UConn might as well have lost All-American Shea Ralph, who tormented UT in the Final Four but played terribly Thursday night. When UT's and UConn's best players suffer injuries or slumps, they find other best players. That's the difference between them and everyone else in women's basketball. Cronan is wrong to think a television network can create a rivalry the likes of this one. You build rivalries like this on the court.
Promotion only helps the rivalry.
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