2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

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.

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
SEC regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
2014–15 record30–6 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*151 .938  343  .919
No. 6 Tennessee151 .938  306  .833
No. 12 Mississippi State115 .688  277  .794
No. 11 Kentucky106 .625  2410  .706
No. 21 Texas A&M106 .625  2310  .697
LSU106 .625  1714  .548
Missouri79 .438  1914  .576
Ole Miss79 .438  1914  .576
Georgia610 .375  1912  .613
Arkansas610 .375  1814  .563
Vanderbilt511 .313  1516  .484
Florida511 .313  1317  .433
Auburn313 .188  1318  .419
Alabama214 .125  1319  .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.[1]

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 11 Cierra Burdick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrButler H.S. Charlotte, N.C.
G 14 Andraya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoBuford H.S. Flowery Branch, Ga.
G 10 Diamond DeShields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoNorth Carolina Norcross, Ga.
G/F 13 Kortney Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrEdwardsville H.S. Edwardsville, Ill.
F 12 Bashaara Graves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrClarksville H.S. Clarksville, Tenn.
C 20 Isabelle Harrison  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrHillsboro H.S. Nashville, Tenn.
F 2 Jasmine Jones  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBob Jones H.S. Madison, Ala.
PG 5 Ariel Massengale 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrBolingbrook H.S. Bolingbrook, Ill.
G 33 Alexa Middleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrRiverdale H.S. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
C 1 Nia Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrBolingbrook H.S. Chicago, Ill.
G/F 31 Jaime Nared 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrWestview H.S. Portland, Ore.
G 0 Jordan Reynolds 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoCentral Catholic H.S. Portland, Ore.
C 21 Mercedes Russell  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS SoSpringfield H.S. Springfield, Ore.
G 4 Jannah Tucker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS FrNew 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.
PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Final
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.

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