2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

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2008-09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Conference Southeast Conference
2008-09 record 22-11 ( SEC)
Head coach Pat Summitt
Assistant coach Holly Warlick
Assistant coach Dean Lockwood
Assistant coach Daedra Charles-Furlow
Home arena Thompson-Boling Arena
Seasons
« 2007-08 2009-10 »
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Auburn 12 – 2   .857     30 – 4   .882
#14 Vanderbilt† 10 – 4   .714     26 – 9   .743
LSU 10 – 4   .714     19 – 11   .633
#22 Florida 9 – 5   .643     24 – 8   .750
#18 Tennessee 9 – 5   .643     22 – 11   .667
Mississippi State 8 – 6   .571     23 – 10   .697
Georgia 7 – 7   .500     18 – 14   .563
Arkansas 6 – 8   .429     18 – 14   .563
Ole Miss 5 – 9   .357     18 – 15   .545
Kentucky 5 – 9   .357     16 – 16   .500
South Carolina 2 – 12   .143     10 – 18   .357
Alabama 1 – 13   .071     13 – 17   .433
† 2009 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee. The team was coached by Pat Summitt and the team played their home games at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols are a member of the Southeastern Conference.

Offseason

Signees

  • Six signees committed to the Lady Vols and will comprise the Lady Vol basketball class of 2012. Joining the back-to-back NCAA Champion Lady Vols will be Briana Bass (5-2, PG, North Central H.S., Indianapolis, Ind.), Alyssia Brewer (6-3, F, Sapulpa H.S., Sapulpa, Okla.), Amber Gray (6-1, F, Lakota West H.S., West Chester, Ohio), Glory Johnson (6-3, F/C, The Webb School, Knoxville, Tenn.), Alicia Manning (6-1, G/F, Etowah H.S., Woodstock, Ga.) and Shekinna Stricklen (6-2, G/F, Morrilton H.S., Morrilton, Ark.).[1]

Regular season

  • On February 5, 2009, Pat Summitt won her 1,000 basketball game.[2]
  • The team had a rebuilding season, due to the departure of the first pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, Candace Parker. They finished the season at 22-11 and entered the NCAA tournament with the lowest seeding in the program's history at #5.

NCAA Basketball Tournament

  • Berkeley Regional
    • Ball State 71, Tennessee 55[3]

In the opening round of the tournament they played a 26-8 Ball State Cardinals team that was making their NCAA tourney debut. Ball State would go on to win the game 71-55 making history. The Lady Volunteers had never lost in the first two rounds of the tournament, going 42-0 through the years. Tennessee also became the first defending champ to lose its opening game in the women's tourney.[4]

Awards and honors

  • The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named Tennessee freshman cager Shekinna Stricklen its national Freshman of the Year on Wednesday. Stricklen becomes the first Lady Vol to earn the prestigious honor from the USBWA.[5]

Team players drafted into the WNBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/061908aaa.html
  2. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033009aaa.html
  3. ↑ http://www.ncaamarchmadness2009.com/womens/
  4. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/032209aab.html
  5. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040109aad.html
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