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Naismith Class of 2026: Two Lady Vols, a pioneering Olympic team and the first 50-40-90 season
Ten years after legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt died, two of the greatest players in Lady Vols history -- Candace Parker and Chamique Holdsclaw --...
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- Ten years after legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt died, two of the greatest players in Lady Vols history -- Candace Parker and Chamique Holdsclaw -- will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- "I know Pat's smiling down that we're going to walk in together," Parker said in June at her Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction.
- Olympic women's basketball team, a group that includes former Lady Vols Carla McGhee and the late Nikki McCray.
- Olympic team is a Hall of Famer It's not hyperbole to say this group might be the most important team in women's basketball history.
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Ten years after legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt died, two of the greatest players in Lady Vols history -- Candace Parker and Chamique Holdsclaw -- will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts. "I know Pat's smiling down that we're going to walk in together," Parker said in June at her Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction. Olympic women's basketball team, a group that includes former Lady Vols Carla McGhee and the late Nikki McCray. Olympic team is a Hall of Famer It's not hyperbole to say this group might be the most important team in women's basketball history. Though that women's pro league was short-lived, it contributed to lasting professional women's basketball in the United States as most of the ABL's players moved on to the WNBA in 1999. They became strong and fit." That team also started what is now a run of eight consecutive Olympic gold medals by the U.S.