University of Tennessee Athletics
No. 2 Tennessee Travels to No. 7 Georgia
January 16, 2000 | Women's Basketball
GAME 16
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TENNESSEE LADY VOLS
13-2 OVERALL, 3-0 SEC
vs.
GEORGIA LADY BULLDOGS
16-2 OVERALL, 2-1 SEC
Jan. 17, 2000, 1:00 p.m. ESPN2
Stegeman Coliseum (10,523)
Athens, Georgia
THE RANKINGS:
UT is 2nd in AP & ESPN/USA TODAY
UGA is ranked 7th AP & ESPN/USA TODAY
RECENT RESULTS:
1-14-00 #2 UT def. South Carolina, 92-76
1-13-00 # 7 Georgia def. Florida, 78-71
UPCOMING GAMES:
1-23 #2 UT at Kentucky, 2:00 p.m. Comcast
1-20 #7 Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
COACHES RECORDS:
UT's Pat Summitt is 708-148 (26 yrs)
UGA's Andy Landers is 584-171 (25 yrs)
UT vs. Georgia: UT leads 27-12 In Knoxville: UT is 10-4 Away: UT is 6-6 Neutral: UT is 11-2 Overtime: UT is 1-1 Postseason: UT is 10-2LAST MEETING: 2-28-99 in Chattanooga
#2 UT def. #14/12 Georgia, 85-69
RADIO COVERAGE--WNOX-AM/FM and the 39-station Lady Vol Radio Network; broadcast.com
TV COVERAGE- espn2
PROBABLE UT STARTERSINJURIES
20- KARA LAWSON, F-G, 5-9, Fr., 14.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg 24- TAMIKA CATCHINGS, F, 6-1, Jr., 15.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg 00- MICHELLE SNOW, C, 6-5, So., 13.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg 33- KRISTEN ACE CLEMENT, G, 5-11, Jr., 7.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 5.4 apg 21- SEMEKA RANDALL, G, 5-10, Jr., 14.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg UT RESERVES 3- NIYA BUTTS, G, 6-0, Sr., 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg 5- KYRA ELZY, G, 6-1, Sr/Jr., 4.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg 10- APRIL McDIVITT, G, 5-8, Fr., 4.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg 11- AMANDA CANON, G/F, 5-11, So., 1.3 ppg, 0.0 rpg 12- TASHEIKA MORRIS, F, 6-0, Fr., 3.2 ppg, 1.0 rpg 13- GWEN JACKSON, F, 6-2, Fr., 6.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg 31- SARAH EDWARDS, G/F, 5-11, So., 2.0 ppg, 0.2 rpg 34- LASHONDA STEPHENS, C, 6-3, Sr/Jr., 1.4 ppg, 0.7 rpg 50- SHALON PILLOW, C, 6-3, So., 2.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Senior Niya Butts suffered a bruise to her right fibula, which was originally thought to be a broken leg, in practice on New Year's Eve. X-rays revealed otherwise and Butts is listed as day-to-day. However, she has not played since that time.
TODAY'S GAME
This afternoon, the number two ranked Tennessee Lady Vols travel to Athens, Georgia, to face the nation's seventh ranked team in the Georgia Lady Bulldogs in an all-important Southeastern Conference match-up. The matinee contest will be televised on espn2.
IN OUR LAST GAME
The #2 ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers kept their SEC record perfect with a less than perfect performance in defeating the South Carolina Lady Gamecocks, 92-76, on Jan. 14, 2000 in Columbia, S.C. After a spurty start, the Lady Vols opened a three point lead, 11-8 at the 14:54 mark of the first half. Five minutes later, UT exploded to a 24-point, 34-10 advantage behind the hot hands of rookie Kara Lawson and sophomore post Michelle Snow. UT's lead would swell by as many as 25 points in the first half before taking a 49-31 lead into the locker room at the half. In the second half, the Lady Vols squandered their double-digit lead and allowed the Lady Gamecocks to pull to within nine points, 61-52 with 10:54 to play. A seven-point flurry from Snow over the next four minutes took the Lady Vols' lead back to 14 points. On the night, four Lady Vols starters reached double-figures led by Snow's career high-tying 24 point game. Also in double-figures for UT were Semeka Randall with 17 points, Lawson with 16 points and Tamika Catchings who tallied 14 points. Snow cleared the glass for a team-leading seven rebounds while rookie April McDivitt tallied a career high eight assists while logging 24 minutes. UT was outrebounded by USC, 33-32, but forced the Lady Gamecocks into 27 turnovers off of 15 steals. UT shot an impressive .576 for the game.
