2000:
Rules: Uniforms may include a logo or mascot at the center or apex of the neck-line on a game jersey. Only a team abbreviation was permitted in that space previously. The color, style and design of all teammates’ game jerseys and game pants must be alike.
November 25: Michelle Snow, University of Tennessee, becomes the third woman to dunk in a collegiate game and the first perform the feat on television in 111-62 win over Illinois State at the Maui Invitational Tournament.
Jennifer Johnston is named assistant coach for the Oakland (MI) University men's basketball team for three seasons (2000-2003).
WNBA adds the Miami Sol, Indiana Fever, Portland Fire, and the Seattle Storm.
C. Vivian Stringer becomes only coach to take three schools to the Final Four: Cheyney State (1982), the University of Iowa (1993), and Rutgers (2000).
NCAA Division I Championship: University of Connecticut (def. Penn State) defeats University of Tennessee (def. Rutgers) 71-52.
Houston Comets defeat the New York Liberty for their fourth WNBA Championship.
USA captures the gold medal at the Olympics in Sydney,Australia as Teresa Edwards competes in her fifth Olympics. Edwards becomes first basketball player, male or female, to play on five consecutive Olympic teams, and is the most decorated basketball player of either sex: 4 gold medals, one bronze.
Conseco Nancy Lieberman Step Up Award created to honor the nation’s top female Point Guard. University of Connecticut’s Sue Bird is first recipient.
National Women’s Basketball Professional League (NWBL) established.
Florida: Syvlia Fowles, 6'5" freshman from Miami Edison (later Gulliver Prep) in Miami, FL is the first female to dunk in a high school game, performing the feat twice in a state tournament game against South Dade High School.
December 27: The Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Tennessee Lady Vols at Bank One Ballpark, ome of the Arizona Diamondbacks, for the first women's college basketball game held outdoors.
2001:
Rules: Officials shall be permitted to go to an official courtside monitor to determine if a try for goal is a three- or two-shot attempt, regardless of whether shot is made.
January 23: Michelle Snow, University of Tennessee, becomes the second woman to record two dunks in one season during a 70-61 win at Vanderbilt.
April 11: Jackie Stiles drafted by the USBL’s Dodge City Legend. She became the highest-drafted woman in a men’s professional basketball league. She never suited up for the team.
December: Illinois: Candace Parker, 6'3" sophomore from Naperville, IL becomes the second woman to dunk in high school competition in a game against Rockton Hononegah during the the quarterfinals of the Dundee-Crown holiday tournament. She would dunk a second time the following season.
Jackie Stiles of Southwest Missouri State establishes a new NCAA Division I scoring mark with 3,393 points.
NCAA Division I Championship: St Louis: Notre Dame (def. UConn) defeats Purdue (def. Southwest Missouri State) 68-66.
Stephanie Ready named assistant coach of the Greenville, South Carolina Groove, a member of the new eight-team NBA developmental league, thus becoming the first female coach of a men’s professional basketball team.
Los Angeles Sparks defeat the New York Liberty for the WNBA Championship, becoming just the second team to win the trophy.
Air Swoopes VI basketball shoe, named for Sheryl Swoopes, is released by Nike.
2002:
Both Pat Summitt (University of Tennessee) and Jody Conradt (University of Texas) reach the 800-win milestone.
March 15: Molly Brothers of Suffolk Community College scores 43 points to set the scoring record for points in an NJCAA tournament game.
NCAA Division I Championship: San Antonio: University of Connecticut (def Tennessee) defeats Oklahoma (def. Duke) 82-70. The Championship game is the highest viewed college basketball game ever on ESPN and single largest crowd to watch a women’s college basketball game (29,619). UConn becomes the only team to go undefeated (39-0) twice through regular and post season play and win the National Championship.
McDonald's selects the best girls high school basketball players in the country and names them to the first McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team (1977 for boys).
Lisa Leslie of the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks becomes the first women to dunk during a professional game. The Sparks, however, would lose to the visiting Miami Sol.
Los Angeles Sparks defeat the New York Liberty for their second straight WNBA Championship.
