Thriller for All-Time Women's Title - TN vs La Tech Final Revealed Below

The previous blog detailed the first half of our All-Time Women's great championship using the Value Add Basketball Game. Our first men's all-time 96 team tournament concluded with Bill Walton's UCLA defeating Michael Jordan's UNC, 66-58 (see men's game log here). 

The championship was a thriller. We will post the score at the bottom, in case you want to go through the back-and-forth possession-by-possession below. If not, just skip to the bottom to see our all-time women's champ.

While our all-time bracket yielded this championship of Pat Summitt's 1998 Tennessee team against the first ever NCAA Women's national champs Louisiana Tech from 1982, we believe UConn 2016 actually has the best player cards in the game and would still be the favorite if you start a new tournament. Other teams that would also have a decent shot to win if you played your own tournament would be UConn 2010, Baylor 2012 and 2019, USC 1983 with Cheryl Miller and Notre Dame 2018. 

Here is the game log. Louisiana Tech led the game 33-31 entering the second half:

 

Poss	Tennessee	Action	Louisiana Tech 1982	Action	Tenn	LT
33	Tamika Catchings	miss	Janice Lawrence	rebound	31	33
33			Kim Mulkey	2	31	35
32	Kellie Jolly	2			33	35
32			Janice Lawrence	2	33	37
31	Tamika Catchings	3			36	37
31	Chamique Holdsclaw	rebound	Angela Turner	miss	36	37
30	Tamika Catchings	miss	Angela Turner	rebound	36	37
30	Kristen "Ace" Clement	Foul	Pam Kelly	2	36	39
30			Pam Kelly	1	36	40
29	Chamique Holdsclaw	2			38	40
29			Pam Kelly	2	38	42
28	Tamika Catchings	1	Janice Lawrence	Foul	39	42
28	Tamika Catchings	1			40	42
28	Tamika Catchings	Block	Janice Lawrence	miss	40	42
28	Chamique Holdsclaw	rebound			40	42
27	Kellie Jolly	turnover	Angela Turner	Steal	40	42
27			Angela Turner	Turnover	40	42
26	Tamika Catchings	miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	40	42
26	Chamique Holdsclaw	Foul	Pam Kelly	1	40	43
26			Pam Kelly	1	40	44
25	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Angela Turner	rebound	40	44
25			Pam Kelly	Turnover	40	44
24	Tamika Catchings	1	Janice Lawrence	Foul	41	44
24	Tamika Catchings	1			42	44
24			Lori Scott	Turnover	42	44
23	Tamika Catchings	miss	Janice Lawrence	block	42	44
23			Kim Mulkey	rebound	42	44
23	Kristen "Ace" Clement		Janice Lawrence	miss	42	44
22	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	42	44
22			Janice Lawrence	Turnover	42	44
21	Kellie Jolly	2			44	44
21	Tamika Catchings	Block	Janice Lawrence	miss	44	44
21	Chamique Holdsclaw	rebound			44	44
20	Tamika Catchings	miss	Janice Lawrence	block	44	44
20	Kristen "Ace" Clement	Off Reb			44	44
20	Chamique Holdsclaw	2			46	44
20	Chamique Holdsclaw	Foul	Pam Kelly	1	46	45
20			Pam Kelly	1	46	46
19	Semeka Randall	miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	46	46
19			Kim Mulkey	3	46	49
18	Kellie Jolly	turnover	Angela Turner	Steal	46	49
18	Chamique Holdsclaw	Block	Pam Kelly	miss	46	49
18	Semeka Randall	rebound			46	49
17	Semeka Randall	2			48	49
17	Chamique Holdsclaw	Block	Pam Kelly	miss	48	49
17	Semeka Randall	rebound			48	49
16	Kellie Jolly	3			51	49
16	Chamique Holdsclaw	steal	Pam Kelly	Turnover	51	49
15	Tamika Catchings	miss	Janice Lawrence	rebound	51	49
15	Kristen "Ace" Clement	steal	Kim Mulkey	Turnover	51	49
14	Chamique Holdsclaw	turnover			51	49
14			Janice Lawrence	2	51	51
13	Kristen "Ace" Clement	turnover	Kim Mulkey	Steal	51	51
13			Pam Kelly	2	51	53
12	Tamika Catchings	3			54	53
12	Tamika Catchings	Block	Pam Kelly	miss	54	53
11	Kristen "Ace" Clement	miss	Janice Lawrence	rebound	54	53
11			Lori Scott	Turnover	54	53
10	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss			54	53
10	Chamique Holdsclaw	Off Reb			54	53
10	Kellie Jolly	turnover	Angela Turner	Steal	54	53
10	Kristen "Ace" Clement	steal	Kim Mulkey	Turnover	54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss			54	53
9	Semeka Randall	Off Reb			54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Pam Kelly	block	54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	Off Reb			54	53
9	Tamika Catchings	miss			54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	Off Reb			54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Pam Kelly	block	54	53
9			Kim Mulkey	rebound	54	53
9	Chamique Holdsclaw	rebound	Pam Kelly	miss	54	53
8	Kellie Jolly	2			56	53
8			Angela Turner	3	56	56
7	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	56	56
7			Janice Lawrence	2	56	58
6	Chamique Holdsclaw	ft miss	Pam Kelly	foul	56	58
6	Chamique Holdsclaw	ft miss	Janice Lawrence	rebound	56	58
6	Tamika Catchings	steal	Janice Lawrence	Turnover	56	58
5	Semeka Randall	miss ft	Lori Scott	foul	56	58
5	Semeka Randall	1			57	58
5	Tamika Catchings	foul	Janice Lawrence	ft miss	57	58
5			Janice Lawrence	1	57	59
5a	Tamika Catchings	1	Janice Lawrence	foul	58	59
5a	Tamika Catchings	1			59	59
5a	Tamika Catchings	1			60	59
5a	Tamika Catchings	Block	Angela Turner	miss	60	59
5a			Janice Lawrence	Off Reb	60	59
5a			Janice Lawrence	2	60	61
4	Kellie Jolly	3			63	61
4	Chamique Holdsclaw	foul	Pam Kelly	1	63	62
4			Pam Kelly	1	63	63
4a	Chamique Holdsclaw	2			65	63
4a	Semeka Randall	rebound	Angela Turner	miss	65	63
3	Semeka Randall	3	Lori Scott	foul	68	63
3	Semeka Randall	1			69	63
3			Pam Kelly	2	69	65
3a	Kristen "Ace" Clement	turnover	Kim Mulkey	steal	69	65
3a			Lori Scott	Turnover	69	65
2	Chamique Holdsclaw	ft miss	Pam Kelly	foul	69	65
2	Chamique Holdsclaw	ft miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	69	65
2	Tamika Catchings	foul	Janice Lawrence	1	69	66
2	Chamique Holdsclaw	rebound	Janice Lawrence	ft miss	69	66
2a	Chamique Holdsclaw	miss	Pam Kelly	rebound	69	66
2a	Tamika Catchings	foul	Janice Lawrence	ft miss	69	66
2a			Janice Lawrence	1	69	67
1	Chamique Holdsclaw	1	Kim Mulkey	foul	70	67
1	Chamique Holdsclaw	ft miss			70	67
1	Chamique Holdsclaw	steal	Janice Lawrence	Turnover	70	67
1a	Kristen "Ace" Clement	turnover	Kim Mulkey	Steal	70	67
1a			Angela Turner	Turnover	70	67

