2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
SEC Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches #5
AP #6
2014–15 record 30–6 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach Holly Warlick (3rd year)
Assistant coach Kyra Elzy
Assistant coach Jolette Law
Assistant coach Dean Lockwood
Home arena Thompson–Boling Arena
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 South Carolina*† 15 – 1   .938     34 – 3   .919
#6 Tennessee 15 – 1   .938     30 – 6   .833
#12 Mississippi State 11 – 5   .688     27 – 7   .794
#11 Kentucky 10 – 6   .625     24 – 10   .706
#21 Texas A&M 10 – 6   .625     23 – 10   .697
LSU 10 – 6   .625     17 – 14   .548
Missouri 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Georgia 6 – 10   .375     19 – 12   .613
Arkansas 6 – 10   .375     18 – 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 – 11   .313     15 – 16   .484
Florida 5 – 11   .313     13 – 17   .433
Auburn 3 – 13   .188     13 – 18   .419
Alabama 2 – 14   .125     13 – 19   .406
† 2015 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, lead by head 3rd year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference.

They finished the season 30-6, 15-1 SEC play to share the SEC regular season title with South Carolina. They advanced to the SEC Women's Tournament championship game where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they beat Boise State in first round, Pittsburgh in the second round, and Gonzaga in the Sweet Sixteen, before losing last year's Sweet Sixteen rematch to Maryland in the Elite Eight.

In the 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals, senior Ariel Massengale became only the third Tennessee player to have 1,000 points and 500 career assists.[1]

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
F 11 Burdick, CierraCierra Burdick style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Butler H.S. Charlotte, N.C.
G 14 Carter, AndrayaAndraya Carter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Buford H.S. Flowery Branch, Ga.
G 10 DeShields, DiamondDiamond DeShields style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So North Carolina Norcross, Ga.
G/F 13 Dunbar, KortneyKortney Dunbar style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Edwardsville H.S. Edwardsville, Ill.
F 12 Graves, BashaaraBashaara Graves style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Clarksville H.S. Clarksville, Tenn.
C 20 Harrison, IsabelleIsabelle Harrison  style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Hillsboro H.S. Nashville, Tenn.
F 2 Jones, JasmineJasmine Jones  style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bob Jones H.S. Madison, Ala.
PG 5 Massengale, ArielAriel Massengale style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Bolingbrook H.S. Bolingbrook, Ill.
G 33 Middleton, AlexaAlexa Middleton style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Riverdale H.S. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
C 1 Moore, NiaNia Moore style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Bolingbrook H.S. Chicago, Ill.
G/F 31 Nared, JaimeJaime Nared style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Westview H.S. Portland, Ore.
G 0 Reynolds, JordanJordan Reynolds style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Central Catholic H.S. Portland, Ore.
C 21 Russell, MercedesMercedes Russell  style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Springfield H.S. Springfield, Ore.
G 4 Tucker, JannahJannah Tucker style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr New Town H.S. Baltimore, Md.
Head coach

Holly Warlick

Assistant coach(es)

Kyra Elzy
Jolette Law
Dean Lockwood

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-14

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 4 4 4 14 11 11 8 8 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
Coaches 4 5 5 14 13 12 11 9 9 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5

