Even on verge of milestone, Summitt not content 
January, 30, 2009
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There have been a good number of these on the path to Pat Summitt's 1,000th win: the games Tennessee is "supposed" to lose … but somehow still doesn't.
On Thursday night in Knoxville, Mississippi had this win almost in the bag, going ahead of Tennessee by nine points with just more than 4 minutes left. Ole Miss was still up by five with 1:16 remaining.
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espnW.comMechelle Voepel joined ESPN.com in 1996 and covers women's college hoops, the WNBA and additional collegiate sports for espnW.
Born in Los Angeles, she grew up 40 miles north of St. Louis and is a lifelong Cardinals fan still basking in amazement over their 2011 World Series title.
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