WNBA teams the Miami Sol and Portland Fire fold. The Utah Starzz move to San Antonio and become the Silver Stars. The Orlando Miracle move and become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun are the first professional team owned by an Indian Tribe (the Mohegan Tribe). They are also the first professional team associated with a casino (Mohegan Sun Casino).
Air Swoopes Premier basketball shoe, named for Sheryl Swoopes, is released by Nike.
Shox Mique basketball shoe, named for Chamique Holdsclaw, is released by Nike.
2003:
February 13: Tennessee State athletics director Teresa Phillips makes history by becoming the first woman to coach in a Division-I men's basketball game. Then-interim coach Hosea Lewis was serving a one-game suspension, and Phillips coached the Tigers to a 71-56 loss to Austin Peay.
February 28: North Central's 6-5 sophomore Amber Harris dunks in the semistate game vs. Mooresville in Indianapolis, Indiana. She reportedly first dunked as an eighth grader. (source: Indianapolis Star).
March: Brittany Hunter, a 6'3" senior from Brookhaven HS in Columbus, OH becomes the first female to enter the McDonald's All-America Slam Dunk Contest. She fails, however, to complete any of her three attempts.
March 11: the University of Connecticut women's basketball team loses 52-48 to Villanova ending the Huskies' NCAA Division I women's record 70-game winning streak. The previous women's D-I record was 54, set in 1980-82 by Louisiana Tech under coaches Sonia Hogg and Leon Barmore.
September 22-23: 25th Anniversary WBL reunion, organized by fan and league historian Karra Porter held in Chicago.
November: Olympian Maria Stepanova, playing for Russian team VBM-SGAU, dunked in a blowout game against Vologda-Chevakata Vologda. It was the first dunk by a woman in a Russian women's game. (source: FIBA).
November 11: High School senior Candace Parker announces she will play for the University of Tennessee during a press conference broadcast live on ESPN News. She's the first a female high school player to announce her signing in such a fashion.
November 21: Houston's Sancho Lyttle becomes the fourth woman to dunk in an NCAA game in a contest against Gonzaga. (source: ESPN)
December 27: Sophomore Amber Harris of North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana dunked in a game against Indianapolis Chatard. (source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Some observers question the dunk because the ball apparently rolled around in the rim before falling in.
NCAA Division I Championship: The University of Connecticut (def. Texas) defeats Tennessee (def Duke) 73-68 in Atlanta. Connecticut becomes the only team to win an NCAA National Championship without a senior on the roster.
The Detroit Shock defeat the Los Angeles Sparks for the WNBA Championship. This marks one of the biggest season-to-season turnarounds in professional sports (the Shock finished the 2002 season with the league's worst record). The Shock is coached by former Detroit Piston's star Bill Laimbeer while the Sparks are coached by former Los Angeles Laker Michael Cooper.
2004:
February 27: Sophomore Amber Harris of North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana made her second dunk of the season in a game against Mooreseville. "Harris has dunked in practice and tried to dunk three times in games. She first dunked with a volleyball in the eighth grade." (source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette).
March 29: Candace Parker becomes first woman to win Slam Dunk contest of the McDonald's High School All-American Game, beating out five male competitors.
May: Ashley McElhiney becomes the first female to be named a head coach for a men's professional basketball team, the Nashville Rhythm, an expansion team in the American Basketball Association.
NCAA Division I Championship: The University of Connecticut (def. Minnesota) defeats Tennessee (def. LSU) 70-61 in New Orleans to win its third straight championship. The Championship game earned the best ratings for a basketball game - male, female or professional - in ESPN’s 25-year history. The University of Connecticut men's basketball team also won the Championship, marking the first time a Division I school has won both the men's and women's basketball trophy.
June 11: Minnesota Lynx player Katie Smith becomes the fastest WNBA player to reach the 3,000 point mark. Smith is also the all-time leading scorer in women's professional basketball. (Source: WNBA.Com)
October: Anne Donovan becomes the first woman to coach a team to the WNBA Championship, as the Seattle Storm top the Connecticut Sun two games to one. All three games were sold out.
November 7: Maria Stepanova of Russia's VBM-SGAU dunks in a game.
