Women's Basketball

University of Tennessee: Knoxville

207 Thompson-Boling Arena - Knoxville, TN - 37996
Team Office: Tel: (865) 974-4275 Fax: (865) 974-2060
Team website: utladyvols.collegesports.com/

Founded in 1794, the University of Tennessee is designated as a Carnegie Level I research institution offering over 80 Bachelor and Master degree programs plus 50 PhD programs. Its programs in Business, Advertising, Nursing, Law, Architecture, and Engineering are nationally recognized. Other majors offered include Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management, Radio and Television, Ornamental Horticulture, Interior Design, Dance, and Audiology. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Tennessee #96 among national institutions.

Located along the Tennessee River, the campus is located in Knoxville (pop. 173k) about 200 miles north of Atlanta.

School website
www.utk.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

26,000

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 23-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$23,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - Politcal Science - Finance

Misc. Information

Head coach Pat Summitt enters her 34th season at Tennessee in 2007-08. Hired in 1974-75 at the age of 22, Summitt has captured nearly every record. Among D1 programs, no other school has posted more wins than Tennessee. With 947 career wins, Summit passed Texas' Jody Conradt on the all time win list in 2003-04. Among active D1 coaches, she is ranked second in winning percentage. Even among men coaches, Summitt ranks among the best as attested by her six national titles. Only Johnny Wooden has more. Over the last 31 years, Summitt's teams have won 24 conference titles and produced over 28 wins per season. In her worst season the Lady Vols went 16-11. Summitt, a former player at Tennessee-Martin, is also an Olympian -- having played in the 1976 games and lifting the U.S. team to the Silver Medal. In 2006-07, the Lady Vols finished at 34-3 and beat Rutgers for the National Championship.

Team Name	Lady Vols
Colors	Orange and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1040-238 (.813)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	34-3	31-5	30-5	157-20 (.887)
Conference	14-0	11-3	13-1	68-2 (.971)
Conf. Finish	1	2	2	1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	Swt 16	Final 4	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#3	#6	#4	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Pat Summitt
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Tennessee	1974-75
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	947-179 (.841
Record at Tennessee	947-179 (.841)
Coaching Awards	John Bunn Award, Basketball HOF, Naismith COTY

Asst. Coaches	Dean Lockwood, Hollie Warlick, Nikki Caldwell

Recruiting Coordinator

Nikki Caldwell, (865) 974-0001, ncaldwell@utk.edu

Conference and Schedule

Tennessee plays in the Southeastern Conference (www.secsports.com), one of the nation's premier leagues for women's Division 1 basketball. The conference is made up of 12 teams from nine states and is split into two divisions, east and west. Tennessee plays in the east. Currently, Tennessee plays a 14 game league schedule. League play commences after January 1 with games often played on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The season concludes with the SEC tourney with the winner of the 11-game tournament receiving the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament seeds and conference champion are determined by the 14-game regular-season SEC schedule. The top four seeds earn a first-round bye.

Conference Opponents

East: Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt. West: Mississippi St., Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missisippi.

Facilities

Thompson-Boling Arena
Capacity 24,535, Average attendance 11,300

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Tennessee was ranked #6 in scoring offense at 78.3 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked 15th at 73.6 and #16 in defense, holding opponents to 55.5 ppg.