2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

The 2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Lady Volunteers, coached since 1974 by Pat Summitt, play their home games at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Lady Vols, regular-season and tournament champions of the Southeastern Conference, were a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, losing in the semifinals of the Memphis Regional to Baylor.

2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
SEC Tournament champions
SEC regular season champions
State Farm Classic champions
ESPN Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 3
2009–10 record32–3 (15–1 SEC)
Head coachPat Summitt (36th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson-Boling Arena
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Tennessee151 .938  323  .914
No. 19 Kentucky115 .688  288  .778
Mississippi State97 .563  2113  .618
No. 21 LSU97 .563  2110  .677
Vanderbilt97 .563  2311  .676
No. 23 Georgia97 .563  259  .735
Florida79 .438  1517  .469
South Carolina79 .438  1415  .483
Ole Miss79 .438  1715  .531
Auburn511 .313  1516  .484
Alabama412 .250  1218  .400
Arkansas412 .250  1218  .400
2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

  • April 3:Lady Vol basketball redshirt freshman center Kelley Cain had undergone successful knee surgery at UT Hospital.[1]
  • May 3: To celebrate Pat Summitt's 1,000th basketball victory, the University of Tennessee Athletic Department hosted "Pat Summitt's Day of 1,000 Stories" at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville.[2]
  • May 7: Tennessee Lady Vol basketball signee Taber Spani, a 6–1 guard from Lee's Summit, Mo., received an invitation to participate in the USA U19 National Team trials.[3]
  • July 7: Pat Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer will oppose each other in the fourth annual Maggie Dixon Classic. The women’s doubleheader will be played Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden. The two Hall of Fame coaches teams will meet in regular season play for the seventh straight year. Baylor and freshman star Brittney Griner will face Boston College in the other contest. The two teams played once before at Madison Square Garden. Tennessee won 68–54 in 1999. Baylor will be making its first appearance at MSG.[4]
  • August 21: The 2009–10 preseason candidates list for the Women’s Wooden Award was released and the list named 31 student athletes. Angie Bjorklund from Tennessee was one of the candidates.[5]

