The Lady Vols aren’t done showing off their new adidas look just yet.
After Tennessee Athletics rolled out three fresh basketball uniforms this week - orange on Monday, white on Tuesday and Summitt Blue on Wednesday - the women’s basketball program added another layer of intrigue on Thursday with a simple tease on X: “more coming soon”.
What that next reveal will be remains unclear. Under Nike, the Lady Vols’ main rotation consisted of those same three colors, and the program also had specialty uniforms with pink accents for Play4Kay and purple for We Back Pat. That leaves room for a few possibilities in the adidas rollout.
Some fans are wondering if Tennessee is about to unveil a new Dark Mode design. Football, men’s basketball and baseball all had Dark Mode uniforms under Nike, so that idea has picked up steam. Others think the tease could point to a throwback set tied to adidas’ first run with Tennessee, a stretch that brought major success under Pat Summitt.
The new partnership itself was framed as a big one by head coach Kim Caldwell.
“We couldn’t be more excited to launch our new partnership with adidas,” Lady Vols head coach Kim Caldwell said. “It’s a global brand that is part of the incredible history of Tennessee Athletics, recognizes the strength of our brand and is committed to investing in the future of our student-athletes and programs. We’re proud to rep the ‘3-Stripes’ and unite in building on to the incredibly successful era our department is experiencing.”
For now, the next piece of the puzzle is still under wraps. But the message from Tennessee was clear: the uniform rollout is not finished yet.
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