The UConn women’s basketball came up short in a fourth-quarter comeback, suffering its first upset against No. 19 Tennessee since 2007.

He doesn't recall much about that Jan. 6, 1996, meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third time in 12 months his UConn Huskies faced Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols. But he remembers how electric the environment was, how there wasn't an arena of that size, with that energy, on any other college campus in the country.

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - FEBRUARY 06: Talaysia Cooper #55 of the Tennessee Lady Vols is defended by Azzi Fudd #35 of the UConn Huskies during the first half of the game at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 06, 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)

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The UConn women’s basketball team begins a new chapter of its historic rivalry with Tennessee against Kim Caldwell’s Lady Vols in Knoxville.

UConn women's basketball assistant coach Jamelle Elliott coached Tennessee assistant Angel Rizor at Cincinnati.

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