Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt
Patricia Sue "Pat" Summittwas an American college basketball head coach whose 1,098 career wins are the most in NCAA basketball history. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, before retiring at age 59 because of a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won eight NCAA championships, a number surpassed only by the 10 titles won by UCLA men's coach John Wooden and the 11 titles won by UConn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 June 1952
CityClarksville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
Obviously, we are devastated by the loss of Alexis.
Obviously, this was a tough battle for both teams. A great basketball game I'm sure to watch, a challenging one to play in and coach.
Obviously it's always good to get a win. We have to get better. You don't fix it in one game.
Obviously I'm very pleased with the intensity, the enthusiasm on the bench and everyone who got on the court. We played well together.
Obviously it was a win, but I didn't see a lot of things that were favorable out there tonight. Our bench play was poor in the first half.
Obviously Candace wanted the ball in her hands. She's a player that can see over people as well as go around people.
LSU is playing better since their loss at Connecticut. That's what great teams do -- they learn from their losses. That's what we have to do.
Losing the way we lost is unacceptable in this program. We will learn from it.
Losing is one thing. Losing the way we did tonight is unacceptable.
We're Tennessee. It's not like anyone is going to feel sorry for us. We have yet to buy into defense. We have to bring that every possession.
We've built this fan base not on scheduling patsies. We've built it on bringing in the top opponents throughout the country from a lot of conferences and our fans deserve that. We also think that to be the best you have to play the best.
You have to control the defensive boards if you want to win at this stage. I'm concerned about ball control and being on the boards. That's a way you can control the tempo of a game.
You have to believe Duke and North Carolina and Maryland are all going to be teams in the postseason that are going to be very successful. They've proven themselves throughout the season.
We can take this and get focused and get ready and earn our respects as we get ready to play Army.