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5*
7:00 pm
Carson-Newman (Exhibition) W 124–34 
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,363)
Knoxville, TN
November 7*
7:00 pm
Delta State (Exhibition) W 79–46 
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,619)
Knoxville, TN
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 15*
11:00 am, ESPN2
No. 6 No. 8 Baylor
State Farm Tip-Off Classic
W 74–65  1–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,824)
Knoxville, TN
November 17*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 6 vs. Texas Tech
ESPN Classic
W 91–53  2–0
AT&T Center (4,586)
San Antonio, TX
November 17*
4:00 pm
No. 6 at No. 12 Virginia W 77–63  3–0
John Paul Jones Arena (11,895)
Charlottesville, VA
November 25*
8:00 pm
No. 6 at Middle Tennessee W 69–52  4–0
Murphy Center (11,802)
Murfreesboro, TN
November 28*
3:00 pm, SportSouth
No. 6 UCLA W 61–47  5–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (14,176)
Knoxville, TN
December 1*
7:00 pm, SportSouth
No. 6 George Washington W 93–53  6–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,840)
Knoxville, TN
December 6*
7:02 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 No. 17 Texas W 78–58  7–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,434)
Knoxville, TN
December 13*
3:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 vs. Rutgers
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 68–54  8–0
Madison Square Garden (7,190)
New York, NY
December 16*
7:00 pm, SportSouth
No. 3 Louisville W 86–56  9–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,084)
Knoxville, TN
December 19*
2:30 pm, FSN
No. 3 at No. 2 Stanford W 67–52  9–1
Maples Pavilion (6,809)
Stanford, CA
December 22*
10:00 pm
No. 4 at San Francisco W 89–34  10–1
War Memorial Gymnasium (3,255)
San Francisco, CA
December 30*
7:00 pm, SportSouth
No. 4 Old Dominion W 102–62  11–1
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,503)
Knoxville, TN
January 3*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 No. 14 Oklahoma W 96–75  12–1
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,332)
Knoxville, TN
SEC Regular Season
January 7
7:00 pm, FSN/SportSouth
No. 4 South Carolina W 79–62  13–1 (1–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (1,462)
Knoxville, TN
January 10
2:00 pm, SEC Network
No. 4 at Mississippi State W 75–48  14–1 (2–0)
Humphrey Coliseum (5,787)
Starkville, MS
January 14
7:00 pm, CSS
No. 4 at Florida W 66–64  15–1 (3–0)
O'Connell Center (4,103)
Gainesville, FL
January 17
6:06 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 Vanderbilt W 64–57  16–1 (4–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (16,645)
Knoxville, TN
January 21
7:00 pm, FSN
No. 3 at No. 8 Georgia W 53–50  16–2 (4–1)
Stegeman Coliseum (7,728)
Athens, GA
January 24
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 3 at No. 18 LSU W 55–43  17–2 (5–1)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,784)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 28
7:00 pm, CSS
No. 5 Auburn W 85–56  18–2 (6–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,353)
Knoxville, TN
January 31
2:00 pm, SEC Network
No. 5 at South Carolina W 60–55  19–2 (7–1)
Colonial Life Arena (7,123)
Columbia, SC
February 4
7:00 pm, FSN
No. 5 Arkansas W 74–57  20–2 (8–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,817)
Knoxville, TN
February 8
9:00 pm
No. 5 at Vanderbilt W 69–60  21–2 (9–1)
Memorial Gymnasium (6,005)
Nashville, TN
February 11
9:00 pm, CSS
No. 5 at Mississippi W 61–58  22–2 (10–1)
Tad Smith Coliseum (2,356)
Oxford, MS
February 14
2:04 pm, SEC Network
No. 5 Florida W 83–44  23–2 (11–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (16,451)
Knoxville, TN
February 18
9:00 pm, CSS
No. 5 at Alabama W 74–67  24–2 (12–1)
Coleman Coliseum (3,900)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 22
7:02 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 No. 20 LSU W 70–61  25–2 (13–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (13,851)
Knoxville, TN
February 25
7:00 pm, FSN
No. 4 No. 16 Kentucky W 81–65  26–2 (14–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (12,100)
Knoxville, TN
February 28
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 Mississippi
Senior Day
W 75–63  27–2 (15–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (14,289)
Knoxville, TN
2010 SEC Tournament
March 5
12 noon, FSN
No. 4 vs. Mississippi
2010 SEC Tournament Quarterfinal
W 76–51  28–2
Arena at Gwinnett Center (5,012)
Duluth, GA
March 6
3:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 vs. Vanderbilt
2010 SEC Tournament Semifinal
W 68–49  29–2
Arena at Gwinnett Center (6,148)
Duluth, GA
March 7
6:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 vs. No. 19 Kentucky
2010 SEC Tournament Final
W 70–62  30–2
Arena at Gwinnett Center (5,854)
Duluth, GA
2010 NCAA Tournament
March 20
12:16 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 (1) vs. No. (16) Austin Peay
2010 NCAA Tournament, First Round
W 75–42  31–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,922)
Knoxville, TN
March 22
7:06 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 (1) vs. No. (8) Dayton
2010 NCAA Tournament, Second Round
W 92–64  32–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,022)
Knoxville, TN
March 28
12:04 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 (1) vs. No. 14 (4) Baylor
2010 NCAA Tournament, Memphis Regional Semifinals
W 77–62  32–3
FedExForum (TBC)
Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Regular season

The Volunteers participated in the State Farm Tip Off Classic, which was held on November 15. Two days later, the Volunteers participated in the ESPN Classic.

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass

SEC Tournament

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club

See also

  • UConn–Tennessee rivalry

References

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  4. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-maggiedixonclassic&prov=ap&type=lgns
  5. https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082109aaa.html%5B%5D
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