Dozens of Pat Summitts former Tennessee players and coaches descended on Knoxville over the weekend, making the basketball pilgrimage to say their final goodbyes to the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history.Summitt, who died Tuesday morning at age 64, was much more than just their coach. She was a role model, a second mother, a friend, a mentor.WNBA stars Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings knew they had to see her one more time. So they flew in over the weekend between WNBA games.Shes touched so many lives in the game of basketball and has grown the game, Parker said. Shes changed the way womens basketball is played. Shes changed the nature of womens basketball. She changed the way I looked at life.Shes not a person that just talks the talk, she walks the walk as well.Catchings said the biggest thing that Summitt taught her was integrity.Have integrity in everything you do, Catchings said Tuesday.I was blessed to have the opportunity to have such an amazing role model and such an amazing mentor, sister and friend, she added. To have the opportunity to be around someone like her (was special).Summitt came to watch Catchings win her only WNBA title in 2012. It meant the world to Catchings as she embraced her coach after the series clinching game.Catchings went with her mom to see Summit toward the end of last year. She knew she had to see her one more time before she died.Selfishly, I wish she was here, Catchings said. When I think about it, Im glad that she is free.Basketballs, orange and white balloons and flowers were left in front of her statue on Tennessees campus Tuesday. Summitts family plans a private funeral and burial but will hold a celebration of her life July 14 at Thompson-Boling Arena, where the court is named after the former coach.Shes the most important figure in the history of the sport, former Tennessee player Kara Lawson said. Her impact, she forever changed the sport, and her impact will always be felt by any player that plays the game. Anybody that loves the game of basketball owes a debt of gratitude to her. You think of how far the womens game has come, how normal it is to watch women play on TV, how normal it is for a young boy to look up to a young woman. That wasnt normal.Summitt helped grow womens basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years. She made people care about the game.I think she brought the womens college game from the back page to the front page, Los Angeles Sparks coach Brian Agler said. Tennessee was the foundation that the modern era of womens basketball was built on.In 1995 when she played UConn in a national televised game, the AP held its womens basketball poll until the game ended -- the first and only time thats happened in the polls 40-year history. Tennessee and Connecticut had the best rivalry in the sport over the next dozen years before it ended. UConn coach Geno Auriemma put Summitts impact succinctly when he said Monday:Our sport is synonymous with Pat Summitt, and Pat Summitt is synonymous with womens basketball.Tennessee -- the only school she coached -- won NCAA championships in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-98 and 2007-08. Summitt, who won eight NCAA championships overall, had a career record of 1,098-208 in 38 seasons, plus 18 NCAA Final Four appearances.But a stat that was really important to the Hall of Fame coach during the 38 years she coached at Tennessee: graduation rate.It was huge for her, said Holly Warlick, who took over for Summitt as coach of Tennessee and also played for her. You were not going to step on the floor if you missed a class, her rules were very simple. We still use them today.You sit in the first three rows. If you miss a class, you miss a game. ... She never wavered. We still have a 100 percent graduation rate. Nike Tanjun Clearance Sale . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Nike Tanjun Discount .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. 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Joe Allens form has been keeping the Spaniard out of Citys side, but he made an impact from the bench in east London to extend the clubs unbeaten run to six Premier League games.Trailing to a Glenn Whelan own goal, Hughes sent on Bojan for his first appearance since September 18 and was rewarded with an equaliser as he took advantage of Adrians mistake to volley a smart finish. Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, the Stoke boss said: Hes been unfortunate. Joes come in, Ive changed his position and hes been fantastic. Bojan volleys Stokes equaliser at West Ham Bojans been affected by Joes form but hes trained really well while hes been out of the side and his focus is spot on.It has to be, because when youre called you have to make an impact. He was ready and thats what we need.Hughes said he felt hard done by after Michail Antonios header deflected in off Whelan to give West Ham a lead he felt they barely merited on the balance of play.I was really pleased, said the Welshman, whose side failed to win any of their first seven in the league. It was a good away performance. Watch highlights of West Ham 1-1 Stoke We came with a bit of confidence, in good nick and looking for a fourth win on the trot.dddddddddddd We werent quite able to do that but weve kept our run going which is something.Weve clearly turned our season around - a lot was made of the opening few games, and we had a poor performance against Crystal Palace and a half against Tottenham.Apart from that we were always in games, we knew we werent far from getting back to the level were capable of, and weve proved that.Their goal was a little bit unfortunate - I think there was a slight deflection as they challenged for the ball and that has just taken the ball away from Lee Grant.We felt hard done by because at that point wed never really been under any pressure and were always trying to take the game to West Ham. Also See: Stoke video Stoke fixtures Stoke stats Get a ￡10 free bet! ' ' '