Kellie Jolly Harper has another game at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Harper, the point guard on three national championship teams at Tennessee, will coach Western Carolina on Nov. 25 against the Lady Vols, the school announced on its Web site.
“Having a chance to play in Knoxville is a real treat for our players,” Harper said in the release. “Tennessee is the best atmosphere to play a women’s basketball game and our players deserve to experience that.”
This will be the second meeting between Harper and Summitt. UT and Western Carolina played in the first round of the 2005 NCAA tournament when Harper was a first-year coach at Western Carolina.
Tennessee also will play at Chattanooga on Nov. 21, where Harper was an assistant coach before going to Western Carolina.
Other non-conference games on UT’s schedule include a top TV date: a Feb. 2 game against Oklahoma in Oklahoma City that will be part of ESPN’s Big Monday coverage.
The Lady Vols will host Stanford on Dec. 21.
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Comments » 8
jackxx#237396 writes:
When is the complete LV schedule coming out?
jackfergs in VA
ahillen writes:
I checked with Lady Vols sports information and they said it would be in the next couple of weeks. They are waiting for the SEC to release the schedule.
98reax writes:
Oh you know Kellie will have her team primed and ready to steal this one in TBA. Wouldn't that be a feather in Kellie's coaching cap? I haven't done my homework to see what her Lineup looks like, who's returning, all that, but WC was no slouch last season.
utvolz#637682 writes:
98reax,
From what I saw, Kelly has lots of seniors and freshmen. I guess her team will be very experienced, very young, or somewhere in between. Regardless, Pat and the Lady Vols will be ready for them. GO LADY VOLS!
Frank in Miami (and soon to be in Manchester!)
volboy81#211803 writes:
when did WCU beat UT NINE times???
slsmithsr#269458 writes:
Lest you forget, each year, Kellie get burned by Wes Moore's Chattanooga Lady Mocs (where she was a former assistant coach) in the Southern Conference. Only once have they gotten past them and those same Lady Mocs have a annual loss against Pat's girls. Do you really think WCU can give her a harder game than they.....Kellie or no Kellie?
rpowell#1351102 writes:
volboy, to answer your ? about the record of the UT-WCU series is LV leads the series 9-7, w/ most of the games in the 70's.
wally writes:
My only question is...when are we going to bring Kellie home by having her join the LV staff?
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