KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Chamique Holdsclaw and Kellie Jolly joke about what will happen if they find themselves guarding each other in the pros.
"Chamique said she would probably talk trash to Kellie, and Kellie said she would put a 3 right in her face if she did that," Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt said Wednesday."It will be interesting. I would like to see that myself."
For one last time, the trio fielded questions in the Lady Vols' locker room. Trophies from Tennessee's six NCAA championships, including three in which Holdsclaw and Jolly played key roles, were pushed to the side.
Behind them hung a blue backdrop covered with the logos of the WNBA. Holdsclaw was the league's top draft choice Tuesday, and Jolly was a fourth-round pick.
"I think both of these young ladies will carry a winning tradition to the next level," Summitt said.
"I don't think it has hit me that I am not going to be wearing orange and white," said Jolly, sporting the blue and black uniform of the Cleveland Rockers, a gift Holdsclaw brought back from draft day ceremonies in New York. "But I think I am ready to move on to a new part of my life."
Summitt said she knows that expectations will be running high, especially for Holdsclaw, a two-time AP player of the year and Tennessee's top career scorer with 3,025 points.
"It is unbelievable the expectations that are out there for her, but there are a lot of people who also are very aware that she is going to a team that last year struggled," Summitt said of Holdsclaw's new team, the Washington Mystics.
"But I think everyone is excited about having Chamique in the league and about the league in general," Summitt said. "So I think there will be a lot of support there for her as well as for Washington."
Holdsclaw is unfazed. She's known pressure ever since she arrived at Tennessee from Astoria, N.Y.
"I gotta be confident," she said. "I was confident for my four years here. If you are not confident, you are not going to accomplish anything."
But both have business to attend to before the WNBA. They graduate May 14 -- Holdsclaw with a degree in political science and Jolly with a degree in math. The next day, Holdsclaw is a bridesmaid in Jolly's wedding in Sparta, Tenn. Then it's on to the pros.
"This is an exciting time in my life and a time for transition," Jolly said. "There are a lot of changes for me, but I am ready for it."
Will the bright lights of the WNBA change Holdsclaw? "Oh, my life has changed every year here," she said. "I've experienced everything. And I think I have handled it well thus far. I am comfortable with who I am. A paycheck is not going to change me."