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Pat Summitt's third book chronicles the end of the Tennessee-UConn rivalry. Will the two programs ever play again? Do we need them to?

Tennessee's Meighan Simmons and Texas' Chassidy Fussell are just two of many freshmen across the country this season who are carrying large loads of responsibility for their teams.

Counting UConn's win Tuesday to cap a second straight 39-0 season, six teams have run the table. A look back at each of their seasons.

With six seniors, including the nation's leading scorer, Middle Tennessee is up for any challenge this season -- including a rare visit Wednesday from the Lady Vols.

Did Tuesday's routs prove we need a UConn-Tennessee regular-season matchup back? No, but the series sure is missed.

Texas Tech wasn't much of matchup for the Lady Vols on Tuesday. But after 11 losses last season, they'll relish every victory this year -- and there figures to be plenty.

Tennessee and UConn won't actually play each other Tuesday in the ESPN Tip-Off Marathon in San Antonio. But just having the two longtime rivals and their coaches in the same place could be entertaining.

Counting UConn's win Tuesday to cap a 39-0 season, five teams have run the table. A look back at each of their seasons.

Ball State crushed the Lady Vols in the first round for the most historic upset ever in women's hoops.

How did Pat Summitt get to 1,000? By working just as hard before Thursday's milestone as she did before victory No. 248. Or 561. Or 739. And when it came down to it, win No. 1,000 played out exactly how it was meant to be.

Oklahoma did more than postpone Pat Summitt's 1,000th victory Monday. The Sooners proved they can be a Final Four team, even on a night when Courtney Paris' double-double streak came to an end.

Despite Tennessee's gaudy records against the rest of the SEC, this is as good a time as any in recent history for Auburn to add a victory in the series.

If Charlie Creme's December Bracketology ended up as March's 64-team NCAA tournament field, how would it play out? Here are round-by-round predictions -- and yes, UConn reaches St. Louis and the Final Four.

Pat Summitt and Debbie Ryan have met many times over the years, with the results almost always in the Tennessee coach's favor. They met again Monday, with Summitt closing in on 1,000 career victories. She didn't get one then, but Ryan did.

Voting has been hard at different times in years past, but this year has been the hardest week in and week out.

Because of personnel changes, neither Tennessee nor Duke are playing quite the same style as the last few years.