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, 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
3.5 !F	11	Burdick, CierraCierra Burdick	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Butler H.S.	Charlotte, N.C.
1.5 !G	14	Carter, AndrayaAndraya Carter	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.5 !RS So	Buford H.S.	Flowery Branch, Ga.
1.5 !G	10	DeShields, DiamondDiamond DeShields	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	North Carolina	Norcross, Ga.
2.5 !G/F	13	Dunbar, KortneyKortney Dunbar	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Edwardsville H.S.	Edwardsville, Ill.
3.5 !F	12	Graves, BashaaraBashaara Graves	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Clarksville H.S.	Clarksville, Tenn.
5.0 !C	20	Harrison, IsabelleIsabelle Harrison	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Hillsboro H.S.	Nashville, Tenn.
3.5 !F	2	Jones, JasmineJasmine Jones	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bob Jones H.S.	Madison, Ala.
1.0 !PG	5	Massengale, ArielAriel Massengale	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	Bolingbrook H.S.	Bolingbrook, Ill.
1.5 !G	33	Middleton, AlexaAlexa Middleton	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Riverdale H.S.	Murfreesboro, Tenn.
5.0 !C	1	Moore, NiaNia Moore	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bolingbrook H.S.	Chicago, Ill.
2.5 !G/F	31	Nared, JaimeJaime Nared	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Westview H.S.	Portland, Ore.
1.5 !G	0	Reynolds, JordanJordan Reynolds	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Central Catholic H.S.	Portland, Ore.
5.0 !C	21	Russell, MercedesMercedes Russell	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	2.5 !RS So	Springfield H.S.	Springfield, Ore.
1.5 !G	4	Tucker, JannahJannah Tucker	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.5 !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.	#4	Carson–Newman	W 90–57	–	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,924) Knoxville, TN
Regular Season
Nov 14, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#4	Penn	W 97–52	1–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,706) Knoxville, TN
Nov 17, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#4	Oral Roberts	W 91–39	2–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,861) Knoxville, TN
Nov 21, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#4	Winthrop	W 81–48	3–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,267) Knoxville, TN
Nov 24, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#4	Tennessee State	W 97–46	4–0	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,137) Knoxville, TN
Nov 26, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#4	at Chattanooga	L 63–67	4–1	McKenzie Arena (4,160) Chattanooga, TN
Nov 30, 2014* 6:30 p.m., FS1	#4	at #6 Texas	L 57–72	4–2	Frank Erwin Center (4,198) Austin, TX
Dec 3, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	#14	Saint Francis (PA)	W 111–44	5–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,126) Knoxville, TN
Dec 7, 2014* 3:00 p.m., ESPN3	#14	at Lipscomb	W 85–51	6–2	Allen Arena (2,742) Nashville, TN
Dec 14, 2014* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	#11	at #17 Rutgers	W 55–45	7–2	The RAC (4,543) Piscataway, NJ
Dec 16, 2014* 7:00 p.m., SECN	#11	Wichita State	W 54–51	8–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,026) Knoxville, TN
Dec 20, 2014* 1:00 p.m., SECN	#11	#7 Stanford	W 59–40	9–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,056) Knoxville, TN
Dec 28, 2014* 1:00 p.m., SECN	#8	#10 Oregon State	W 74–63	10–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (11,123) Knoxville, TN
Jan 2, 2015 9:00 p.m., SECN	#8	Missouri	W 63–53	11–2 (1–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,570) Knoxville, TN
Jan 5, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	#7	at Vanderbilt	W 57–49	12–2 (2–0)	Memorial Gymnasium (7,212) Nashville, TN
Jan 8, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	#7	#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	#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	#6	at Auburn	W 54–42	15–2 (5–0)	Auburn Arena (2,590) Auburn, AL
Jan 19, 2015* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	#5	at #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	#5	LSU	W 75–58	16–3 (6–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (11,612) Knoxville, TN
Jan 25, 2015 2:00 p.m., SECN	#5	#22 Georgia	W 59–51	17–3 (7–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,428) Knoxville, TN
Jan 29, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	#6	at #10 Kentucky	W 73–72	18–3 (8–0)	Memorial Coliseum (7,407) Lexington, KY
Feb 1, 2015 3:00 p.m., SECN	#6	#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	#6	at Florida	W 64–56	20–3 (10–0)	O'Connell Center (3,439) Gainesville, FL
Feb 12, 2015 7:00 p.m.	#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	#6	#10 Kentucky	W 72–58	22–3 (12–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (16,013) Knoxville, TN
Feb 19, 2015 7:00 p.m., FSN	#6	Alabama	W 77–56	23–3 (13–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,637) Knoxville, TN
Feb 23, 2015 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	#6	at #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	#6	at Georgia	W 70–59	24–4 (14–1)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,624) Athens, GA
Mar 1, 2015 5:00 p.m., SECN	#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	#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	#5	vs. #12 Kentucky Semifinals	W 75–64	27–4	Verizon Arena (5,524) North Little Rock, AR
Mar 8, 2015 3:30 p.m., ESPN	#5	vs. #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	#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	#6	Pittsburgh Second Round	W 77–67	29–5	Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712) Knoxville, TN
Mar 28, 2015* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	#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	#6	vs. #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]

References

Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball

Venues	Stokely Athletic Center (1974–1987) Thompson–Boling Arena (1987–present)

Rivalries	Connecticut

Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top"

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2014–15 Roster

Rankings

Schedule and Results

See also

References