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2008-09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
Conference Southeast Conference
2008–09 record 22–11 ( SEC)
Head coach Pat Summitt
Assistant coach Holly Warlick
Assistant coach Dean Lockwood
Assistant coach Daedra Charles-Furlow
Home arena Thompson-Boling Arena
Seasons
← 2007–08
2009–10 →
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Auburn 12 2   .857     30 4   .882
#14 Vanderbilt 10 4   .714     26 9   .743
LSU 10 4   .714     19 11   .633
#22 Florida 9 5   .643     24 8   .750
#18 Tennessee 9 5   .643     22 11   .667
Mississippi State 8 6   .571     23 10   .697
Georgia 7 7   .500     18 14   .563
Arkansas 6 8   .429     18 14   .563
Ole Miss 5 9   .357     18 15   .545
Kentucky 5 9   .357     16 16   .500
South Carolina 2 12   .143     10 18   .357
Alabama 1 13   .071     13 17   .433
2009 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee. The team was coached by Pat Summitt and the team played their home games at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols are a member of the Southeastern Conference.

In the opening round of the tournament they played a 26–8 Ball State Cardinals team that was making their NCAA tourney debut. Ball State would go on to win the game 71–55 making history. The Lady Volunteers had never lost in the first two rounds of the tournament, going 42–0 through the years. Tennessee also became the first defending champ to lose its opening game in the women's tourney.


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