2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team
{{short description|Intercollegiate basketball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode= Women's Basketball
|year= 2014–15
|team= Tennessee Lady Volunteers
|image= Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
|image_size = 125
|conference= Southeastern Conference
|short_conf= SEC
|CoachRank= 5
|APRank= 6
|record= 30–6
|conf_record= 15–1
|head_coach=Holly Warlick
|hc_year=3rd
|asst_coach1=Kyra Elzy
|asst_coach2=Jolette Law
|asst_coach3=Dean Lockwood
|stadium=Thompson–Boling Arena
|champion=SEC regular season co-champions
|bowl=NCAA tournament
|bowl_result=Elite Eight
}}
{{2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings}}
The 2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented 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.[http://www.secsports.com/article/12432728/lady-vols-cruise-georgia Lady Vols cruise past Georgia]
2014–15 roster
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{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Diamond|last=DeShields|link=y|num=10|pos=G|ft=6|in=1|class=SO|rs=|home=Norcross, Ga.|high_school=North Carolina}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Kortney|last=Dunbar|link=|num=13|pos=G/F|ft=6|in=2|class=FR|rs=|home=Edwardsville, Ill.|high_school=Edwardsville H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Bashaara|last=Graves|link=y|num=12|pos=F|ft=6|in=2|class=JR|rs=|home=Clarksville, Tenn.|high_school=Clarksville H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Isabelle|last=Harrison|link=y|num=20|pos=C|ft=6|in=3|class=SR|rs=|home=Nashville, Tenn.|high_school=Hillsboro H.S.|inj=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jasmine|last=Jones|link=|num=2|pos=F|ft=6|in=2|class=JR|rs=|home=Madison, Ala.|high_school=Bob Jones H.S.|inj=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Ariel|last=Massengale|link=y|num=5|pos=PG|ft=5|in=7|class=SR|rs=|home=Bolingbrook, Ill.|high_school=Bolingbrook H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Alexa|last=Middleton|link=|num=33|pos=G|ft=5|in=9|class=FR|rs=|home=Murfreesboro, Tenn.|high_school=Riverdale H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Nia|last=Moore|link=|num=1|pos=C|ft=6|in=3|class=JR|rs=|home=Chicago, Ill.|high_school=Bolingbrook H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jaime|last=Nared|link=y|num=31|pos=G/F|ft=6|in=2|class=FR|rs=|home=Portland, Ore.|high_school=Westview H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jordan|last=Reynolds|link=|num=0|pos=G|ft=5|in=11|class=SO|rs=|home=Portland, Ore.|high_school=Central Catholic H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Mercedes|last=Russell|link=y|num=21|pos=C|ft=6|in=6|class=SO|rs=y|cur_rs=yes|home=Springfield, Ore.|high_school=Springfield H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jannah|last=Tucker|link=|num=4|pos=G|ft=6|in=0|class=FR|rs=y|home=Baltimore, Md.|high_school=New Town H.S.}}
{{CBB roster/Footer|head_coach=Holly Warlick |asst_coach=Kyra Elzy
Jolette Law
Dean Lockwood |roster_url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/tenn-w-baskbl-mtt.html|accessdate=2014-09-14}}
Rankings
{{main|2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings}}
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Schedule and Results
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|-
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Exhibition
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 9, 2014
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Carson–Newman
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 90–57
| overtime =
| attend = 9,924
| record = –
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Regular Season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 14, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Penn
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 97–52
| overtime =
| attend = 9,706
| record = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 17, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Oral Roberts
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 91–39
| overtime =
| attend = 8,861
| record = 2–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 21, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Winthrop
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 81–48
| overtime =
| attend = 9,267
| record = 3–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 24, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Tennessee State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 97–46
| overtime =
| attend = 9,137
| record = 4–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 26, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Chattanooga
| opprank =
| site_stadium = McKenzie Arena
| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 63–67
| overtime =
| attend = 4,160
| record = 4–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 30, 2014
| time = 6:30 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 4
| opponent = Texas
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Frank Erwin Center
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| gamename =
| tv = FS1
| score = 57–72
| overtime =
| attend = 4,198
| record = 4–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 3, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 14
| opponent = Saint Francis (PA)
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 111–44
| overtime =
| attend = 9,126
| record = 5–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 7, 2014
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 14
| opponent = Lipscomb
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Allen Arena
| site_cityst = Nashville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 85–51
| overtime =
| attend = 2,742
| record = 6–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 14, 2014
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 11
| opponent = Rutgers
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = The RAC
| site_cityst = Piscataway, NJ
| gamename =
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 55–45
| overtime =
| attend = 4,543
| record = 7–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 16, 2014
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 11
| opponent = Wichita State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 54–51
| overtime =
| attend = 9,026
| record = 8–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 20, 2014
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 11
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = Rivalry
| tv = SECN
| score = 59–40
| overtime =
| attend = 13,056
| record = 9–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 28, 2014
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 8
| opponent = Oregon State
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 74–63
| overtime =
| attend = 11,123
| record = 10–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 2, 2015
| time = 9:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 8
| opponent = Missouri
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 63–53
| overtime =
| attend = 9,570
| record = 11–2 (1–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 5, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 7
