There’s a distinct outlier in Tennessee’s win over UConn that made the result different from the Lady Vols’ six narrow losses this season, including a second loss to LSU on Sunday.
Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell said her team’s approach to the rivalry with the Huskies was different because it was “bigger than our team.”
“It was for the alumni, it was for the fans, it was for every Lady Vol that came before us,” Caldwell said Tuesday. “There was a different aura going into that game. It was about history. And then you just get back, OK, just another game. It’s just not another game. We’re playing the number six team in the country. It’s still about representing our program well and just trying to find that balance.”
No. 16 Tennessee (17-6, 4-6 SEC) looked like it turned a corner after upsetting then-No. 5 UConn on Thursday, finally finishing off a tight game. But UT didn’t look like the same team in Baton Rouge on Sunday, falling back into old problems that cost the Lady Vols in the first five losses.