November 13: Ashley McElhiney made history as the first woman to coach a men's pro basketball team. The ABA's Nashville Rhythm posted a 109-88 victory over the Georgia Reigning Knights.
December 3: North Carolina State Head Coach Kay Yow notched her 600th career win in a home game against Seton Hall. She became just the fourth coach in NCAA women's basketball history to record 600 wins at the same school.
December 6: Amie Williams, a 6'7" graduate of Jackson State, becomes the first woman to sign with the ABA. She suited up for the Mississippi Stingers for her first game, ironically against the Nashville Rhythm coached by Ashley McElhiney, but did not play. She would end the season with eight points, three rebounds and a 67% field goal percentage. She would not, however, be on the team's play-offs roster.
December 8: Rutgers Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer becomes the fourth woman to record 700 career victories in NCAA Division I basketball.
December 11: Delisha Milton-Jones is hired by the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA as an assistant coach. Milton-Jones is married to Stars back-up point guard Roland Jones.
2005:
January 16: Duke-bound Christ the King star Carrem Gay dunked in the third quarter of a game against Red Bank of New Jersey in the "Battle of the Boardwalk" in Asbury Park. "It was pretty neat," Royals coach Bob Mackey said of the dunk. "It definitely woke the place up." (source: NY Newsday)
February 4: Amber Harris of North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana dunked during a 67-47 win over Terre Haute North. The dunk put the junior at the 1,000-point mark for her career. Harris has orally agreed to play at Purdue. (source: Indianapolis Star and Chicago Sun-Times).
February 8: WNBA announces the formation of a new franchise in Chicago, Illinois. The team will play their home games on the Illinois-Chicago (UIC) campus, making them the first team to call a college campus "home." In May they hire NBA Hall-of-Famer Dave Cowens as head coach. In September they announce that the team will be called the "Sky." On November 12 the expansion draft is held.
March 2: After a tumultuous year which included making international headlines for an on-court confrontation during a game with one of the team's owners, Ashley McElhiney resigned as head coach of the ABA's Nashville Rhythm. Her final record with the team was 21-10. Though the team qualified for the play-offs, the team's ownership refused the berth, capping a bizaare season.
March 9: Michelle Snow, playing for Italian team Parma, dunks in a game. The dunk was the first one by a woman in a Euroleague game. (source: FIBA).
March 19: Candace Parker throws down two dunks in an NCAA tournament game against Army.
April 4: Brazil's Hortencia (de Fatima Marcari), one of the greatest international players in history, and former LSU coach Sue Gunter, 708 victories, are named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Enshrinement September 8-10, 2005.
NCAA Division I Championship: April 5: Indianapolis, Indiana. In coaching Baylor University to an 84-62 victory over Michigan State, Kim Mulkey-Robertson became the first woman to win an NCAA Championship both as a coach and a player (her Louisiana Tech team won the first NCAA Women's Title in 1982). In the process of reaching the Finals, Baylor overcame a 15 point deficit over Louisiana State University and Michigan State overcame a 16 pt deficit over Tennessee (tying the biggest comeback in NCAA women's history: 2001 Notre Dame over UConn.)
July 9: Olympic Gold Medalist Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks becomes the first WNBA player to dunk in the All-Star Game (held at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut).
July 13: WNBA player and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Smith of the Minnesota Lynx becomes the first women's pro player to surpass 5,000 career points.
September 20: The Sacramento Monarchs defeat the Connecticut Sun 62-59 in Arco Arena to take their first WNBA title. 35-year-old Yolanda Griffith is named MVP of the series. This was the first season the WNBA used a five-game championship series. The Monarchs won in four. October 18: It’s announced the Sacramento Monarchs will appear on a Wheaties Box to commemorate their championship win. It is the second time Wheaties honors the WNBA, and the first time that an entire championship team appears on the box.
October 26: Sheryl Swoopes announces publicly that she is a lesbian; at the same time she announces that she will be the new spokeswoman for gay cruiseline Olivia Cruises. She also reveals that her partner is her former Houston Comets coach Alisa Scott. The announcement takes many by surprise and is discussed in the media for weeks.
