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Tennessee Lady Vols: Five things that happened since last facing UConn

By Caleb Calhoun

TAMPA, FL - APRIL 08: The Tennessee Lady Volunteers celebrate with the trophy after their 64-48 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championsip Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - APRIL 08: The Tennessee Lady Volunteers celebrate with the trophy after their 64-48 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championsip Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) /
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3. Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma both surpassed 1,000 career wins.

Back in 2007, no college basketball coach on the men’s or the women’s side had surpassed 1,000 wins. On Feb. 5, 2009, Pat Summitt became the first coach ever to do it with the Tennessee Lady Vols beating the Georgia Bulldogs 73-43. She would finish her career with 1,098 wins, and there’s no telling how many more she could have gotten given how far ahead of everybody else she was.

Anyway, nearly nine years later, Geno Auriemma became the fastest coach ever to reach 1,000 wins, as he did it on Dec. 19, 2017 with an 88-64 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. It’s worth noting that Summitt never won another national title after reaching her 1,000th win, and Auriemma still hasn’t won one since he reached his.

After Summitt did it first, though, the dominoes fell with numerous coaches doing it, Auriemma just being a part of that. Stanford Cardinal head coach Tara VanDerveer, former North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Sylvia Hatchell, Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach C. Vivian Stringer, and Bentley Falcons head coach Barbara Stevens have all joined the club.

That’s just on the women’s side. On the men’s side, Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski, former McKendree Bearcats head coach Harry Statham, Jefferson Rams head coach Herb Magee and Oregon Tech Owls head coach Danny Miles have all joined the club. But on both sides, Summitt was the first to do it. And yes, it happened over a decade ago.