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's women's basketball program, and the team was anchored by former Tennessee All-American

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and the 1996 Olympic gold-medal winner and native Tennessean

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. However, after playing only 15 games in 1998, the team was forced to disband when, on December 22, 1998, the ABL suddenly ceased operating.

Team Record

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