Not possessions 5a, 4a, 3a, 2a and 1a all occurred because in the last nine possessions (5 minutes) a foul or a steal and fast break create an extra possession, and fouls occurred on all five of the last possessions.

Tennessee 1998 All-Time Women's Champ - 70-67

Kim Mulkey's third steal of the game in the closing seconds gave Louisiana Tech a final shot at a 3-pointer to force overtime, and she got it to Angela Turner whose 3-point range was 1-4, since they were playing for a 3-point shot, but Tennessee pressured a turnover to end the game with the 70-67 win.

2-point shooting. Looking at the stats below, Pam Kelly (5 of 7) and Janice Lawrence (5 of 8) led a dominant inside scoring performance by Louisiana Tech as the team his 65% of all 2-point shots (22 of 34).

Offensive Rebound. While La Tech was forcing missed 2-pointers by Tennessee, Chamique Holdsclaw grabbed 6 offensive rebounds among her 14 rebounds to help Tennessee secure 34% of all their missed shots (13 of 38) to score on second chance points.

3-point shooting. The real equalizer though was 3-point shooting, where Tamika Catchings let the way with 3 of 6 three-pointers as the team also hit a great 50% with 7 of 14 to score 12 more points from deep than Louisiana Tech since Pam Kelly and company were simply not letting them score inside.

 

La Tech 1982 Players	Pts	Reb	2pt	2ptA	3pt	3ptA	FT	FTA	Oreb	Dreb	Stl	TO	Bl	Foul
Kim Mulkey	7	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	2
Angela Turner	7	3	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	1
Janice Lawrence	13	7	5	8	0	2	3	6	2	5	0	3	2	4
Lori Scott	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4
Pam Kelly	17	8	5	7	0	0	7	7	1	7	0	2	3	3
Julie Wilkerson	5	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1
Jennifer White	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Pam Grant	5	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Tia Sossamon	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Debra Rodman	7	2	2	3	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
Louisiana Tech	67	31	22	34	3	7	14	17	6	25	9	18	6	21
				65%		43%		82%	23%
Tennessee 1998 Players
Kristen "Ace" Clement	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	2
Kellie Jolly	14	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1
Tamika Catchings	18	2	1	6	3	6	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	4
Semeka Randall	11	6	2	3	1	2	4	5	2	4	0	0	0	1
Chamique Holdsclaw	9	14	4	14	0	0	1	6	6	8	2	2	4	1
Laurie Milligan	5	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1
Brynae Laxton	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Niya Butts	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
LaShonda Stephens	3	3	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1
Teresa Geter	4	2	1	3	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
Tennessee	70	33	17	45	7	14	15	22	13	20	9	13	4	17
				38%		50%		68%	34%

On the stats note that in addition to the stats in the running score, each player gets the following stats at the beginning to account for the 20-20 score before we play the final 44 possessions.

All 10 players start with:

2 points on 1 of 2 shooting.

1 defensive rebound.

1 foul

Plus certain players get extras at the start:

The two starting guards get a steal and a turnover committee.

The backup point guard gets a turnover.

The starting center gets a blocked shot.

The starting center and two forwards get a offensive rebound in addition to the one defensive rebound all 10 players get.