2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 8 3 32–3 15–1 Pat Summitt 36th Holly Warlick Dean Lockwood Daedra Charles-Furlow Thompson-Boling Arena SEC tournament champions SEC regular season champions State Farm Classic champions ESPN Classic champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Lady Volunteers, coached since 1974 by Pat Summitt, played their home games at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Lady Vols, regular-season and tournament champions of the Southeastern Conference, were a #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA tournament, losing in the semifinals of the Memphis Regional to Baylor. Offseason April 3:Lady Vol basketball redshirt freshman center Kelley Cain had undergone successful knee surgery at UT Hospital.http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040309aaa.html Cain Has Successful Knee Surgery University of Tennessee Athletics 2009-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033212/http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040309aaa.html 2011-07-17 dead May 3: To celebrate Pat Summitt's 1,000th basketball victory, the University of Tennessee Athletic Department hosted "Pat Summitt's Day of 1,000 Stories" at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville.http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033009aaa.html UT to Host 'Pat Summitt's 'Day of 1,000 Stories' May 3rd University of Tennessee Athletics 2009-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033222/http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033009aaa.html 2011-07-17 dead May 7: Tennessee Lady Vol basketball signee Taber Spani, a 6–1 guard from Lee's Summit, Mo., received an invitation to participate in the USA U19 National Team trials.http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050709aaa.html Taber Spani Invited to Try out for USA U19 National Team University of Tennessee Athletics 2009-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033232/http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/050709aaa.html 2011-07-17 dead July 7: Pat Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer will oppose each other in the fourth annual Maggie Dixon Classic. The women's doubleheader will be played Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden. The two Hall of Fame coaches teams will meet in regular season play for the seventh straight year. Baylor and freshman star Brittney Griner will face Boston College in the other contest. The two teams played once before at Madison Square Garden. Tennessee won 68–54 in 1999. Baylor will be making its first appearance at MSG.http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-maggiedixonclassic&prov=ap&type=lgns Archived copy 2009-07-30 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20091214071319/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-maggiedixonclassic&prov=ap&type=lgns dead August 21: The 2009–10 preseason candidates list for the Women's Wooden Award was released and the list named 31 student athletes. Angie Bjorklund from Tennessee was one of the candidates.https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082109aaa.htmlSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Schedule yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition November 5 7:00 pm yes Carson-Newman (Exhibition) Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 124–34 12,363 November 7 7:00 pm yes Delta State (Exhibition) Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 79–46 10,619 |- !colspan=9| Non-conference regular season November 15 11:00 am yes 6 Baylor 8 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN State Farm Tip-Off Classic ESPN2 74–65 1–0 12,824 November 17 7:00 pm yes y 6 Texas Tech AT&T Center San Antonio, TX ESPN Classic ESPNU 91–53 2–0 4,586 November 17 4:00 pm yes y 6 Virginia 12 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA 77–63 3–0 11,895 November 25 8:00 pm yes y 6 Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 69–52 4–0 11,802 November 28 3:00 pm yes 6 UCLA Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 61–47 5–0 14,176 December 1 7:00 pm yes 6 George Washington Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 93–53 6–0 12,840 December 6 7:02 pm yes 6 Texas 17 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN2 78–58 7–0 13,434 December 13 3:30 pm yes y 4 Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY Maggie Dixon Classic ESPNU 68–54 8–0 7,190 December 16 7:00 pm yes 3 Louisville Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 86–56 9–0 11,084 December 19 2:30 pm yes y 3 Stanford 2 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Rivalry FSN 52-67 9–1 6,809 December 22 10:00 pm yes y 4 San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA 89–34 10–1 3,255 December 30 7:00 pm yes 4 Old Dominion Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SportSouth 102–62 11–1 12,503 January 3 7:00 pm yes 4 Oklahoma 14 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN2 96–75 12–1 13,332 |- !colspan=9| SEC regular season January 7 7:00 pm 4 South Carolina Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN FSN/SportSouth 79–62 13–1 (1–0) 11,462 January 10 2:00 pm y 4 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SEC Network 75–48 14–1 (2–0) 5,787 January 14 7:00 pm y 4 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL CSS 66–64 15–1 (3–0) 4,103 January 17 6:06 pm 4 Vanderbilt Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Rivalry ESPNU 64–57 16–1 (4–0) 16,645 January 21 7:00 pm y 3 Georgia 8 Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA FSN 50-53 16–2 (4–1) 7,728 January 24 6:00 pm y 3 LSU 18 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA ESPNU 55–43 17–2 (5–1) 6,784 January 28 7:00 pm 5 Auburn Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN CSS 85–56 18–2 (6–1) 12,353 January 31 2:00 pm y 5 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SEC Network 60–55 19–2 (7–1) 7,123 February 4 7:00 pm 5 Arkansas Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN FSN 74–57 20–2 (8–1) 11,817 February 8 9:00 pm y 5 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Rivalry 69–60 21–2 (9–1) 6,005 February 11 9:00 pm y 5 Mississippi Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS CSS 61–58 22–2 (10–1) 2,356 February 14 2:04 pm 5 Florida Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SEC Network 83–44 23–2 (11–1) 16,451 February 18 9:00 pm y 5 Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CSS 74–67 24–2 (12–1) 3,900 February 22 7:02 pm 4 LSU 20 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN2 70–61 25–2 (13–1) 13,851 February 25 7:00 pm 4 Kentucky 16 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Rivalry FSN 81–65 26–2 (14–1) 12,100 February 28 6:00 pm 4 Mississippi Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Senior Day ESPNU 75–63 27–2 (15–1) 14,289 |- !colspan=9| 2010 SEC Tournament March 5 12 noon y 4 Mississippi Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA 2010 SEC tournament Quarterfinal FSN 76–51 28–2 5,012 March 6 3:30 pm y 4 Vanderbilt Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA 2010 SEC Tournament Semifinal / Rivalry ESPNU 68–49 29–2 6,148 March 7 6:30 pm y 4 Kentucky 19 Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA 2010 SEC Tournament Final / Rivalry ESPN2 70–62 30–2 5,854 |- !colspan=9| 2010 NCAA Tournament March 20 12:16 pm y 3 (1) Austin Peay (16) Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 2010 NCAA tournament, first round ESPN2 75–42 31–2 10,922 March 22 7:06 pm y 3 (1) Dayton (8) Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 2010 NCAA Tournament, second round ESPN2 92–64 32–2 10,022 March 28 12:04 pm y 3 (1) Baylor 14 (4) FedExForum Memphis, TN 2010 NCAA Tournament, Memphis Regional semifinals ESPN2 62-77 32–3 TBC Regular season The Volunteers participated in the State Farm Tip Off Classic, which was held on November 15. Two days later, the Volunteers participated in the ESPN Classic. Roster Number Name Height Position Class SEC Tournament July 2010 Player stats Player Games played Minutes Field goals Three pointers Free throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points Postseason NCAA basketball tournament January 2011 Awards and honors July 2010 Team players drafted into the WNBA Round Pick Player NBA club See also UConn–Tennessee rivalry References Category:Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball seasons Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers Volunteers