Tennessee Women's Basketball Game Notes (Louisville - NCAA Elite Eight)

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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

ONLINE  WatchESPN.com

RADIO  Lady Vol Network  Mickey Dearstone (play-by-play)

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