And also in recent years the Lady Vols brand hasn't been strong enough to convince players such as Kiyomi McMiller (Rutgers), S'mya Nichols (Kansas), and Amiya Joyner (East Carolina!) to leave their home state. Nichols is currently averaging 14 points per game as a freshman and would have...
The following is the Lady Vols' record under Kellie on national tv:
2019-2020: 2 wins 5 losses (2 of the losses by double digit points)
'20 - '21: 3 - 4 ( 3 )
'21 - '22: 4 - 6 ( 5 )
'22 - '23: 4 - 9 ( 5 )
'23 - '24: 0 - 5 ( 3 )
13 wins 29 losses - 18 of the losses by double digits. Yikes!
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It may boil down to a simple lack of trust. The elite recruits don't trust this coaching staff to take them where they want to go, whether it's leading them to a final four or teaching them to be a pro.
UCONN also has a turnover problem - a negative turnover ratio in fact. UT has to get Jackson at least 20 shot attempts to have any shot of winning. Jackson will be probably be the best player on the court tonight and when a team has the best player on the court they have a decent chance to win...
If that's the case I doubt her family would ever allow Cambridge to visit the LVs. Even if it was just a courtesy visit I believe she's taken an unofficial visit to UT.
In 2005 I believe Pat took a commitment from point guard Lauren Avant when she was 14. Avant transferred before her sophomore season to Rhodes College, a division III school in her hometown of Memphis. Pat vowed to never take a commitment from another player that young and she never did.