2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball

NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
2015–16 record	22–14 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach	Holly Warlick (4th year)
Assistant coach	Kyra Elzy
Assistant coach	Jolette Law
Assistant coach	Dean Lockwood
Home arena	Thompson–Boling Arena

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#15 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
#18 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
#12 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
#25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	10	–	20	.333

† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by 4th year head coach Holly Warlick, play their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference.

In the February 21 game against LSU, Diamond DeShields scored her 1,000th point. She is the sixth Lady Vol to score 1,000 in her second season and the 43rd to record 1,000 in her career.^[1]

Despite having a lackluster performance during the season that dropped them out of the national top-25 ranks in the latter half, Tennessee made it to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. There, they lost to Mississippi State, 58–48.^[2] The Lady Vols also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight, before losing 89–67 to Syracuse.^[3]

Roster

2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Reynolds, JordanJordan Reynolds	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Central Catholic HS	Portland, OR
5.0 !C	1	Moore, NiaNia Moore	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Bolingbrook HS	Chicago, IL
3.5 !F	2	Jones, JasmineJasmine Jones	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Bob Jones HS	Madison, AL
1.5 !G	10	Jackson, MemeMeme Jackson	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Blackman HS	Murfreesboro, TN
1.5 !G	11	DeShields, DiamondDiamond DeShields	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.5 !RS So	Norcross HS North Carolina	Norcross, GA
3.5 !F	12	Graves, BashaaraBashaara Graves	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Clarksville HS	Clarksville, TN
2.5 !G/F	13	Dunbar, KortneyKortney Dunbar	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Edwardsville HS	Edwardsville, IL
1.5 !G	14	Carter, AndrayaAndraya Carter	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Buford HS	Flowery Branch, GA
1.5 !G	20	Cooper, Te'aTe'a Cooper	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	McEachern HS	Powder Springs, GA
5.0 !C	21	Russell, MercedesMercedes Russell	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	2.5 !RS So	Springfield HS	Springfield, OR
2.5 !G/F	31	Nared, JaimeJaime Nared	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Westview HS	Portland, OR
1.5 !G	33	Middleton, AlexaAlexa Middleton	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Riverdale HS	Murfreesboro, TN

