Indeed, who would have predicted ten years ago that women's basketball would become so wildly popular in Connecticut? Well, people who have watched the growth of women's basketball in southern states are not surprised. The enormous campus arenas at the state universities in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia are filled to capacity for every home game. The coach for Tennessee's Lady Vols, Pat Summitt, has achieved nearly godlike stature in that state. A tall, striking figure on- and off-court, Summitt commands respect wherever she goes. My youngest sister, Ruth Ann, who lives in Tennessee, says you can't get near Pat Summit after a game. "You'd think she was a rock star," she says. Although Geno Auriemma, Coach of the UConn women's team, doesn't yet enjoy that kind of support, he is rapidly becoming a widely recognized figure. In Connecticut, we no longer say there is basketball in college sports and then there is women's basketball; we say there is men's basketball and women's basketball.