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It is home to the Tennessee Volunteers (men) and Lady Vols (women) basketball teams. Since 2008, it has been home to the Lady Vols volleyball team. [6] It is named after B. Ray Thompson and former university president Edward J. Boling. The basketball court is named "The Summitt" after the late Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt.
Summitt's first milestone of the 2008–09 season was a 73–43 win over the Georgia Lady Bulldogs on February 5, 2009, at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville. The win was the 1,000th for Coach Summitt. [56] The Thompson–Boling Arena's court was named "The Summitt" in her honor. [57]
The Volunteers play their home games in Thompson–Boling Arena, on a court nicknamed "the Summitt", after former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt. With a current capacity of 21,678 (formerly 24,535), Tennessee has consistently ranked in the top 15 in the nation in terms of volume of attendance, averaging 14,817 (60.39% capacity ...
Summitt helped grow women's basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years. Tennessee — the only school she coached — won NCAA ...
On this 50-year anniversary of Title IX, we should also remember Summit's victory in a legal battle that literally changed the game for female student-athletes.
"The Summitt", the name given to the basketball court at Thompson–Boling Arena in honor of longtime coach Pat Summitt Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Summit .
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The 1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, coached by Pat Summitt, is considered to be one of the greatest teams in the history of U.S. women's college basketball, [1] going 39–0, and winning their third consecutive national championship, while playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. [2]