PART FIVE: From Country to City, 1990-1999

In 1991 and 1992, a young Dawn Staley was finishing up a stellar college basketball career - earning Naismith College Player of the Year honors in her junior and senior seasons - even meeting Coach Summitt's Lady Vols in the 1991 NCAA title game. Meanwhile Arkansas joined the SEC and the Razorbacks instantly became one of the conference's top men's teams, led by their fearless, fiery coach Nolan Richardson and his "40 Minutes of Hell" attack. Arkansas won an NCAA championship in 1994, while Kentucky returned to prominence under Rick Pitino, who led the Wildcats to a national title in 1996 in a Men's Final Four that included a surprising Mississippi State team. Back in Knoxville, Coach Summitt enjoyed her greatest decade at Tennessee, winning three consecutive national championships from 1996 to 1998.

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