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Article: TENNESSEE WOMEN 93, LOUISIANA TECH 75 Reaching the Summitt Holdsclaw, Lady Vols called best ever after completing their quest for perfection

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March 30, 1998
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Go ahead, Pat, say it.

The Tennessee Lady Vols are the best women's basketball team. Ever. Everyone has been saying that except Tennessee coach Pat Summitt.

Come on, Pat. Say it. "I'll tell you, it's a team unlike any I've coached because of their competitiveness, their will to win," Summitt said. But she still wouldn't say it. Doesn't matter. Louisiana Tech coach Leon Barmore said it. "We just got beat by the best women's basketball team I've ever seen," Barmore said. And the Lady Vols said it with a 93-75 victory over Barmore's Lady Techsters Sunday night in the Kemper Arena for a record third straight NCAA championship. They said it with a perfect 39-0 season, an NCAA record for any ...

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