LADY VOLS ON TELEVISION
Twenty-one Lady Vol regular season games will be on television this year. Previously, UT appeared in a then-school record 17 regular season TV appearances and 22 TV games overall during the 1996-97 season. Upcoming games on TV includes Georgia and Kentucky. UT is 9-2 on TV this season.
ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 17th, the Lady Vols have produced a 10-3 record all-time. The Lady Vols have a 5-0 record at home, are 5-3 away and have never played on a neutral site on this day. UT's most recent game on Jan. 17 was a 98-60 win over Kentucky last season in Knoxville. UT has lost to Georgia in Athens on this day - Jan. 17, 1982 - the `Dawgs won 66-63.
OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
After today's game with Georgia, the Lady Vols return home to enjoy its longest game break since the holidays - six days - before traveling to Kentucky on Jan. 23. See that smile on Coach Pat Summitt's face? That means her team will have academic focus, quality practice time in the gym (a.k.a Camp Summitt), and some days off for players and staff.
WE'LL SEND A POSTCARD
After being away from home for most of the month of December 1999 (just two home games on Dec. 2 and Dec. 30), the Lady Vols opened the 2000 portion of the schedule in Knoxville with three games in Thompson-Boling Arena. Now, UT is in the midst of another one of those long road lulls. Starting with the Jan.14th date at South Carolina, Tennessee will be on the road for four games (Jan. 17 at Georgia, Jan. 23 at Kentucky and Jan. 29 vs. N.C. State in Cleveland, Ohio) before returning to Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 30 to face Kentucky.
THE ENVELOPE PLEASE
Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt has received her annual invitation to attend the ESPY Awards. This year, the ESPYs will be handed out in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 14. Summitt has been nominated for Coach of the Decade and her Lady Vols have been nominated for the Team of the Decade awards. In the 1990s, she led her Lady Vols to four NCAA titles -- coming in 1991, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
TODAY'S FORECAST INCLUDES SNOW
The weather outside is frightful Well, the weather inside has been frightful for the Lady Vol opposition lately, as 6'5 center Michelle Snow has suddenly become more of a force. Snow has produced scoring flurries of 24, 21, 22 and 24 points in her last four games - while resetting her career high for points three times. Since the calendar rolled over to the year 2000, Snow has averaged 21.4 ppg.
LADY VOL HOOPS GOES OUTSIDE - BANK ONE BALLPARK GAME SET
In an attempt to break the NCAA women's basketball attendance record and play the first-ever outdoor college basketball game, the University of Tennessee has been invited to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils on Dec. 28, 2000 at the 48,569-seat Bank One Ballpark. Proceeds from the ticket sales for the game will benefit breast cancer research. ASU will be attempting to break the Lady Vols' NCAA record attendance of 24,597 set on Jan. 3, 1998 versus Connecticut in Thompson-Boling Arena.
