CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Each championship celebration is a little different.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coach Wes Moore cut down the net, descended the ladder and tossed the net to longtime supporter Dean Heavener minutes after the Lady Mocs beat Samford 72-67 in the Southern Conference women’s basketball tournament final Monday evening.
From the other end of the court in Time Warner Arena, UTC seniors Shanara Hollinquest and Jenaya Wade-Fray sneaked a 5-gallon water jug into the locker room.
In several of Moore’s other seven SoCon championships, he’s appeared at the postgame news conference drenched with water or PowerAde or both. Monday, he arrived dry and with his hair in place.