Top 10 Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball Players in Adidas Era
Jan 2, 2014; Knoxville, TN, USA; University of Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart (left) and Lady Vol former player Candace Parker (left center) and daughter Lailaa Williams (bottom) and head coach emeritus Pat Summitt (right center) and head coach Holly Warlick (right) during the retirement ceremony of Parker
Parker burst onto the scene the next year, but the Lady Vols lost in the Elite Eight to UNC. The drought had reached eight years, and Parker did not run from it. The next year, despite tough losses in the regular season, the Lady Vols went on a tear at the end of the year.
Led by Parker, they made it to the Final Four and came back to beat UNC to win their seventh national title. Parker was the catalyst for a repeat in 2008, and her accomplishments are amazing as an All-American, player of the year winner, and two-time national champion. She is in the clear-cut Top Two among Lady Vols athletes. But who is No. 1?
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Candace Parker
Forward, 2005-2008
In terms of pure skill, Candace Parker might be the best player to play for the Tennessee Lady Vols, and she is definitely in the conversation for the greatest. So let’s revisit when she arrived on campus.
In 2004, Tennessee was still in the midst of a drought, and that was supposed to be their year to break it with Parker coming in and Diana Taurasi leaving UConn. But Parker suffered a knee injury her freshman year and was forced to redshirt, and the Lady Vols blew a huge lead in the Fial Four to eventual national champion Baylor.
Parker burst onto the scene the next year, but the Lady Vols lost in the Elite Eight to UNC. The drought had reached eight years, and Parker did not run from it. The next year, despite tough losses in the regular season, the Lady Vols went on a tear at the end of the year.
Led by Parker, they made it to the Final Four and came back to beat UNC to win their seventh national title. Parker was the catalyst for a repeat in 2008, and her accomplishments are amazing as an All-American, player of the year winner, and two-time national champion. She is in the clear-cut Top Two among Lady Vols athletes. But who is No. 1?
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