Tyler Summitt said the Nashville bid for a WNBA expansion team, named the Tennessee Summitt, is the "perfect way" to honor Pat Summitt's legacy.

Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and his wife Crissy Haslam submitted an expansion bid to bring the "Tennessee Summitt" to the WNBA.

A group of investors, including a former governor of Tennessee, has made a bid to bring a professional women’s basketball team to the Volunteer State. Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife are reportedly leading a group of investors in the bid to bring a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team to Nashville.