December 6: The WNBA announces three major rule changes: switch to a four-quarter format, shortening of the shot-clock to 24 seconds, and adjusting jump balls to begin each quarters.
December 9: Head Coach Leta Andrews of the Granbury Lady Pirates in Granbury, Texas moved past Jim Smiddy for the wins by a girls high school basketball coach with win number 1,218 against San Antonio Taft in the Granbury Booster Club Invitational. (source: Hood County News)
December 19: Carol Ross achieved a unique double with Mississippi's appearance in The AP women's basketball poll, which again had Tennessee, Duke and LSU in the top three spots. Ross, in her third season at Ole Miss, joins a handful of women to have played for and coached a ranked team at the same school. She was a four-year starter for coach Van Chancellor at Mississippi from 1977-81. LSU head coach Pokey Chatman is also among those to have achieved this rare double.
2006:
Jan 19: Coach Pat Summitt leads the Tennessee Volunteers to a 80-68 victory over Vanderbilt 80-68 Thursday night, giving Summitt her 900th win and the first coach, male or female, to reach that milestone. She picked up her 100th win at N.C. State on Jan. 13, 1979. No. 700 came at Wisconsin on Dec. 5, 1999, against coach Jane Albright and the Wisconsin Badgers, and her 800th on Jan. 14, 2003 against coach Doug Bruno and the DePaul Blue Demons.
Feb 1: 18-year-old Epiphanny Prince, a senior at Murry Bergtraum HS in Manhattan, sets a national girls' scoring record with 113 points in the Lady Blazers' 137-32 win over Brandeis in a Public School Athletic League game. She broke Cheryl Miller's record of 105 points, set with Riverside Polytechnic HS in California in 1982. Neither Prince's nor Miller's (a 175-15 win over Notre Vista, Calif.) game was competitive. In Prince's case, there was praise for the accomplishment and criticism of her coach for allowing her to score so many points against an overmatched opponent. (Source: NY Newsday)
Feb 3: Lindsey Yamasaki played four minutes in a game for the ABA's San Jose SkyRockets against the Beijing Aoshen Olympians. She did not attempt any shots. (Source: Asian-Athlete.Com)
Feb 9: Deb Remmerde of NAIA school Northwestern College (Des Moines, IA) ends her streak of 133 straight free throws. Her streak lasted longer than that of any player in any division of baskebtall - high school, college, and professional. The previous all-division record had been 127, set by boys high school player Daryl Moreau of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1979. The women's NCAA record is 69, set by Jamie Visness of Concordia-Moorhead in 2003. The men's NCAA record, held by Paul Cluxton (Northern Kentucky) is 94. The longest NBA free throw streak belongs to Michael Williams who hit 94 in a row in 1993. Remmerde is also Iowa's all-time girls basketball scoring leader. (Source: Associated Press and Northwestern College Athletics Department, 2006.)
March 10: Judy Wright of Robert Wesleyan College scores 52 points in a National Christian College Athletic Association game, setting the record for points scored in an NCCAA tournament game.
March 11: Brittany Smart of Cedarville College scores 47 points to set the record for most points scored in an NAIA Division II tournament game.
March 13: Army head coach Maggie Dixon and brother Jamie Dixon, head men's basketball coach at Pittsburgh, become the first brother-sister duo to take teams to the NCAA Tournament at the same time. They also made history at the beginning of the season becoming the first brother-sister pair to hold Division I basketball head coaching positions. Sadly, Maggie Dixon would die at the age of 28 less than one month later from a heart problem.(Source: ESPN.Com, AP)
March 18: Oklahoma freshman center Courtney Paris sets an NCAA record by becoming the first college player, male or female, to record 700+ points (788), 500+ rebounds (539), and 100+ blocks (119) in a season. She and twin sister Ashley, also a Sooner, are the daughters of former NFL player Bubba Paris. (Source: AP)
March 19: Tennessee's Candace Parker becomes the first woman to dunk in an NCAA Tournament game. Then she did it again, becoming the first woman at any level of basketball to dunk twice in the same game. The first was on a breakaway run while the second came in a half court set (another first). The historic dunks took place during a first round game against the Army in Norfolk, VA.