UT-GEORGIA All-Time SERIES Meetings UT leads 27-12 DATE SITE W/L SCORE Feb. 15, 1969 N1 W 38-26 Dec. 17, 1980 N30 W 73-68* Jan. 17, 1982 A L 63-66 Feb. 11, 1982 H W 65-52 Feb. 27, 1982 N6 W 55-44 Jan. 16, 1983 A W 74-54 Feb. 12, 1983 H W 73-59 Mar. 5, 1983 H L 65-71 Mar. 27, 1983 N37 L 63-67 Jan. 22, 1984 H W 64-59 Feb. 19, 1984 A L 65-84 Mar. 25, 1984 H W 73-61 Dec. 9, 1984 A L 72-78 Feb. 2, 1985 H L 56-72 Jan. 29, 1986 A L 74-84 Mar. 20, 1986 N48 W 85-82 Jan. 24, 1987 H W 78-72 Jan. 31, 1988 A W 82-79 Mar. 6, 1988 N51 W 82-76 Jan. 29, 1989 H W 78-64 Jan. 28, 1990 A L 76-81 Mar. 4, 1990 N51 W 73-54 Jan. 28, 1991 H L 74-81 Feb. 15, 1992 A W 55-51 Mar. 9, 1992 N51 W 73-66 Feb. 14, 1993 H W 71-68 Mar. 6, 1993 N65 L 72-73 Feb. 27, 1994 A W 75-59 Mar. 5, 1994 N65 W 86-72 Feb. 25, 1995 H W 83-61 Apr. 1, 1995 N16 W 73-51 Jan. 8, 1996 A L 71-77 Mar.31, 1996 N73 W 83-65 Dec. 8, 1996 H L 93-94* Jan. 14, 1998 A W 96-71 Jan. 28, 1998 H W 102-43 Jan. 14, 1999 H W 102-69 Jan. 28, 1999 A W 95-79 Feb. 28, 1999 N W 85-69 *indicates overtime gamesTHE SERIES WITH GEORGIA
This marks the 40th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1968-69 season with Tennessee leading 27-12The Lady Vols hold a 14-5 advantage over Georgia in the 1990s Georgia is one of two schools (the other is UConn) to defeat UT twice in the Thompson-Boling Arena and is the last SEC school to record a win over UT at home...UT has only lost nine games at TBA all-time.
BUNCH O' POINTS
In the last two seasons, UT and Georgia have met five times with the Lady Vols winning all five contests by an average of almost 30 points per game (UT 96.0 to 66.2 for Georgia).
GAME REPORT 16 - GEORGIA
Tennessee and Georgia meet today for the 40th time in the series. The Lady Bulldogs hold the distinction of the most meetings ever with the Lady Vols (39) and is the only school in the SEC to record double-digit victories in the series (12). The last time the Lady Vols visited Athens, the Lady Bulldogs broke their single game attendance mark with 10,523 in Stegeman Coliseum.
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR GEORGIA
14-Deana Nolan, F, 6-0, Jr., 10.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg 33-Angie Ball, F, 6-4, Sr., 7.4 ppg, 4.5 ppg 40-Tawana McDonald, C, 6-4, So., 12.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg 35-Coco Miller, G, 5-10, Jr., 13.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg 23-Kelly Miller, G, 5-10, Jr., 16.3 ppg, 4.0 rpgTENNESSEE vs. GEORGIA STAT COMPARISON LADY VOLS LADY BULLDOGS OVERALL RECORD 13-2 16-2 SCORING 89.2 81.9 SCORING DEFENSE 66.7 63.7 POINT MARGIN +22.5 +18.2 REBOUNDS 44.9 41.8 OPP. REBOUNDS 32.3 36.8 REBOUND MARGIN +12.5 + 5.0 FG% .476 .481 OPPONENT FG% .430 .382 THREE POINT FG% .374 .315 OPPONENT 3FG% .348 .335 FT% .683 .674 OPPONENT FT% .710 .674 BLOCKS AVERAGE 2.9 6.1 STEALS AVERAGE 13.8 12.3 TURNOVER AVERAGE 18.5 17.0
OUR LAST MEETING AGAINST GEORGIA
The number two-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols claimed its ninth SEC Tournament title with a resounding 85-69 victory over the #14/12 Georgia Lady Bulldogs on Feb. 28, 1999 in Chattanooga, Tenn. It marked UT's third win over UGA during the 1998-99 season. Both teams engaged in a nip-and-tuck affair over the first seven minutes of play (Georgia 18-17, 13:20) before the Lady Bulldogs starting pulling away. UG led UT by as many as nine points, 38-29 with 3:08 to go, before the Lady Vols outscored them, 8-2, to head to the locker room down by three points at the break (40-37). After some halftime adjustments, UT came out attacking in the second half. In the opening four minutes, Tennessee outscored Georgia 10-0, to take a 47-40 lead at the 16:00 minute mark. UT's disrupting defense kept Georgia on its heels allowing the Dawgs just six points in the first 12 minutes of play (2-13 from the field) as UT led 59-46 with eight minutes to go. Tamika Catchings was UT's dominator in the second half scoring 18 of her team high 24 points. On the afternoon, she got scoring help from tourney MVP Chamique Holdsclaw with 19 points and 13 rebounds and Michelle Snow with 14 points and nine boards. Snow and Catchings joined Holdsclaw on the SEC All-Tournament team. The Lady Vols outrebounded Georgia, 45-34, and forced 19 Bulldog miscues. After shooting a chilly 39% in the first half, the Lady Vols connected on 55% of its second half shots.
