Camp Summitt - not roughing it

The barbecue pit/kitchen is behind the garage type door to the right.
The top opens up and the bottom is a counter/bar. The area just to the left with the huge fire place is for eating and partying.
To the left the doors lead in to the Home Theater and media room.


The area to the far left has sleeping accomodations for the entire team.
To the right is the entrance and bathroom facilities.
The hot tub is in the foreground next to the pool.


This is the state of the art media room under construction.
Sound and video are also routed in to the party/picnic area outside and to poolside.

Pat's home is across the way from this building and both the home and Camp Summitt are on the lakeshore. It's a one of a kind facility that sets UT apart from everyone.

Pat and her husband spent a great deal of money to build this addition to share with the team.

NEARING CRUNCH TIME

As the season speeds toward the conference tourney's and the NCAA's excitement builds. Everything that has gone before is simply prelude to this wonderful time of year.

The WCBB message boards are heating up:
Visit THE SUMMITT
THE BONEYARD
or the ESPN WCBB boards to join in the fun.

A new forum has been opened at VOLUNTEERS FOR AMERICA for WCBB fans of every team. This is a 'free-for-all' board where no posts are deleted although some may be moved to SMACK CITY or NEVER NEVER LAND if they run afoul of the 'serious smack and flame rule' and contain profane, racial, sexist, or over the top personal attacks. Anyone who wants to make a fool of themselves is welcome to mix it up on VFA.

Posts from negative fans like BackSeatLimogirl are welcomed as long as they understand that the gloves come off of those who oppose them as well. It's not for the faint of heart.

We look forward to a great run at the National Championship for the Lady Vols.
Pat Summitt has done her usual superb job getting the team ready for the push to the Championship.

Rubick's Vols

Starting 5's for the Lady Vols this year

SPEECHLESS !!!!!!

Dook Devil Blues

The Five in a line "offense"


At least there is ONE thing we can count on
Miss Automatic at the line.


Players and the sitters go their separate ways


Can anybody figure this out??
From "They call yeller bammers the crimson lied; call me dookin blues":

Got the Dook Devil Blues
Miss this shot and we lose
We can't take more bad news
Got the miserable Dook Devil Blues.

At least the Cheerleaders looked good


Christmas lights shine on the Tennessee River
Best view of the night.

A Work of Art .... UT 71 - GWU 41

Our Lady Vols in the Light


Sa'de & Candace ......... Sybil


The Sensational Shyra


Maria & Beanster with a friend


Ginko's Ablaze in the Light


Candace & Alex all smiles & Brittany at the Line


City Lights on the Tennessee River at Night from TBA

ESPN 2 Screen Shots from NCSTATE game

The Super Six Freshmen

Candace in the Dunk Contest

Candace looks on

Injury Row

Move over Sid - we can't see

Lady Vols 77 - West Coast Allstars - 36

Beautiful Autumn Afternoon outside TBA
The Ginko's were yellow
The Maples & the court were ablaze in Red and ORANGE
Dr. Boling was in attendance at the game.


Beanster & Fido's skinmom hard at work


Candace let's her hair down & was looking GOOD
Alex still on crutches


Warming up


Rugby Scrum?


Spreading the floor & creating space


Sid & Loree worked hard


We had tiny purple cheerleaders at halftime


Alexis suffered a scraped left arm and hand in the 2nd half.
The staff was partially through providing medical attention when WCA started bringing the ball upcout. Before the bandaid could be applied Alexis says "I've got to go!" and dashed back on the court.


Tye'sha, Nicky, Aubrey, Sidney, Loree, Candace, & Brittany look on as Coach Summitt coaches.

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LV Basketball Time in Tennessee

A few views of the November opener against Carson Newman


IT'S LADY VOLS BASKETBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE
Loree, Shanna, Shyra, Sidney, & Tye'sha prepare to take the court


Lady Vols on offense early in the game


With 15 on the bench it's hard to see Coach Summitt.


The view from Thompson-Boling after the 105 to 47 win.


Brittany Loree Nicky & Shanna


Alexis Dominique Shanna & Shyra

HOME TEAM: Tennessee 0-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Spencer, Sidney..... * 4-8 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 2 9 1 0 0 1 23
05 Zolman, Shanna...... * 3-5 2-3 2-2 2 2 4 1 10 2 0 0 3 19
21 Moore, Loree........ * 3-6 1-3 2-4 2 1 3 0 9 3 2 0 2 22
43 Ely, Shyra.......... * 9-14 1-1 1-3 1 6 7 0 20 2 1 0 0 26
50 Fluker, Tye'sha..... * 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 6 10 2 4 4 0 1 2 20
12 Canon, Abby......... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
13 Redding, Dominique.. 6-7 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 13 0 1 0 0 12
14 Hornbuckle, Alexis.. 5-8 1-2 3-4 2 5 7 2 14 7 2 3 5 21
25 Jackson, Brittany... 5-9 3-4 1-2 1 1 2 1 14 1 0 1 1 19
31 Guastalli, Aubrey... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
33 Dosty, Sybil........ 4-5 0-0 0-1 3 3 6 1 8 1 0 2 1 10
55 Anosike, Nicky...... 1-3 0-0 2-5 1 2 3 5 4 4 1 2 2 20
TEAM................ 2 3 5
Totals.............. 42-73 10-18 11-23 19 36 55 15 105 26 7 9 17 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-36 50.0% 2nd Half: 24-37 64.9% Game: 57.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 55.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 47.8% 6

Special kudos to Dominique for her 6 for 7 shooting and 13 points in 12 minutes

Lady Vols edge LSU for Number one ranking

From ESPN.com news services
The Southeastern Conference boasts three teams in the top five of the ESPN/USA Today preseason women's basketball poll released Wednesday: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 LSU and No. 5 Georgia.


