kmharris03

The AAU site indicates Pride won 69-68 in OT. That must have been a doozie! Some of you folks who had the benefit of seeing that one simply MUST give us the scoop.

How many of the players who were on last year's 14U Pride team are also on this year's 15U squad? I don't live in Middle Tennessee, so I'm not familiar with who's playing on this year's team and who's not.

Also, which Team Pride team is which? I'm specifically curious about the 15U group. I suppose the only good way to answer that is to tell who coaches Maroon and who coaches Gold.

Actually, Tiffany's class at UT did go to the Final Four their senior year. They lost to UConn in the championship game. Tiffany didn't play in the game because she had the torn ACL, but alas, they did make the Final Four. Now, they didn't win a national title, but they're not the only class to fail to do so. Since Tennesee hasn't won one since 1998, there have been a number of kids leave without a title. Just a little correction to the earlier comment.

Double amen! Very well spoken tnwareagle.

I've been reading these boards for quite some time now, but I've never felt compelled to post...until today. Let me first state that I don't know Tiffany personally, and in fact, have never even spoken to the woman. I have, however, followed girl's high school basketball in Tennessee for a long time, and I'm certainly familiar with some of the more storied programs in the state, including Shelbyville. All that said, I would think that, given her contributions to some of the success enjoyed by Shelbyville and the positive manner in which she's represented the program since, it must be quite hurtful for Tiffany to see remarks like "Tiffany didn't make Shelbyville, Shelbyville made Tiffany" thrown out for public consumption, especially when that remark came from someone with ties to the school. I would hope I wouldn't dare make such a silly remark about an individual who led my team to three state titles (I believe that's correct) and a national title, was named the Player of the Year by a slew of national publications and organizations, and then went on to represent my school at a top-notch Division I program and in the WNBA. If that's the thanks Tiffany gets for all of her accomplishments at Shelbyville, it's unfortunate that she had to rack up her accolades in that school's uniform. I have no idea whether any bad blood has arisen between Tiffany and the Shelbyville masses since she graduated, and I don't care to know. What I do know is that she was one heckuva representative for that Eaglette program, and remarks like the aforementioned one make me sick. I'll say one more thing, then I'll go back to my "lurking" status. As a little girl growing up in East Tennessee, my dad and I made several trips to Murfreesboro for the state tournament. I was familiar with Shelbyville since they were always there (late 80s - early 90s), but above all else, I was very familiar with the kid named Woosley who played for the team. Somehow I don't think I'm the only person in the U.S. who first caught wind of Tiffany before they started to follow the tradition of the Shelbyville program, and to suggest otherwise is narrow-minded and thankless.