The 1970s delivered a new generation of groundbreaking fixtures to the SEC. Dale Brown, a North Dakota native, brought an infectious personality and ferocious competitiveness to LSU men's basketball. In 1974, the incomparable Pat Summitt began her legendary coaching career at Tennessee at the age of just 22. Meanwhile, the year after the death of Coach Rupp in 1977, his successor Joe B. Hall and a pair of local Lexington stars led the Kentucky Wildcats team to a memorable national title, the program's first in 20 years.