2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

The 2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented 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.

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
SEC regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
Record	30–6 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach	Holly Warlick (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kyra Elzy Jolette Law Dean Lockwood
Home arena	Thompson–Boling Arena

2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*†	15	–	1		.938			34	–	3		.919
No. 6 Tennessee	15	–	1		.938			30	–	6		.833
No. 12 Mississippi State	11	–	5		.688			27	–	7		.794
No. 11 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
No. 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

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.

2014–15 roster

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 11 Cierra Burdick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Butler H.S. Charlotte, N.C. G 14 Andraya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Buford H.S. Flowery Branch, Ga. G 10 Diamond DeShields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So North Carolina Norcross, Ga. G/F 13 Kortney Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Edwardsville H.S. Edwardsville, Ill. F 12 Bashaara Graves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Clarksville H.S. Clarksville, Tenn. C 20 Isabelle Harrison  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Hillsboro H.S. Nashville, Tenn. F 2 Jasmine Jones  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bob Jones H.S. Madison, Ala. PG 5 Ariel Massengale 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Bolingbrook H.S. Bolingbrook, Ill. G 33 Alexa Middleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Riverdale H.S. Murfreesboro, Tenn. C 1 Nia Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Bolingbrook H.S. Chicago, Ill. G/F 31 Jaime Nared 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Westview H.S. Portland, Ore. G 0 Jordan Reynolds 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Central Catholic H.S. Portland, Ore. C 21 Mercedes Russell  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Springfield H.S. Springfield, Ore. G 4 Jannah 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 Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-14

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 Rivalry	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 Rivalry	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 Rivalry	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 Rivalry	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 Rivalry	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 / Rivalry	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.

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See also

• 2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team