Tennessee has been on the defensive about the call. Coach Summitt has firmly maintained that the victory is not tainted, and she suggested that it would have been a foul at the beginning of the game, so should have been at the end too.

"A lot of people are mad with Tennessee," Tasha Butts said. "But we didn't make the call. We didn't blow the whistle. We didn't beg the official for the call."

The Vols are trying to use the criticism as motivation -- they want to win again today to prove that they belong.