KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- As they watched television and waited to practice in advance of a second-round game against Oregon State, Tennessee players took in parts of No. 9 Quinnipiac's eventual win against No. 8 Miami. It was Quinnipiac's third tournament win in the past two years. Or one more than the Lady Vols in that span.
While they watched, someone asked which team No. 11 seed Central Michigan would play next after its 78-69 win against No. 6 seed LSU earlier in the afternoon.
The longest-serving assistant coach in Knoxville, someone who worked alongside Pat Summitt, Dean Lockwood considered a world in which there could be a second-round game like Tennessee and Oregon State and in which the Central Michigans of the world could have their day.