Part Three: Changing of the Guard, 1971-1979

Overview

The Seventies delivered a brand new era of groundbreaking fixtures to the SEC. Dale Brown, a North Dakota native, introduced an infectious character and ferocious competitiveness to LSU males’s basketball. In 1974, the incomparable Pat Summitt started her legendary teaching profession at Tennessee on the age of simply 22. Meanwhile, the yr after the demise of Coach Rupp in 1977, his successor Joe B. Hall and a pair of native Lexington stars led the Kentucky Wildcats staff to a memorable nationwide title, this system’s first in 20 years.