I give Summit props for being the winningest coach in womens college hoops, but lets not get ahead of ourselves comparing it to the mens game.

--GL

BTW,

Was I the only one a little peeved when they interrupted the lady bucks game to broadcast her speech. JHC, place a blurb that you can watch it on the other channel or something. There is no reason to cut away from a game in progress and cause fans to miss part of the action.
 
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No, you weren't the only one. Show the last few seconds if you absolutely have to, but spare us the postgame speeches.

Kind of a "You *WILL* be impressed by this" statement by ESPN. I know a home win over a mid-level big ten team impresses me. :roll2:
 
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gregorylee said:
BTW, Was I the only one a little peeved when they interrupted the lady bucks game to broadcast her speech. JHC, place a blurb that you can watch it on the other channel or something. There is no reason to cut away from a game in progress and cause fans to miss part of the action.
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Be glad you're close enough to Columbus to have seen the game. I was watching ESPN2 in the Chicago area, hoping to see some of the tOSU-Md game. I got about 2 minutes of the game when Tenn-Purdue was at halftime. I had to sit through the entire second-half blowout, waiting for them to switch to the better (closer score) game, which they never did. Instead, Mark Jones kissed Pat Summitt's behind for the entire game. He must have mentioned more than 40 times (I'm not exaggerating) that she was getting win #880, 1 more than Dean Smith. He only mentioned that her mother showed up to surprise Coach Summitt about 6 times, though.

His performance was surprising, since I've really liked him as an announcer after his back-to-back weeks calling us the 'Garnet & Gray' last fall. :tongue2:
 
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BuckeyeBill73 said:
Be glad you're close enough to Columbus to have seen the game. I was watching ESPN2 in the Chicago area, hoping to see some of the tOSU-Md game. I got about 2 minutes of the game when Tenn-Purdue was at halftime. I had to sit through the entire second-half blowout, waiting for them to switch to the better (closer score) game, which they never did. Instead, Mark Jones kissed Pat Summitt's behind for the entire game. He must have mentioned more than 40 times (I'm not exaggerating) that she was getting win #880, 1 more than Dean Smith. He only mentioned that her mother showed up to surprise Coach Summitt about 6 times, though.

His performance was surprising, since I've really liked him as an announcer after his back-to-back weeks calling us the 'Garnet & Gray' last fall. :tongue2:
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What pretty much sewed, it up for for me was that every single espin channel switched to that coverage, even classic...
 
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More perspective on this business after first saying congratulations to Coach Summitt on becoming the "winningest" coach in basketball.

First -- the only active men's coach within spitting distance of Dean Smith's record is none other than Bobby Knight. He was sporting 832 wins before this season began. Give him say 3 more years and his win total may eclipse Dean Smith's and one A. Rupp's (though he will likely never overtake their winning percentages). Percentages were Smith .776 (879 wins), Rupp .822 (876 wins); Knight .721 (832 wins).

Second -- Perhaps underscoring further the different levels of play and competition in the mens vs womens games -- while Summitt was garnering her record number of wins she was tailed by currently active Texas Longhorn coach Jody Conradt. Jody's win loss record was 847-269 entering the season, so it now stands (I think) at 869-278.
 
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