Schedule and Results

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov 9, 2014* #4 Carson–Newman W 90–57  – Thompson–Boling Arena (9,924)
Regular Season
Nov 14, 2014* #4 Penn W 97–52  1–0 Thompson–Boling Arena (9,706)
Nov 17, 2014* #4 Oral Roberts W 91–39  2–0 Thompson–Boling Arena (8,861)
Nov 21, 2014* #4 Winthrop W 81–48  3–0 Thompson–Boling Arena (9,267)
Nov 24, 2014* #4 Tennessee State W 97–46  4–0 Thompson–Boling Arena (9,137)
Nov 26, 2014* #4 at Chattanooga L 63–67  4–1 McKenzie Arena (4,160)
Nov 30, 2014* #4 at #6 Texas L 57–72  4–2 Frank Erwin Center (4,198)
Dec 3, 2014* #14 Saint Francis (PA) W 111–44  5–2 Thompson–Boling Arena (9,126)
Dec 7, 2014* #14 at Lipscomb W 85–51  6–2 Allen Arena (2,742)
Dec 14, 2014* #11 at #17 Rutgers W 55–45  7–2 The RAC (4,543)
Dec 16, 2014* #11 Wichita State W 54–51  8–2 Thompson–Boling Arena (9,026)
Dec 20, 2014* #11 #7 Stanford W 59–40  9–2 Thompson–Boling Arena (13,056)
Dec 28, 2014* #8 #10 Oregon State W 74–63  10–2 Thompson–Boling Arena (11,123)
Jan 2, 2015 #8 Missouri W 63–53  11–2 (1–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (9,570)
Jan 5, 2015 #7 at Vanderbilt W 57–49  12–2 (2–0) Memorial Gymnasium (7,212)
Jan 8, 2015 #7 #9 Texas A&M W 81–58  13–2 (3–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (10,507)
Jan 11, 2015 #7 at Arkansas W 60–51  14–2 (4–0) Bud Walton Arena (2,344)
Jan 15, 2015 #6 at Auburn W 54–42  15–2 (5–0) Auburn Arena (2,590)
Jan 19, 2015* #5 at #6 Notre Dame L 77–88  15–3 Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149)
Jan 22, 2015 #5 LSU W 75–58  16–3 (6–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (11,612)
Jan 25, 2015 #5 #22 Georgia W 59–51  17–3 (7–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (13,428)
Jan 29, 2015 #6 at #10 Kentucky W 73–72  18–3 (8–0) Memorial Coliseum (7,407)
Feb 1, 2015 #6 #18 Mississippi State W 79–67  19–3 (9–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (11,507)
Feb 8, 2015 #6 at Florida W 64–56  20–3 (10–0) O'Connell Center (3,439)
Feb 12, 2015 #6 at Ole Miss W 69–49  21–3 (11–0) Tad Smith Coliseum (2,051)
Feb 15, 2015 #6 #10 Kentucky W 72–58  22–3 (12–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (16,013)
Feb 19, 2015 #6 Alabama W 77–56  23–3 (13–0) Thompson–Boling Arena (9,637)
Feb 23, 2015 #6 at #2 South Carolina L 66–71  23–4 (13–1) Colonial Life Arena (14,390)
Feb 26, 2015 #6 at Georgia W 70–59  24–4 (14–1) Stegeman Coliseum (3,624)
Mar 1, 2015 #6 Vanderbilt W 79–49  25–4 (15–1) Thompson–Boling Arena (13,027)
2015 SEC Tournament
Mar 6, 2015 #5 vs. Georgia
(Quarterfinals)		 W 75–41  26–4 Verizon Arena (4,189)
Mar 7, 2015 #5 vs. #12 Kentucky
(Semifinals)		 W 75–64  27–4 Verizon Arena (5,524)
Mar 8, 2015 #5 vs. #3 South Carolina
(Championship Game)		 L 46–62  27–5 Verizon Arena (5,819)
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 21, 2015* #6 Boise State
(First Round)		 W 72–61  28–5 Thompson–Boling Arena (6,439)
Mar 23, 2015* #6 Pittsburgh
(Second Round)		 W 77–67  29–5 Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712)
Mar 28, 2015* #6 vs. Gonzaga
(Sweet Sixteen)		 W 73–69 OT 30–5 Spokane Arena (8,686)
Mar 30, 2015* #6 vs. #4 Maryland
(Elite Eight)		 L 48–58  30–6 Spokane Arena (5,064)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lady Vols cruise past Georgia
  2. ↑ 2014-15 Tennessee Women's Basketball Schedule