Head coach

Holly Warlick (Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyra Elzy (Tennessee)
Jolette Law (Iowa)
Dean Lockwood (Army)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	4	4	4	8	16	14	14	13	12	13	18	19	23	25	24	RV	NR	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	4	5	5	8	15	16	16	16	11	15	22	23	25	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Schedule and Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 7:00 PM	#4	Carson–Newman	W 101–59		23 – Russell	10 – Russell	7 – Reynolds	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,218) Knoxville, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 PM	#4	Central Arkansas	W 102–47	1–0	24 – Dunbar	13 – Tied	6 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709) Knoxville, TN
11/18/2015* 8:00 PM, SECN	#4	Penn State	W 74–66	2–0	24 – Graves	13 – Tied	5 – Reynolds	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,858) Knoxville, TN
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM	#4	#25 Syracuse	W 57–55	3–0	16 – Graves	10 – Graves	4 – Cooper	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,007) Knoxville, TN
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM	#4	Chattanooga	W 59–57	4–0	17 – DeShields	11 – Graves	4 – Cooper	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449) Knoxville, TN
11/27/2015* 12:00 PM	#4	Albany	W 63–55	5–0	12 – Russell	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,806) Knoxville, TN
11/29/2015* 2:30 PM, ESPN	#4	#8 Texas	L 53–64	5–1	24 – DeShields	11 – Tied	5 – Carter	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,204) Knoxville, TN
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM	#8	East Tennessee State	W 85–49	6–1	31 – DeShields	10 – Russell	5 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,328) Knoxville, TN
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM, SECN	#8	Virginia Tech	L 43–57	6–2	15 – DeShields	15 – Russell	3 – Cooper	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,431) Knoxville, TN
12/11/2015* 8:05 PM, ESPN3	#16	at Wichita State	W 58–51	7–2	18 – Graves	13 – Graves	4 – DeShields	Charles Koch Arena (2,424) Wichita, KS
12/16/2015* 9:00 PM, ESPNU	#14	at #15 Stanford	L 55–69	7–3	12 – Tied	8 – Russell	3 – Graves	Maples Pavilion (3,768) Stanford, CA
12/19/2015* 9:00 PM, P12N	#14	at #7 Oregon State	W 53–50	8–3	14 – DeShields	9 – DeShields	2 – 4 Tied	Gill Coliseum (8,223) Corvallis, OR
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM	#13	Stetson	W 90–56	9–3	30 – DeShields	8 – Russell	6 – Cooper	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,705) Knoxville, TN
SEC regular season
01/04/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	#12	at #20 Missouri	W 71–54	10–3 (1–0)	13 – Nared	9 – DeShields	4 – Graves	Mizzou Arena (7,989) Columbia, MO
01/07/2016 7:30 PM, SECN	#12	Florida	L 66–74	10–4 (1–1)	16 – DeShields	19 – Graves	2 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,774) Knoxville, TN
01/10/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU	#12	Auburn	W 79–52	11–4 (2–1)	25 – DeShields	10 – Russell	7 – DeShields	Thompson–Boling Arena (11,539) Knoxville, TN
01/14/2016 9:00 PM, SECN	#13	at Arkansas	L 59–64	11–5 (2–2)	14 – DeShields	11 – Russell	3 – Reynolds	Bud Walton Arena (1,644) Fayetteville, AR
01/18/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	#18	at #3 Notre Dame	L 66–79	11–6	17 – DeShields	10 – Graves	7 – Reynolds	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,961) South Bend, IN
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	#18	Vanderbilt	W 58–49	12–6 (3–2)	13 – Cooper	6 – Graves	4 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (11,159) Knoxville, TN
01/25/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN2	#19	at #12 Kentucky	L 63–64	12–7 (3–3)	13 – DeShields	12 – Graves	3 – Cooper	Memorial Coliseum (6,188) Lexington, KY
01/28/2016 9:00 PM, SECN	#19	at #13 Mississippi State	L 63–65 ^OT	12–8 (3–4)	15 – Reynolds	11 – Reynolds	3 – Reynolds	Humphrey Coliseum (5,710) Starkville, MS
01/31/2016 3:00 PM, SECN	#19	Alabama	W 70–42	13–8 (4–4)	17 – Tied	13 – Russell	5 – Reynolds	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,613) Knoxville, TN
02/04/2016 7:00 PM	#23	Arkansas	W 75–57	14–8 (5–4)	15 – Tied	11 – Russell	6 – Reynolds	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,414) Knoxville, TN
02/07/2016 4:00 PM, ESPN	#23	at #12 Texas A&M	L 71–76 ^OT	14–9 (5–5)	16 – Reynolds	9 – Russell	4 – Carter	Reed Arena (4,791) College Station, TX
02/11/2016 9:00 PM, SECN	#25	at Vanderbilt	W 69–51	15–9 (6–5)	18 – Nared	9 – DeShields	4 – Nared	Memorial Gymnasium (4,980) Nashville, TN
02/15/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN2	#24	#3 South Carolina	L 56–62	15–10 (6–6)	21 – DeShields	10 – Graves	2 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,014) Knoxville, TN
02/18/2016 7:00 PM	#24	Ole Miss	W 57–51	16–10 (7–6)	15 – Graves	12 – Graves	5 – Cooper	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,548) Knoxville, TN
02/21/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU	#24	at LSU	L 56–57	16–11 (7–7)	19 – DeShields	8 – Graves	3 – Middleton	Maravich Center (3,132) Baton Rouge, LA
02/25/2016 8:30 PM, SECN		at Alabama	L 46–54	16–12 (7–8)	15 – Graves	11 – Russell	2 – Reynolds	Foster Auditorium (2,767) Tuscaloosa, AL
02/28/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN2		Georgia	W 80–60	17–12 (8–8)	22 – DeShields	10 – Graves	5 – Reynolds	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,446) Knoxville, TN
2016 SEC Tournament
03/03/2016 6:00 PM, SECN		vs. Arkansas Second Round	W 68–51	18–12	15 – DeShields	8 – Reynolds	4 – Tied	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,094) Jacksonville, FL
03/04/2016 6:00 PM, SECN		vs. #15 Texas A&M Quarterfinals	W 70–60	19–12	21 – DeShields	7 – Graves	4 – DeShields	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. #16 Mississippi State Semifinals	L 48–58	19–13	22 – DeShields	15 – Graves	2 – Tied	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (5,632) Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 5:00 PM, ESPN2	(7 SF)	vs. (10 SF) Green Bay First Round	W 59–53	20–13	15 – Cooper	14 – Russell	4 – Reynolds	Wells Fargo Arena (2,842) Tempe, AZ
03/20/2016* 9:00 PM, ESPN	(7 SF)	vs. (2 SF) #11 Arizona State Second Round	W 75–64	21–13	24 – DeShields	11 – Graves	3 – Russell	Wells Fargo Arena (2,957) Tempe, AZ
03/25/2016* 9:30 PM, ESPN2	(7 SF)	vs. (3 SF) #9 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen	W 78–62	22–13	25 – Russell	15 – Russell	7 – DeShields	Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610) Sioux Falls, SD
03/27/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN	(7 SF)	vs. (4 SF) #14 Syracuse Elite Eight	L 67–89	22–14	20 – DeShields	10 – DeShields	6 – Nared	Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,055) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]

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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2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

Roster

Rankings

Schedule and Results

See also

References