He had just tied Pat Summitt for the most titles in in NCAA history and wasn't ready to discuss a repeat.

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UConn entered the season having lost in the 2011 and 2012 national semifinals, Tennessee without coach Pat Summitt for the first time since 1974.

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"The only person I compare myself to is Pat Summitt and to be there in that spot with her means a lot to me, " Auriemma said.

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Summitt devotes much of her time now to the Pat Summitt Foundation, which works to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to help educate, fund research and fight Alzheimer's.

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