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NCAA ELITE EIGHT TENNESSEE
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THE BASICS 2012-13 RECORD 2012-13 RECORD 27-7/14-2 SEC 27-8/11-5 BIG EAST Preseason Rank: #20/16 Preseason Rank: 9th/9th 2011-12 Record: 27-9 2011-12 Record: 23-10 Conf. Rec./Finish: 12-4/2nd Conf. Rec./Finish: 10-6/t6th Starters Back/Lost: 0/5 Starters Back/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 6/5 Letterwinners Back/Lost: 10/2 Newcomers: 5 Newcomers: 3
STATISTICAL LEADERS SCORING #10 Meighan Simmons (17.0 ppg)
SCORING #23 Shoni Schimmel (14.2 ppg.)
REBOUNDING #12 Bashaara Graves (8.0 rpg.)
REBOUNDING #00 Sara Hammond (6.5 rpg.)
ASSISTS #5 Ariel Massengale (4.6 apg.)
ASSISTS #23 Shoni Schimmel (3.5 apg.)
STEALS #4 Kamiko Williams (1.6 spg.)
STEALS #21 Bria Smith (2.1 apg.)
BLOCKS #20 Isabelle Harrison (2.1 bpg.)
BLOCKS #3 Sheronne Vails (0.9 bpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT, 2-0 Home: UT, 1-0 Away: UT, 1-0 Neutral: 0-0 Postseason: 0-0 Overtime: 0-0 Streak: UT, two games
Last Meeting: #4/4 UT opened its 2010-11 campaign by def. UL, 6350, in Louisville on Nov. 12, 2010. All-Time Record: 1,218-272 in 68th season
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GAME 35 SET-UP #10/9 Tennessee (27-7), the No. 2 seed in the Oklahoma City Region, will meet No. 5 seed Louisville (27-8) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Central time (9 p.m. ET) in an NCAA Elite Eight game at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The winner of Tuesday’s contest will advance to the NCAA Final Four, which will be held April 7 and 9 at the New Orleans Arena. ESPN2 will televise the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Final in high definition, with Pam Ward and Rebecca Lobo calling the action and Maria Taylor reporting on the sidelines. The Lady Vols earned the opportunity to meet Louisville in the Elite Eight by defeating No. 6 seed Oklahoma (74-59) in the Sweet 16, No. 10 seed Creighton (68-52) in the Second Round and No. 15 seed Oral Roberts (8362) in the First Round. The Cardinals, meanwhile, moved on to the Elite Eight when they knocked out No. 1 seed and defending NCAA champ Baylor (82-81) in the Sweet 16, No. 4 Purdue (76-63) in the Second Round and No. 12 Middle Tennessee (74-49) in the First Round. Tennessee won the SEC regular season crown but earned an at-large bid to the tournament. Louisville finished third in the BIG EAST and also earned an at-large berth.
26TH ELITE EIGHT FOR TENNESSEE Tennessee is making its 26th appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight and owns an 18-7 alltime record in its previous 25 contests. The Lady Vols are making their third-consecutive appearance in the Elite Eight and are seeking their first trip to the Final Four since 2008 and 19th overall. UT was halted in the Elite Eight a year ago in Des Moines by Baylor, 77-58. Notre Dame ended the Big Orange’s season in Dayton at the Elite Eight in 2011, 73-59. Tennessee is 3-1 in NCAA Regional Finals vs. BIG EAST teams, defeating UConn (91-81) in 1997, Villanova (73-49) in 2003 and Rutgers (59-49) in 2005 and falling to Notre Dame (73-59) in 2011. The Lady Vols improved their record in Sweet 16 games to 26-5 and are now 44-12 all-time in NCAA regional play.
2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
#10/9 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS vs. #16/17 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
OVERALL RECORD: SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
27-7 14-2 13-5 16-2 9-4 2-1
THE SCHEDULE DATE Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Nov. 28 Dec . 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 28 March 3 March 8 March 9 March 23 March 25 March 31 April 2
OPPONENT (TV/WEB) TIME/RESULT Carson-Newman ^ (UT) W, 104-44 Coker ^ (UT) W, 118-44 at Chattanooga (GoMocs.com) L, 71-80 at #22/20 Georgia Tech (ESPN3) W, 71-54 Rice (UT) W, 101-48 at #23/23 Miami (UM) W, 79-67 Alcorn State (UT) W, 90-37 Middle Tennessee (UT) W, 88-81 OT #22/RV No.Carolina (FSS/MyVLT) W, 102-57 at #18/20 Texas (FSN/SPSO) W, 94-75 at #3/3 Baylor (ESPN) L, 53-76 #1/1 Stanford (SPSO/MyVLT) L, 60-73 Davidson (UT) W, 75-40 #NR/RV Rutgers (SPSO) W, 66-47 at #18/15 South Carolina* (SPSO) W, 73-53 #10/11 Georgia * (SPSO) W, 79-66 Missouri * (SPSO) W, 84-39 at Florida * (ESPNU) W, 78-75 OT at Auburn * (CSS) W, 75-66 Alabama * (CSS) W, 96-69 at #RV/RV Vanderbilt * (SPSO) W, 83-75 #2/3 Notre Dame (ESPN2) L, 67-77 Mississippi State * (CSS) W, 88-45 at Missouri * (CSS) L, 63-80 at LSU * (CSS) W, 64-62 Ole Miss * (UT) W, 97-68 Vanderbilt * (ESPN2) W, 83-64 Auburn * (UT) W, 83-61 at Arkansas * (SEC Network) W, 60-54 #13/15 Texas A&M * (CSS) W, 82-72 at #10/10 Kentucky * (ESPNU) L, 65-78 ^Florida (SPSO) W, 82-73 ^19/19 Texas A&M (ESPNU) L, 62-66 $Oral Roberts - NCAA 1st Rd. (ESPN2) W, 83-62 $Creighton - NCAA 2nd Rd. (ESPN2) W, 68-52 $Oklahoma - NCAA OKC Reg. Semi. (ESPN2) W, 74-59 $Louisville - NCAA OKC Reg. Final (ESPN2) 9:00 p.m.
^ Exhibition Game, * SEC Game, ^ SEC Tournament, + NCAA Tournament, All Times Eastern
ON THE AIR TELEVISION ESPN2 (HD) Pam Ward (play-by-play) Rebecca Lobo (color analyst) Maria Taylor (sideline reporter)
ANOTHER STEP FOR WARLICK Despite a gloomy (for UT) preseason forecast for her team, rookie head coach Holly Warlick has taken her first squad to the brink of earning a trip to the Final Four. Tennessee began the season ranked 20th in the AP Poll and 16th in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll. The first-year skipper picked up her first NCAA tournament victories on March 23 and 25, as the Lady Vols defeated Oral Roberts
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