Welcome back, college basketball! Go #Duke and Go #LadyVols!
Watching the Tennessee All-Access special on ESPNU with Cameron! He’s learning all about the tradition of excellence. Go Vols!
Well, what we all knew a few days ago is now official: Bruce Pearl has been fired at UT. I think a resignation would have been a better option, especially considering Pearl actually made something out of a previously nonexistent TN men’s bball program. I’m pretty disappointed with how the university has handled this whole situation from beginning to end and think it’s time for AD Mike Hamilton to find another job. Not to mention, they’ve caused a media frenzy and distraction for the Lady Vols 2nd round NCAA home game plus it’s football media day! Grr! #FAIL #FIREHAMILTON
Best wishes, Bruce! Thanks for bleeding orange for the last 6 years!
Legendary figure in women’s college basketball, Debbie Ryan, steps down as head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers.
As a young girl growing up in Virginia, I dreamed of playing for Coach Ryan one day. I still laugh to myself when I recall how upset I was when the Tennessee Lady Vols defeated UVA in 1991 for the National Championship. Also, it’s worth mentioning that to this day, I still think Dawn Staley, UVA’s point guard at the time, is one of the greatest players to have ever played basketball. Isn’t it funny how things turn out sometimes? I mean, at the time, I would have never guessed in a million years that I’d one day bleed orange and white, but fortunately, as fate would have it, I do. Nonetheless, it is hard to imagine someone taking Debbie Ryan’s place as she has been the coach for 34 years, which is only 4 years shy of the entire program’s existence. Best of luck to her in the future as she has been an inspiration to young women everywhere!
