Kim Caldwell defeated the legend. She humbled the UConn brand. She planted her flag. She made the Lady Vols a player again.

Tennessee upset UConn 80-76 on Thursday night, earning its first win over the Huskies since 2007. Here's how social media reacted:

After the Tennessee Lady Vols upset UConn, Shea Ralph said she would be open to playing the Huskies and her mentor Geno Auriemma.

The UConn women’s basketball came up short in a fourth-quarter comeback, suffering its first upset against No. 19 Tennessee since 2007.

No. 19 Tennessee holds off No. 5 UConn, snapping the Huskies 11-game winning streak 80-76. This win marks the first time the Lady Volunteers have beaten Geno Auriemma's squad since 2007 after losing the past four matchups with the Huskies.

He doesn't recall much about that Jan. 6, 1996, meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third time in 12 months his UConn Huskies faced Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols. But he remembers how electric the environment was, how there wasn't an arena of that size, with that energy, on any other college campus in the country.

Kim Caldwell said her dad and Pat Summitt are "probably having a cold one celebrating" in heaven after Tennessee upset UConn.

First-year coach Kim Caldwell and No. 19 Tennessee got their first signature win of the season and it came against the Lady Vols’ longtime rival — UConn. A back and forth game went Tennessee’s way in the end as the team came away with an 80-76 victory Thursday night.

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball vs UConn Huskies on Feb. 6, 2025, at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee