When Lady Vols basketball found out it would be playing in Raleigh, North Carolina, nobody was more excited than Tamari Key.

“We’re probably 10 minutes away from NC State,” Key said. “I grew up going to watch them play, and Duke and UNC. I came back to my phone with a million and one text messages and a lot of people I need to add to my ticket list.”

In her five-year career, Key has never played in her home state. She has never had the chance to impress those who got her to where she is now. Some friends and family have made the trip to Knoxville, but everyone has not been able to do so.