Customer Reviews

Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry

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I think the book is fascinating. The competition between U Conn and Tennessee is one of the greatest of any sport, considering that women's basketball was a fledgling sport just 15 years ago.The 2 coaches and programs were so different at one point and now go head to head for every great player.The book gives tremendous insight into women's baskteball and the actual recuiting process and is a must read if you love the sport. Hope the teams meet in teh final four this year!

This is a difficult book to read. It feels more like a first draft than a published manuscript. In addition to the countless typos mentioned elsewhere, Kent repeats the same information over and over, sometimes in consecutive paragraphs, even in consecutive sentences. Check out this passage about Diana Taurasi from page 49: "She is currently the star for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA and just earned a WNBA Championship along side (sic) Rutgers star Cappie Pondexter. That journey may have been made easier recently when Phoenix acquired star Rutgers guard Cappie Pondexter". This type of confusing and repetitive writing distracts from the story Kent tries to tell. That story, by the way, is about UCONN, with significantly less room devoted to Tennessee. If you know anything about the history of these two teams you will not find a lot of new information here. If you are new to the topic you can learn a lot here, if you can tolerate the writing style.

This is a bad book. In fact, it would be a bad term paper. This book is bad from beginning to end - from the Preface whose author is only obliquely identified as Mel Greenberg to the final appendix of photographs which is not listed in the Table of Contents. The photographs themselves appear without credits or captions. In between
there are numerous errors, repetitions and disconnections as noted in other reviews. For example, at different points in the book, the author claims or implies that Tennessee had won 3, 5 and 7 NCAA Championships before UConn one its first. (The correct answer is 3.)

Hopefully, someone else will attempt to write a better and more complete book on the Uconn vs. Tennessee rivalry. The two teams have played only 22 times. A comprehensive book on the rivalry could easily include a box score and synopsis of each game, along with a discussion of the game-turning plays. Also, there should be team rosters for each of the 13 years in which the two teams played so that the reader can follow the evolution of the rivalry.

I have been a fan of women's baskeball for over 10 years. This book is fascinating. It really gives the reader the inside on how the series came to an end. The whole saga is sad for women's basketball but maybe somehow the teams will get back together when the coaches change. The Rizzotti stuff was an eye opener!

This book is very hard to get through. I wonder if it even had an editor...or if anyone bothered to read it before it was printed. Most of these errors would've been found by any person who just read through it one time. Bad grammar, errors, repetitive sentences and even paragraphs. Pages 11 & 13 have essentially the same paragraph. Most "paragraphs" in the book are only 1 or 2 sentences long which makes for a very choppy read. I was really looking forward to reading this book but I am sorely disappointed.

This book is one of the most poorly written and edited books I have ever attempted to read. Many of the other reviews capture the problems with the manuscript and I agree that it reads far more like a preliminary draft than a finished product. This is a shame because the subject deserves better detail and literary treatment. If you are a UConn fan by the new Bird at the Buzzer by Jeff Goldberg instead.

Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women's Basketball Classic

I enjoyed this book very much, but I was disappointed that it was written before the Lady Vols canceled the series. I would love to know why the series was canceled. It was a great rivalry.

I thought the book was really interesting....missing some players that play in the WNBA though.

This book gives great behind-the-scenes scoop on 2 of the most storied teams - and coaches - in womens college basketball. Well-written and well-researched. A must-read for anyone who follows the sport!

I couldn't believe the amount of typos, misspelled names, and grammar mistakes in this book! It got to the point where it was distracting. Other than the poor editing the book was a pretty good read as a fan. It brought back some good memories from the series but wasn't the greatest thing I've ever read.