Filed under: Tennessee, SEC, Women's Basketball
When Tyler Summitt was playing high school basketball at Webb School in Knoxville, he could hear the chants from the stands.
"Ma-ma's boy! Ma-ma's Boy!"
Road games, home games. Didn't matter.
His mother, the winningest coach in the history of college basketball, she heard them too. And on more than one occasion, Pat Summitt would go over and have a seat in the section where all the noise was coming from.
"It didn't seem to have the same spirit after that," Pat Summitt said.
Uh, yeah.
It doesn't bother Tyler Summitt that he's got perhaps the most famous last name in town, or even that his last name is painted on the court where he practices every day.
His perspective about legacy is as clear as his future goals. Pat Summitt's only son, the boy who was nearly born on a recruiting trip and was practically raised in Thompson-Boling Arena, is a walk-on on at the University of Tennessee basketball team.
His goal is to become a coach like his mom. He is willing to absorb the ribbing and the doubts that come with his ambitions, particularly when they are countered by the unbridled support of his teammates and his coach.
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