The Lady Vols, who got 15 of the 40 first-place votes and 944 points, also were picked as the preseason No. 1 in the SEC's voting and in some "unofficial" preseason polls.


Just 10 points behind, LSU got 10 first-place votes to go with its No. 1 nod from SLAM, and Texas was right behind the Tigers at No. 3 with nine votes for the top spot. The Longhorns got the No. 1 nod in Athlon's preseason rankings.


Defending champion Connecticut got the remaining six first-place votes in the coaches' poll and is ranked No. 4. The Huskies topped the Lady Vols 70-61 in April to win their third straight national title.


Duke, Stanford, Baylor, Ohio State and Texas Tech round out the top 10, with the last two tied for ninth. The Buckeyes weren't ranked at the end of the 2003-04 season.


Notre Dame is No. 11, followed by North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Minnesota and Purdue. Interestingly, Vandy, which is ranked eight below Georgia by the national coaches, was the SEC's pick for preseason No. 3 over the Lady Bulldogs.


No matter how you stack the top teams, though, the SEC looks fully loaded.

Rankings: Week 1 Preseason
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Tennessee (15) 0-0 944 2
2. LSU (10) 0-0 934 3
3. Texas (9) 0-0 908 10
4. Connecticut (6) 0-0 883 1
5. Georgia 0-0 2 6
6. Duke 0-0 7 5
7. Stanford 0-0 4 7
8. Baylor (688) 0-0 1 1
9. Texas Tech (555) 0-0 1 7
9. Ohio State 0-0 5
11. Notre Dame (483) 0-0 2 NR
12. North Carolina (472) 0-0 2 1
13. Vanderbilt (468) 0-0 1 3
14. Minnesota 0-0 5 4
15. Purdue 0-0 0 9
16. Michigan State 0-0 7 NR
17. Rutgers 0-0 4 NR
18. Boston College (259) 0-0 1 4
18. Kansas State (259) 0-0 1 5
20. DePaul (232) 0-0 2 5
21. Penn State 0-0 6 6
22. Louisiana Tech (165) 0-0 1 2
23. Maryland 0-0 3 NR
24. Arizona 0-0 7 NR
25. Oklahoma (139) 0-0 1 8

Freshmen at Boost-Her Night

6 of the 7 - Sade had to go to class
Abby, Nicki, Alexis, Alex, Candace & Sybil


Nicki says she's put on 20 pounds of muscle and she loves the food in Tennessee


Nicki & Alexis witty and spirited


ALEX needs a little help from Candace without crutches


SADE SMILES

Cyber Stalker Alert

Over the past days one particular long time participant here on ESPN has adopted a string of identities and used them to post messages on the NCAA Women's Basketball board and on my profile wall. These messages have included personal attacks and vulgarities and the moderators removed them at my request.

The screen names involved are Slewbopper, Bauraass, and now Nameredacted - not much problem with those - I can handle them but Thursday evening 11/1 this poster used my real last name followed by _bass as yet another ESPN identity.
Again today 11-6 he used my real names (first and last) in two posts on a thread that has now been removed from the board by the moderators.

'Slewbopper' and I had become acquainted here some 4 years ago and even exchanged email after becoming friends of sorts. He also posted on The SUmmiTT under the screen name CTWhitey having been banned from posting on the Boneyard - or so he said. One night he posted a completely offensive rant on The SUmmiTT in what he later revealed was a drunken stupor. At that point I broke off all communication with him and later made it plain that I think interaction between UConn and Tennessee fans on The SUmmiTT is a bad idea to be avoided for the time being until the animosity over the cancellation is in the distant past.

Over the past months I have ignored his presence on the ESPN NCAA Women's Basketball board and on The SUmmiTT where he uses the identity BoldBidder. Evidently that has enraged him and he has now launched a series of personal attacks and rants at an alarming rate.

Once he decided to bring my real identity into the situation he crossed a line that I can no longer ignore. Slewbopper approached that line twice in the past addressing me by my first name instead of the screen name adopted for the internet. The use of my last name Thursday night was the final straw and I reported the situation to ESPN. Slewbopper aka Bauraass aka Nameredacted is the same person and I am urging him to cease and desist from using any part of my real identity on the internet.

To use private information gained from friendship as an attack on a public message board is the lowest form of behavior. I have refrained from answering or replying to 95% of the posts by Slewbopper for months now. His use of multiple identities is transparent. I was completely open to coexistence without contact, but Slewbopper has some ax to grind and simply will not leave it alone. It would be good if he would and we could continue to ignore each other. It seems he cannot abide by the simple rules of common decency suffering the absurd notion that anyone would find it acceptable to post private real identities of message board posters as an act of revenge.