The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball program will begin its pursuit of a sixth consecutive Southern Conference tournament title with a quarterfinal against UNC Greensboro this evening in Asheville, N.C.
Winning this year’s championship could be the stiffest challenge yet in the title string for the Mocs, but the burden could be equally felt by their opponents – today and beyond.
UTC coach Jim Foster has made it known throughout the season the objective for the third-seeded Mocs (17-11) is to win “three games in four days” in Asheville, and that starts with their 5:45 p.m. matchup against sixth-seeded UNCG (12-17) at the U.S. Cellular Center. Foster has also been very clear the only women’s basketball players currently in the SoCon who know what it takes to do just that wear blue-and-gold uniforms with “Chattanooga” etched across their chest.
Since Foster took over at UTC prior to the 2013-14 season, his teams have been the only ones to win titles.
“It’s a reality, a truth,” Foster said Tuesday. “I usually like to deal in truth. I think the players, if you play well, you feel good about yourself. If you have mastered some specifics that have been talked about a lot, you feel better about yourself. If you have a better understanding of what the expectation is, you feel better about yourself.