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The women's basketball rivalry between the Tennessee Lady Volunteers from the University of Tennessee and the Connecticut Huskies from the University of Connecticut. It was one of the fiercest rivalries in college basketball, and perhaps the only one to reach national consciousness out of the women's game. The matchup featured two long-tenured and media savvy coaches generally acknowledged among the top five ever in their sport, over two dozen players who went on to play in the WNBA, and two programs that have combined for 16 national championships. Their head-to-head matchups are consistently the top-rated games in the college women's field. Until the 2006-07 season, the two programs met annually in winter at one or both of the schools, but the rivalry is unique for having a third of its games occurring in the women's NCAA tournament. Four times, the national championship has been on the line. The schools started playing each other in 1995. As of early 2007, UConn leads the series 13-9, including 5-2 in the tournament and 4-0 for the title. However, the Lady Vols have won the last three against UConn. On the day of every meeting, both schools have been ranked in the top fifteen in the Associated Press rankings. On June 8, 2007, it was announced the schools would discontinue the regular-season series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UConn, Tennessee End Women's Basketball Rivalry )〕 ==The coaches== The rivalry is notable among team sports in that it almost unerringly focuses on the sidelines rather than the floor. The two coaches were far and away the best known and best paid in their sport, with both being in the Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Between them, they account for over 1,700 wins. On the Tennessee side was Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest NCAA Division I college basketball coach, male or female. Summitt has won eight NCAA women's tournaments. She is the acknowledged dean of women's college basketball in the modern era. She has been the Naismith College Coach of the Year six times. On the UConn side is Geno Auriemma, who has won nine of the last nineteen NCAA women's tournaments, four at the expense of Summitt in the finals. A media firebrand in the heart of ESPN country, Auriemma has become the most accomplished coach in the last decade, at one point posting a 90-game winning streak. He has seven Naismith awards to Summitt's six. The two have poured gasoline on the fire in press conferences, with Auriemma at one point calling Tennessee the "Evil Empire". The two have apparently mended fences after some sparring, Auriemma noted in his autobiography, ''Geno.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UConn–Tennessee rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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