Women's College Basketball
« Previous EntriesLauren Avant: Lady Vol in Waiting
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Lauren Avant, considered by most to be the top player in the class of 2010, verbally committed to play basketball at the University of Tennessee two years ago.
Avant drew national attention when she committed to Tennessee as a 14-year-old. Avant is one of several high-school underclassmen featured in a Time magazine article about the [...]
Southeastern Conference News
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008All Sources from The Commercial Appeal
Ole Miss Football Program Has Multiple Departures
Twenty-one players quit from former Ole Miss football coach Ed Orgeron’s last two recruiting classes in 2005 and ‘06.
All those players not graduating should begin to wreck havoc on Ole Miss’ Academic Progress Rate a year or two down the line, possibly causing scholarship [...]
Lady Vols News & Notes
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Sliding under the radar of Vol fans as they so often do, the Tennessee Lady Vols had five players selected in last week’s WNBA Draft. Candace Parker was the overall number one pick, going to the Los Angeles Sparks.
Alexis Hornbuckle was the number four overall player taken in the draft and will be playing [...]
BIG ORANGE! Lady Vols Capture 8th National Title
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Defense wins championships. So does good free throw shooting and coaching. Tennessee had it all Tuesday night as the Lady Vols defeated the Stanford Lady Cardinal 64-48 to win their eighth national championship.
Candace Parker scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Lady Vols also became the first repeat champs since Connecticut won three [...]
Lady Vols Defeat Aggies; Advance to Final Four
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008The Tennessee Lady Vols fought through an injury to Candace Parker and overcame a late Texas A&M
lead as the Lady Vols defeated the Lady Aggies 53-45 Tuesday night in the Oklahoma City Regional final.
The victory marked head coach Pat Summitt’s 102nd NCAA tournament win. Tennessee will make their 18th appearance in the Final Four.
Parker scored [...]
Lady Vols Get Past Notre Dame; Advance To Elite Eight
Monday, March 31st, 2008Candace Parker matched her career high with 34 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading the top-seeded Tennessee Lady Vols past fifth-seeded Notre Dame 74-64 on Sunday night in the Oklahoma City Regional semifinals.
Tennessee’s victory sent the Lady Vols to the Elite Eight for the eighth consecutive year and the 23rd Elite Eight appearance in Head [...]
Lady Vols Hammer Purdue; Advance to Sweet 16
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Apparently Pat Summitt’s halftime speech during this past Sunday’s victory against Oral Roberts carried over into Tuesday night’s contest against Purdue.
Behind Candace Parker’s 24 points and eight rebounds the Tennessee Lady Vols roared into the Sweet 16 with a 78-52 victory against the ninth-seeded Purdue Lady Boilermakers in the women’s Oklahoma City Regional.
The victory marked [...]
Lady Vols Pound Oral Roberts in Women’s First Round
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Freshman Angie Bjorklund had 16 points and 7 rebounds, including four 3-pointers as the top-seeded Lady Volunteers routed 16th-seeded Oral Roberts 94-55 on Sunday night in the first round of the women’s Oklahoma City Regional.
With Candace Parker playing inconsistently and in foul trouble most of the game, the Lady Vols utilized their depth to eventually [...]
Lady Vols No.1 Seed In Oklahoma City Regional
Monday, March 17th, 2008The Tennessee Lady Volunteers were awarded the No.1 seed in the Oklahoma City Regional for this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Monday. Tennessee has been a top seed in the NCAA tournament 19 times.
The No. 3 Lady Vols, 30-2 overall, will face No. 16 seed Oral Roberts in West Lafayette, IN, on Sunday to [...]





































