trublue4life
01-26-2006, 10:10 PM
13,600+ and one of the loudest crowds I've ever seen at Rupp. I've been to men's games for the past 25-30 years and tonight's crowd for the WOMEN was one of the best ever. And, something I've never seen before at Rupp, the ENTIRE arena stood for almost the last 7 minutes of the game. I mean NOBODY sat down, not even during dead balls! It was awesome and I really believe the crowd made a significant difference both in motivating the Cats and rattling the Vols. There have been a few scattered coments about "maybe the men's team could learn from the women" (incidentally, one entire row in the Eruption Zone consisted of Crawford, Rondo, Morris, Perry, Stockton and friends); well, maybe the mens CROWD could learn something about willing your team to victory from the women's CROWD!