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 No. 5
AP No. 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, led by 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 Previous school Home town
F 11 Burdick, CierraCierra Burdick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Butler H.S. Charlotte, N.C.
G 14 Carter, AndrayaAndraya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Buford H.S. Flowery Branch, Ga.
G 10 DeShields, DiamondDiamond DeShields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So North Carolina Norcross, Ga.
G/F 13 Dunbar, KortneyKortney Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Edwardsville H.S. Edwardsville, Ill.
F 12 Graves, BashaaraBashaara Graves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Clarksville H.S. Clarksville, Tenn.
C 20 Harrison, IsabelleIsabelle Harrison  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Hillsboro H.S. Nashville, Tenn.
F 2 Jones, JasmineJasmine Jones  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bob Jones H.S. Madison, Ala.
PG 5 Massengale, ArielAriel Massengale 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Bolingbrook H.S. Bolingbrook, Ill.
G 33 Middleton, AlexaAlexa Middleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Riverdale H.S. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
C 1 Moore, NiaNia Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Bolingbrook H.S. Chicago, Ill.
G/F 31 Nared, JaimeJaime Nared 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Westview H.S. Portland, Ore.
G 0 Reynolds, JordanJordan Reynolds 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Central Catholic H.S. Portland, Ore.
C 21 Russell, MercedesMercedes Russell  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Springfield H.S. Springfield, Ore.
G 4 Tucker, JannahJannah Tucker 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
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

Nov 9, 2014*
2:00 p.m.
No. 4 Carson–Newman W 90–57 
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,924)
Knoxville, TN
Regular Season

Nov 14, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Penn W 97–52  1–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,706)
Knoxville, TN

Nov 17, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Oral Roberts W 91–39  2–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (8,861)
Knoxville, TN

Nov 21, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Winthrop W 81–48  3–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,267)
Knoxville, TN

Nov 24, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Tennessee State W 97–46  4–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,137)
Knoxville, TN

Nov 26, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 at Chattanooga L 63–67  4–1
McKenzie Arena (4,160)
Chattanooga, TN

Nov 30, 2014*
6:30 p.m., FS1
No. 4 at No. 6 Texas L 57–72  4–2
Frank Erwin Center (4,198)
Austin, TX

Dec 3, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 14 Saint Francis (PA) W 111–44  5–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,126)
Knoxville, TN

Dec 7, 2014*
3:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 14 at Lipscomb W 85–51  6–2
Allen Arena (2,742)
Nashville, TN

Dec 14, 2014*
3:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 at No. 17 Rutgers W 55–45  7–2
The RAC (4,543)
Piscataway, NJ

Dec 16, 2014*
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 11 Wichita State W 54–51  8–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,026)
Knoxville, TN

Dec 20, 2014*
1:00 p.m., SECN
No. 11 No. 7 Stanford W 59–40  9–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,056)
Knoxville, TN

Dec 28, 2014*
1:00 p.m., SECN
No. 8 No. 10 Oregon State W 74–63  10–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,123)
Knoxville, TN

Jan 2, 2015
9:00 p.m., SECN
No. 8 Missouri W 63–53  11–2 (1–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,570)
Knoxville, TN

Jan 5, 2015
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 7 at Vanderbilt W 57–49  12–2 (2–0)
Memorial Gymnasium (7,212)
Nashville, TN

Jan 8, 2015
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 7 No. 9 Texas A&M W 81–58  13–2 (3–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,507)
Knoxville, TN

Jan 11, 2015
3:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 7 at Arkansas W 60–51  14–2 (4–0)
Bud Walton Arena (2,344)
Fayetteville, AR

Jan 15, 2015
8:00 p.m., FSN
No. 6 at Auburn W 54–42  15–2 (5–0)
Auburn Arena (2,590)
Auburn, AL

Jan 19, 2015*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 5 at No. 6 Notre Dame L 77–88  15–3
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149)
South Bend, IN

Jan 22, 2015
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 5 LSU W 75–58  16–3 (6–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,612)
Knoxville, TN

Jan 25, 2015
2:00 p.m., SECN
No. 5 No. 22 Georgia W 59–51  17–3 (7–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,428)
Knoxville, TN

Jan 29, 2015
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 6 at No. 10 Kentucky W 73–72  18–3 (8–0)
Memorial Coliseum (7,407)
Lexington, KY

Feb 1, 2015
3:00 p.m., SECN
No. 6 No. 18 Mississippi State W 79–67  19–3 (9–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,507)
Knoxville, TN

Feb 8, 2015
2:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 6 at Florida W 64–56  20–3 (10–0)
O'Connell Center (3,439)
Gainesville, FL

Feb 12, 2015
7:00 p.m.
No. 6 at Ole Miss W 69–49  21–3 (11–0)
Tad Smith Coliseum (2,051)
Oxford, MS

Feb 15, 2015
3:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 No. 10 Kentucky W 72–58  22–3 (12–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (16,013)
Knoxville, TN

Feb 19, 2015
7:00 p.m., FSN
No. 6 Alabama W 77–56  23–3 (13–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,637)
Knoxville, TN

Feb 23, 2015
9:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 at No. 2 South Carolina L 66–71  23–4 (13–1)
Colonial Life Arena (14,390)
Columbia, SC

Feb 26, 2015
9:00 p.m., SECN
No. 6 at Georgia W 70–59  24–4 (14–1)
Stegeman Coliseum (3,624)
Athens, GA

Mar 1, 2015
5:00 p.m., SECN
No. 6 Vanderbilt W 79–49  25–4 (15–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,027)
Knoxville, TN
2015 SEC Tournament

Mar 6, 2015
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 5 vs. Georgia
Quarterfinals
W 75–41  26–4
Verizon Arena (4,189)
North Little Rock, AR

Mar 7, 2015
7:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 5 vs. No. 12 Kentucky
Semifinals
W 75–64  27–4
Verizon Arena (5,524)
North Little Rock, AR

Mar 8, 2015
3:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 5 vs. No. 3 South Carolina
Championship Game
L 46–62  27–5
Verizon Arena (5,819)
North Little Rock, AR
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament

Mar 21, 2015*
1:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 Boise State
First Round
W 72–61  28–5
Thompson–Boling Arena (6,439)
Knoxville, TN

Mar 23, 2015*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 Pittsburgh
Second Round
W 77–67  29–5
Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712)
Knoxville, TN

Mar 28, 2015*
7:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 6 vs. Gonzaga
Sweet Sixteen
W 73–69 OT 30–5
Spokane Arena (8,686)
Spokane, WA

Mar 30, 2015*
9:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 6 vs. No. 4 Maryland
Elite Eight
L 48–58  30–6
Spokane Arena (5,064)
Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [2]

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