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2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season


Intercollegiate basketball season

FieldValue
sportWomen's Basketball
year2009–10
teamTennessee Lady Volunteers
imageTennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
image_size150
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
short_confSEC
CoachRank8
APRank3
record32–3
conf_record15–1
head_coachPat Summitt
hc_year36th
asst_coach1Holly Warlick
asst_coach2Dean Lockwood
asst_coach3Daedra Charles-Furlow
stadiumThompson-Boling Arena
champion[SEC tournament](2010-sec-women-s-basketball-tournament) champions
SEC regular season champions
State Farm Classic champions
ESPN Classic champions
tourney[NCAA tournament](2010-ncaa-division-i-women-s-basketball-tournament)
tourney_resultSweet Sixteen

SEC regular season champions State Farm Classic champions ESPN Classic champions 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Schedule

|- !colspan=9| Exhibition

|- !colspan=9| Non-conference regular season

|- !colspan=9| SEC regular season

|- !colspan=9| 2010 SEC Tournament |- !colspan=9| 2010 NCAA Tournament

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

NumberNameHeightPositionClass

SEC Tournament

Player stats

PlayerGames playedMinutesField goalsThree pointersFree throwsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

NCAA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA club

References

References

  1. "Cain Has Successful Knee Surgery University of Tennessee Athletics".
  2. "UT to Host 'Pat Summitt's 'Day of 1,000 Stories' May 3rd University of Tennessee Athletics".
  3. "Taber Spani Invited to Try out for USA U19 National Team University of Tennessee Athletics".
  4. "Archived copy".
  5. https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082109aaa.html{{dead link. (September 2016)
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