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Gymnasium
| site_cityst = Nashville, TN
| gamename = Rivalry
| tv = SECN
| score = 57–49
| overtime =
| attend = 7,212
| record = 12–2 (2–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 8, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 7
| opponent = Texas A&M
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 81–58
| overtime =
| attend = 10,507
| record = 13–2 (3–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 11, 2015
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 7
| opponent = Arkansas
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Bud Walton Arena
| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
| gamename =
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 60–51
| overtime =
| attend = 2,344
| record = 14–2 (4–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 15, 2015
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Auburn
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Auburn Arena
| site_cityst = Auburn, AL
| gamename =
| tv = FSN
| score = 54–42
| overtime =
| attend = 2,590
| record = 15–2 (5–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 19, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 5
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Edmund P. Joyce Center
| site_cityst = South Bend, IN
| gamename =
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 77–88
| overtime =
| attend = 9,149
| record = 15–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 22, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 5
| opponent = LSU
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 75–58
| overtime =
| attend = 11,612
| record = 16–3 (6–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 25, 2015
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 5
| opponent = Georgia
| opprank = 22
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 59–51
| overtime =
| attend = 13,428
| record = 17–3 (7–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 29, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| gamename = Rivalry
| tv = SECN
| score = 73–72
| overtime =
| attend = 7,407
| record = 18–3 (8–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 1, 2015
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Mississippi State
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 79–67
| overtime =
| attend = 11,507
| record = 19–3 (9–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 8, 2015
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Florida
| opprank =
| site_stadium = O'Connell Center
| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| gamename =
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 64–56
| overtime =
| attend = 3,439
| record = 20–3 (10–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 12, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Ole Miss
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Tad Smith Coliseum
| site_cityst = Oxford, MS
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 69–49
| overtime =
| attend = 2,051
| record = 21–3 (11–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 15, 2015
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = Rivalry
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 72–58
| overtime =
| attend = 16,013
| record = 22–3 (12–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 19, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Alabama
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename =
| tv = FSN
| score = 77–56
| overtime =
| attend = 9,637
| record = 23–3 (13–0)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 23, 2015
| time = 9:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = South Carolina
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Colonial Life Arena
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| gamename =
| attend = 14,390
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 66–71
| overtime =
| record = 23–4 (13–1)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Feb 26, 2015
| time = 9:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Georgia
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stegeman Coliseum
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| gamename =
| tv = SECN
| score = 70–59
| overtime =
| attend = 3,624
| record = 24–4 (14–1)
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 1, 2015
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = Rivalry
| tv = SECN
| score = 79–49
| overtime =
| attend = 13,027
| record = 25–4 (15–1)
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| 2015 SEC Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 6, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| opponent = Georgia
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Verizon Arena
| site_cityst = North Little Rock, AR
| gamename = Quarterfinals
| tv = SECN
| score = 75–41
| attend = 4,189
| record = 26–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 7, 2015
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Verizon Arena
| site_cityst = North Little Rock, AR
| gamename = Semifinals / Rivalry
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 75–64
| attend = 5,524
| record = 27–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 8, 2015
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| opponent = South Carolina
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Verizon Arena
| site_cityst = North Little Rock, AR
| gamename = Championship Game
| tv = ESPN
| score = 46–62
| attend = 5,819
| record = 27–5
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| 2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 21, 2015
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Boise State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = First Round
| attend = 6,439
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 72–61
| overtime =
| record = 28–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 23, 2015
| time = 6:30 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 6
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thompson–Boling Arena
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = Second Round
| attend = 5,712
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 77–67
| overtime =
| record = 29–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 28, 2015
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 6
| opponent = Gonzaga
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Spokane Arena
| site_cityst = Spokane, WA
| gamename = Sweet Sixteen
| attend = 8,686
| tv = ESPN
| score = 73–69
| overtime = OT
| record = 30–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 30, 2015
| time = 9:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank = 6
| opponent = Maryland
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Spokane Arena
| site_cityst = Spokane, WA
| gamename = Elite Eight
| attend = 5,064
| tv = ESPN
| score = 48–58
| overtime =
| record = 30–6
}}
{{CBB schedule end
| rank =
| poll=AP Poll
| timezone = Eastern Time}}
See also
References
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{{Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball navbox}}
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