March 25: Oklahoma's Courtney Paris sets the NCAA women's basketball record for rebounds in a single season with 539. The old record of 533 was set by Wanda Ford of Drake in 1985.
March 28: Oklahoma's Courtney Paris caps her record-breaking freshman season with yet another first after being named to the Associated Press All-American First Team. The first AP All-American team was chosen in the 1994-1995 season.
March 29: Duke's Alison Bales has an NCAA Tournament record eight blocks in the regional final against Connecticut. She also became the NCAA Tournament's all-time leader in blocked shots. She was named the Bridgeport Region's MVP.
March 31: Kansas State's Shalee Lehning, a freshman guard, scores a triple double (14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists) in the Wildcats' 77-65 win over Marquette for the WNIT crown. There was a capacity crowd of 13,340 at KSU's Bramlage Coliseum, making it the second largest crowd in WNIT history.
April 2: Duke's 6'7" center Alison Bales sets the NCAA record for blocked shots in the Tournament. She ends the postseason with 30 total swats. In the same game, LSU sets the Final Four record for fewest points scored in a half with just 15 in the first. Entering the evening, the ACC had an unprecedented three teams vying for a trip to the Final. With wins by Duke and Maryland (who beat the overall number one seed North Carolina), it became just the third time two teams from the same conference would square off for the Championship (the SEC is the only other conference to send two teams to the Final).
NCAA Division I Championship: April 4: Maryland beats Duke 78-75 in overtime to win their first national championship. It was only the second final to be determined in overtime play. The Terrapins overcame the second-largest deficit in championship history (13) to win the title. Freshman point guard Kristi Toliver hit a three at the end of regulation to tie the game. She then made two free throws to seal the win in overtime. Maryland forward Laura Harper was named Most Outstanding Player.
April 5: The WNBA held their draft in Boston, the site of the Final Four, where Seimone Augustusb> was selected first by the Minnesota Lynx. For the first time, two Canadians were selected in the first round of the same draft.
April 6: 46-year-old Anat Draigor of Israel breaks the Guinness World Record for points scored in a basketball game by a female professional by scoring 136 points in a game.
May 31: The Minnesota Lynx set the WNBA's scoring record after laying in 114 points against the Los Angeles Sparks. The team also set a WNBA record three-pointers in a game. The Lynx had come into the game winless.
June 2: In a first for the WNBA, a college head coach was matched up against their former player. Dawn Staley point guard for the Houston Comets and Head Coach at Temple University took on rookie Candice Dupree of the Chicago Sky. The Comets would win the game 71-60.
June 7: Lauren Jackson of the Seattle Storm reaches the 3,000 career points mark faster than any other WNBA player.
June 25: Lisa Leslie of the LA Sparks, scoring a career-high 41 points, becomes the first WNBA player to surpass the 5,000 career points mark.
June 29: Katie Smith of the Detroit Shock becomes the first WNBA player to have 500 three-pointers. She also holds the record for three-point attempts.
July 15: Iowa: With six-on-six basketball still popular around the state, Iowa adds it to their state summer games schedule along with the traditional five-on-five and three-on-three.
August 8: Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury sets the WNBA record for most points in a season. She also carries the highest average points per game in a season than any other player in the history of the WNBA.
August 10: In a game for the ages, the Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi dropped in a record-setting 47 points in a three-overtime game against the Houston Comets before fouling out. The Comets dynamic duo of Tina Thompson - who scored a career-high 37 - and Sheryl Swoopes combined for 67 points. The final score of 111-110 set a WNBA record for total points scored in a game. The Mercury's win allowed them to remain in contention for a playoff spot, while denying the Comets a chance to clinch their spot.
August 13: Cheryl Ford of the Detroit Shock sets the WNBA record for rebounds in a season.
November 12: Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols records her third college dunk in a game against Tennessee-Chattanooga.
November 24: Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols records an unprecedented fourth college dunk in a game against Stanford. The AP reported the dunk as follows: "(Parker) got a steal near midcourt and ran toward the other side at the wide open basket. She raised the ball in her right hand and dunked it with 10:55 remaining in the first half."
