Kim Caldwell responds to Andraya Carter's critique of Lady Vols basketball
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Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell said she couldn't be upset at Andraya Carter's comments on the program during ESPN's "College GameDay" on Feb. 22.
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Carter, a former Lady Vol herself, led a five-minute segment during the hourlong pregame show critiquing Tennessee. Carter said she saw a team that had "no belief" and that it didn't look like the players knew who to turn to.
Carter, who played at Tennessee from 2012-16, said it looked like Tennessee players didn't believe in Caldwell's system.
Caldwell was asked for her response to Carter's comments after Tennessee (16-11, 8-7 SEC) lost 89-73 to No. 6 LSU (25-4, 11-4) at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Feb. 26.
"I think that it's fair for the most critical people of this program to be the people who have built this program," Caldwell said. "And it's hard for me to get upset with a lot of critique when I'm my biggest critic, and I know that things aren't going the way that they need to be going. And I’m not leaving work every day, happy and satisfied and patting myself on the back. No one in our program is.
"We have a program full of love, we have a program full of honesty, and we know that, and I think that that's why they've been able to be so resilient through this."
Carter's comments came after the Lady Vols lost by historic margins to both UConn and South Carolina.
Tennessee has had better showings as of late, but it has still lost five straight games and eight of its last 10 after falling to LSU.
The Lady Vols will wrap up the regular season against No. 5 Vanderbilt at home on March 1 (2 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women's athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: [email protected]; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social. Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks: subscribe.knoxnews.com/offers
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