THE LAST MEETING IN ATHENS
The number one-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols came up big in a huge match-up at #4 Georgia, on Jan. 28, 1999, recording a 95-79 victory in front of the largest crowd (10,523) ever to see the Lady Bulldogs play in Athens, Ga. Tennessee took the early lead, 21-16, at the 10:50 mark of the first half. Behind a flurry of buckets by reserve Ace Clement, UT opened its largest lead in the opening stanza - seven points. The Dawgs rallied to a three-point lead with four minutes to go in the first half but UT passed them to take a 41-37 lead at the break.
THE FIRST 1999 MEETING BETWEEN UT & UGA
The number one-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols returned home for the first of two SEC match ups and defeated the fourth ranked Georgia Lady Bulldogs, 102-69, on Jan. 14, 1999 in Thompson-Boling Arena. The fifth largest crowd in Lady Vol basketball history, 22,635, was on hand to see UT's 33 point victory. A trio of UT Meeks -- Semeka Randall, Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw -- swarmed Georgia at the onset outscoring the Lady Bulldogs, 12-2. Georgia went to a zone, slowed UT's attack and pulled to with six, 23-17. After UT regrouped at a time-out, the Lady Vols pushed the lead out to 35-19 with 8:06 to go in the half. At the break, UT led 45-37. In the second stanza, UT opened by hitting its first five shots. The Lady Vols put together a 16-4 run to open second half play and with 15:05 to go in the game, the Lady Vols led 61-41. UT's lead would eventually stretch to 34 points. On the night, Holdsclaw led the Lady Vols in scoring with 25 points. She was joined in double-digits by Catchings with 17 points, Randall and Teresa Geter with 14 points each. Geter and Holdsclaw tied for high honors on the boards with seven each. UT outrebounded Georgia, 45-33, and connected on 58.8 percent of its field goal tries. The Lady Vols tossed in an incredible 78 points in the paint to just 42 for the Dawgs. UT held Georgia to its lowest point total (69) and worst field goal percentage of the season (.348).
LOOKING BACK A YEAR AGO
Last year at this time, the Lady Vols were 15-1 and had just defeated Kentucky, 98-60, in Knoxville.
McDIVITT STEPS UP
While junior point guard Kristen Ace Clement has been struggling of late, rookie back-up point April McDivitt has been picking up the slack as UTs quarterback. Against South Carolina, McDivitt dished out a career high eight assists in 24 minutes of action.
ADDED TELEVISION GAMES
The University of Tennessee's agreement with Comcast Sports has yielded four additional television games in January and February. UT's meeting at South Carolina, at Kentucky, at Ole Miss and at Mississippi State are now all slated for television. Former Lady Vol Michelle Marciniak will handle the color commentary while the Voice of the Vols, Bob Kesling, is scheduled to provide the play-by-play. The addition of four games to the television schedule gives the Lady Vols an all-time high of 21 regular season games on the tube.
PLEASE NOTE THIS GAME TIME CHANGE
Tennessee's game against the third-ranked N.C. State Wolfpack on Jan. 29 in Cleveland, Ohio, has been moved to a 2:30 p.m. tip time. The Lady Vols and the Pack will be the second game of a triple-header that day in Gund Arena. Surprisingly, television has not picked up the contest which will pit #2 versus #3.
STARTING GRAD SCHOOL
When classes started at UT for the spring semester on Jan. 12, 2000, Lady Vol guard and December `99 graduate Kyra Elzy began her grad school studies in Sport Psychology.