December 20: Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols records her fifth college dunk in a game against West Virginia. She is then called for a technical after the play for holding out the name on her jersey.
2007:
Jan 6: Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols throws down her sixth college dunk in a win over the Connecticut Huskies, broadcast live on CBS.
Feb 18: Armintie Price of Ole Miss becomes the fifth player in women's college basketball to have 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 steals and 300 assists in a career. Cheryl Miller, Tamika Catchings, Chamique Holdsclaw, and Sophia Young are the other four players.
Feb 22: Drexel and Northeastern battled it out in the longest game in NCAA women's college basketball history. The Drexel Dragons needed five overtimes in 65 minutes of play to beat the Northeastern Huskies, 98-90.
March 13: Indiana Wesleyan beats College of the Ozarks to become the first undefeated team in NAIA Division II history. The Wildcats finish the season 38-0 and bring home the school's first title.
November 22: Sylvia Fowles of LSU becomes the sixth collegiate woman to dunk during a game in a win over the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana. With 9:29 remaining in the first half, the 6-foot-6 Fowles stole the ball from Bronson Rodgers and drove slightly more than half of the court before dunking from the right side.(source: Associated Press)
2008:
Jan 13: Indiana Wesleyan had their NAIA record-setting win streak of 56 games broken by Bethel College after a last second three gave the visiting team a win. Prior to the shot, Bethel had not scored a point in over five minutes. Brittany Cook, who made the shot, was a back-up post-player. (source: Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
Feb 3: Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols made her seventh collegiate career dunk in a game against Kentucky. Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell was a former Lady Vols graduate assistant coach. (source: Associated Press)
May 17: Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks made WNBA history by scoring 34 points in her professional debut. She further made an impression, with 12 rebounds and 8 assists - nearly a triple-double. She also had two steals and one blocked shot.
May 29: Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks made WNBA history by becoming the first player to record a five or better in points, blocks, assists, and steals. Her stat line for the evening against the Indiana Fever was 16 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists, and five steals.
June 22: Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks becomes the second woman to dunk in a WNBA game.
June 24: Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks becomes the first woman to dunk twice in the WNBA.
July 8: Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury reaches the 3,000 point mark faster than any other WNBA player in history (151 games to Lauren Jackson's 162.) (source: Associated Press)
July 19: The New York Liberty and Indiana Fever meet in Arthur Ashe (Tennis) Stadium in Flushing, NY for the WNBA's first outdoors game. The 23,000+ stadium hosted over 19,000 fans as visiting Fever beat the Liberty 71-55. The Fever's Tamika Catchings also had the distinction of playing in the first women's college basketball game held outdoors when her Tennessee Lady Vols played the Arizona State Sun Devils at Bank One Ballpark (home to the Arizona Diamondbacks) in Phoenix on December 27, 2000.
July 25: Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman became the oldest player, at age 50 (breaking her previous record when she played for the Phoenix Mercury at age 39), to suit up for a WNBA team after signing a seven-day contract with the Detroit Shock - a team she previously coached. She played nine minutes in the game and had two assists. She missed her only shot attempt.
August 31: Katie Smith of the Detroit Shock becomes the third player in WNBA history to score 5,000 career points.
November 16: Latiqua Williams of Bard College had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 11 steals, and 10 assists for a quadruple-double in a 75-28 win over the College of New Rochelle. Source: Associated Press.
November 19: Sylvia Fowles, playing for Spartak Moscow of Russia, dunks in a EuroLeague game against Famila in Schio, Italy.
2009:
Jan 22: Heilani Tupou of East Niclaus High School in Trowbridge,California recorded a quadruple-double in a game against Los Molinos. The senior guard had 18 points, 12 rebounds, 10 steals and 10 assists in the 68-43 win. (source: Marysville Appeal-Democrat)
Feb 1: Courtney Paris' double-double streak ends at 112 in a game against Tennessee. She fell just one point shy with nine points and ten rebounds.
Feb 5: Pat Summitt earns her 1,000th win in a game against Gerogia, which the Lady Vols won by 30 points, 73-43. Summitt became the first Division 1 college coach, male or female, to win 1,000 games and only the second coach across all divisions.