national champions

Tennessee, Where the men are men and the women are champions!

Tonight the Tennessee Lady Vols won in a walk over Stanford (64 to 48) for their eighth national title. Congrats to Pat Summit and the Lady Vols. Last year after Tennessee won the title I called it that the Lady Vols would be back to back national champions. Not a huge feat with Pat Summit at the helm.

One more free throw and the Memphis Tigers would be national champions. Up 60-51 inside of two minutes, we decided to stop hitting them, and the Kansas Jayhawks tied the score at 63 on a three-pointer with two seconds left in regulation.

I'm a bit depressed this morning that the magical season for UT's men basketball has come to an end. It's sad to see our great run come to an end and I'm sorry that our three seniors couldn't go out as national champions.

That said, as I reflect on the season, I can't help but be satisfied with the run Tennessee made as a whole.

Any day you win your first SEC regular season championship in over 40 years is special.

Making it even more special--doing it by beating one of your biggest rivals on their home floor.

Adding to the beauty--coming back from a 16-point deficit on the home floor of a rival who is the defending back-to-back national champions. Second time this seasons the Vols have had a huge comeback against the Gators and it shows that right now, Bruce Pearl owns Florida.