UPCOMING SEC GAMES
Jan.16: Arkansas at Kentucky and Auburn at Vanderbilt.
CURRENT LADY VOL SEC INDIVIDUAL RANKINGSSEC LEAGUE PLAY
Scoring 9. Tamika Catchings 15.4 ppg 12. Kara Lawson 14.6 ppg 14. Semeka Randall 14.5 ppg Rebounding 7. Catchings 7.8 rpg 13. Michelle Snow 6.7 rpg Three point Field Goal Percentage 3. Lawson .440 Free Throw Percentage 2. Lawson .870 4. Randall .811 7. Catchings .740 Assists 5. Kristen Clement 5.6 apg Steals 1. Catchings 3.4 apgCURRENT LADY VOL SEC TEAM STATISTICS Scoring 1st Scoring Defense 10th Rebound Avg. 2nd Opp. Rebounds 3rd FG % 7th Opp. FG% 12th 3FG% 4th FT % 4th Assists 5th Blocks 8th Steals 1st Turnover Margin 4th Rebound Margin 1st Scoring Margin 4th Asst/Turnover Ratio 6th
TENNESSEE'S SEC FINISHES THROUGH THE YEARS Regular Season/Finish Tournament 2000- 3-0 in progress 1999- 13-1 First SEC Champs 1998- 14-0 First SEC Champs 1997- 8-4 Fifth Lost in semis 1996- 9-2 First SEC Champs 1995- 11-0 First Lost in finals 1994- 11-0 First SEC Champs 1993- 11-0 First Lost in quarters 1992- 10-1 Second SEC Champs 1991- 6-3 Third Lost in final 1990- 8-1 First Lost in final 1989- 8-1 Second SEC Champs 1988- 8-1 Second SEC Champs 1987- 6-3 Fourth Lost in semis 1986- 5-4 Fifth Lost in quarters 1985- 4-4 Third (E) SEC Champs 1984- 7-1 Second (E) Lost in quarters 1983- 7-1 First (E) Lost in semis 1982- no standings Lost in final 1981- no standings Lost in quarters 1980- no standings SEC Champs (bold indicates NCAA title years)
The Lady Vols own a league best record of 149-27 against all SEC teams in league play dating back to the 1983 season.
AGAINST THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Tennessee owns a 260-47 record all-time record vs. 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols maintain a winning record against every team in the SEC.
THE SEC REGULAR SEASON STORY UT's last SEC win at home: Arkansas, 79-69, 1-10-00 UT's last SEC win away: South Carolina, 92-76, 1-14-00 UT's last SEC loss at home: Georgia, 94-93 OT, 12-8-96 UT's last SEC loss away: LSU, 72-69, 2-21-99 UT's 1999-00 SEC home record: 1-0 UT's 1999-00 SEC away record: 2-0 UT's current SEC home streak: won 19 UT's current SEC away streak: won 2HOME N HOME SEC DANCE PARTNERS
Tennessee's home-and-home SEC games this season include double-dips with Kentucky, LSU, and Vanderbilt. The Lady Vols have already traveled to LSU and defeated the Lady Tigers, 86-50. Tennessee and Kentucky will see each other twice in the span of one week.
800 AND COUNTING
Tennessee women's basketball traces its roots to back to 1903 but it wasn't until the 1907 season that Coach T.S. Myers led his bloomer-clad charges to the program's first victory. On Feb. 16, 1907, when his defensive-minded orange and white team hung a stinging defeat on Central, 28-0, no one could appreciate then what that first victory meant on The Hill. Now, fast-forward to the next century. Against Arkansas on Jan. 10, 2000, the Lady Vols notched the 800th all-time basketball victory in the history of Tennessee women's basketball.
TREY TRENDS-HIT ONE TODAY = TOTAL FOR 99
There are some interesting Tennessee trey trends as we enter the 2000 portion of the schedule. Last season in 34 games, UT was 83-255 (.325) from three-point land for the season. This year, Tennessee has already connected on 82 three-pointers (219 attempts). Lady Vol rookie Kara Lawson has led the trey assault already connecting on 36 treys (in 81 attempts). She is joined in the three barrage by Catchings (13-48), April McDivitt (12-27), Clement (6-22), and Tasheika Morris (6-14). Lawson, in just 15 games, has already eclipsed Kellie Jolly's trey total (32-85) for the entire 34 game, 1998-99 season.
THE ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE IS BACK
Through seven home games, the University of Tennessee leads the NCAA Women's Basketball Attendance Challenge (as of 1/10/00) with an average of 16,125 per home game. Just behind is Connecticut with 11,950 per home game. Rounding out the third spot is the Texas Tech with an average of 11,903 spectators per home game. Others in the top five are 4. Iowa State, 9,701 and 5. Purdue, 9,699. In 1998-99, Tennessee once again led the nation in attendance with an NCAA record 16,565 fans per game.
WE'LL FACE 11 CONFERENCES THIS SEASON
Tennessee has scheduled 28 games against 11 different conferences this season. Outside of the 14-game Southeastern Conference schedule, the Lady Vols will take on 10 other conferences in 14 games. UT plays two games each against teams from the Big East, Big 10, Conference USA and Pac 10. The Lady Vols will also take on teams from the Atlantic Coast, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Colonial Athletic, Ohio Valley, and Sun Belt.
RECORD VS. RANKED TEAMS
The game against Connecticut was the Lady Vols 393rd contest against a ranked opponent all-time. UT sports a 274-119 (.696) overall record against ranked foes since the polls began in 1976.
UT'S LAST LOSS TO AN UNRANKED TEAM?
When is the last time Tennessee lost to an unranked team? That would have been to Auburn on March 2 in the 1997 SEC Tournament.
OUR MEEK STORY
In 79 of Tennessee's last 86 games, one of the original Three Meeks (Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall) was either the top scorer or rebounder for the Lady Vols. The exceptions were: Jan. 14, 2000 (Snow 24 points and seven rebounds), Jan. 8, 2000 (Michelle Snow 21 points), Jan.6, 2000 (Michelle Snow 22 points), Dec. 7, 1999 versus Memphis (Lawson 21 points), Nov. 19, 1999 versus UT-Martin (Kara Lawson 23 points and Michelle Snow nine rebounds), Dec. 6, 1998 versus Duke (Teresa Geter, 17 points and nine rebounds) and Dec. 7, 1997 versus Manhattan (Kyra Elzy 12 points and Geter 11 rebounds).
IN OVERTIME
The Lady Vols are 20-10 all-time in overtime games. The most OT games in a season was 1996-97, when the Lady Vols were 3-1 in overtime contests losing to Georgia, 94-93, and defeating Texas, 68-65, Vanderbilt, 92-79 and LSU, 100-99. Tennessee's 21 points in the extra stanza against Vanderbilt on Jan.19, 1997, was the most ever scored by the Lady Vols in a single overtime. The previous high-water mark was 18 points versus Colorado on Dec. 20, 1993.
100 POINT GAMES
Since 1974, the Lady Vols have gone over the century mark 62 times. This season, UT has hit the century mark four times in 12 games. Last season, UT recorded five 100-point games against St. Joseph's, UCLA, Georgia (1), Memphis, and Appalachian St.. Tennessee went over 100 points in an NCAA playoff game for the first time ever in 1993-94 with the win over North Carolina A&T, 111-37. The 1987-88 team hit triple digits in seven games leading the NCAA.
CURRENT LADY VOL STREAKS
The last time the Lady Vols lost at home was against Connecticut, 74-67, on Jan. 8, 2000 -- since then, the team has won one home game. The last time UT lost on the road was on Feb. 21, 1999 at LSU, 72-69, since then the team has won eight road games. The last time the Lady Vols lost on a neutral court was against Duke, 69-63, in the NCAA East Regional finals on Mar. 22, 1999. Since then, UT has not played on a neutral court.
UT HOLDS THE LONGEST POLL RANKING STREAK
Tennessee currently has the longest ranking streak in the AP Top 25 polls with 252 consecutive rankings. Tennessee has the most weekly rankings ever in the AP poll (395 weeks). According to hoops guru Mel Greenberg, UT is the only school to remain consistently in the poll during its 24 years.
AT LEAST 5000 IN THE HOUSE
The Lady Vols have played in front of at least 5000 fans in 129 consecutive games at home dating back to March 16, 1991.
BROKE THE STREAK AT HOME
The Lady Vols' 40-game consecutive home court winning streak which dated back to January 12, 1997 was snapped with the loss to Louisiana Tech on Nov. 14, 1999.
127 OF 132
The Tennessee Lady Vols have won 127 of its last 132 games at home in Thompson-Boling Arena dating back to Feb. 1, 1991. UT's five losses were to Louisiana Tech, Connecticut (twice), Stanford, and Georgia (OT).
HOME SWEET HOME
All-time at home UT is 328-33 (.910) -- since the 1974-75 season. All-time home losses (in the Summitt era) include: six in Alumni Gym from 1974-76; 18 in Stokely Athletics Center from 1976-87; and nine in Thompson-Boling Arena since 1987.
ON OUR WAY TO 200 WINS IN THOMPSON-BOLING
In 12 seasons since moving to TBA, the Lady Vols are 175-9 (.960) overall. The Lady Vols won their 100th game in Thompson-Boling Arena with the victory over Stanford on 12-1-94. The Lady Vols have rarely lost at home in the past decade. UT suffered two losses the first year in the new arena (12-2 overall), a 97-78 defeat to Texas on Dec. 9, 1987 and a 71-68 loss to Auburn exactly one month later on Jan. 9, 1988. The Lady Vols enjoyed a flawless home slate in 1988-89 with a 15-0 record. UT almost duplicated the record a year later but dropped a one-point decision to Louisiana Tech, 59-58 (again on Dec. 9), and turned in a 14-1 showing in 1989-90. In 1990-91, the Lady Vols (15-1 at home) went down in defeat to Georgia, 81-74 on Jan. 28, 1991. From that point, until UT lost to Connecticut on Jan. 6,1996 (59-53), the Lady Vols won a NCAA record 69 consecutive games. From 1991 until 1996, the team turned in records of 7-0 (remainder of 1991 season), 14-0 in 1991-92, 13-0 in 1992-93, 15-0 in 1993-94, 15-0 in 1994-95, and 14-1 in 1995-96. In 1996-97, the Lady Vols went 13-2 at home after losing back-to-back games to Georgia and Stanford in December. It marked the first time the team had lost consecutive games in the Arena. In the flawless 1997-98 campaign, the Lady Vols were 16-0 at home. Tennessee finished with a 14-0 mark at home in 1998-99. This year, UT is 5-2 with losses to Louisiana Tech and Connecticut.
EARLY SIGNEES
The Tennessee Lady Vols completed a recruiting haul in the NCAA early signing period inking four players. Tennessee won an intense recruiting battle when they landed Ashley Robinson, the top post prospect in the nation. The Lady Vols signed its first in-state player, Courtney McDaniel from Bristol, Tenn., since the signing of home-grown recruits Kellie Jolly, Misty Greene and Brynae Laxton in 1995. The Lady Vols also dipped into Georgia for prized standouts LaToya Davis and Latasha Butts. Interestingly enough, Butts' aunt, Valerie Freeman, played for the Lady Vols from 1983-85. The signees: Courtney McDaniel, 6-1, C-F, Bristol, Tenn./Tennessee High (2,038 career points, 1,230 career rebounds), LaToya Davis, 6-0, F, Forsyth, Ga./Mary Persons H.S. (Career Avg. 28.1 ppg and 20.6 rpg), Ashley Robinson, 6-5, C, Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie H.S. (Career Avg. 31.3 ppg and 18.7 rpg) and Latasha Butts, 5'11", G-F, Milledgeville, Ga./Baldwin Co. H.S. (Career highs: 37 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocks, 10 assists).
THE RADIO
The Lady Vols can be heard on flagship station WNOX-AM 990 with Mickey Dearstone calling the action. The broadcast network includes 36 stations across the state of Tennessee.
LADY VOL HOTLINE
For up-to-date information on all Lady Vol teams, call (865) 974-8700, 24-hours a day.
