TENNESSEE LADY VOL ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT HONORS & NOTEBOOKUpdated 06/09/08
| UT's RECORD VS. OPPONENTS IN THE NCAAs |
Tennessee has played 70 different opponents in 123 NCAA playoff games since 1982 and sports a 104-19 record. The Lady Vols have compiled the following records against the opposition: Alabama (1-0), Alabama State (1-0), Appalachian St. (1-0), Arizona (1-0), Arkansas (1-0), Army (1-0), Auburn (3-0), Austin Peay (1-0), Baylor (1-0), Boston College (1-0), Brigham Young (1-0), Cheyney (1-0), Clemson (2-0), Colgate (1-0), Colorado (1-0), Connecticut (2-5), DePaul (1-0), Drake (1-0), Duke (1-1), Fla. A&M (1-0), Fla. Intl. (1-0), Furman (1-0), George Washington (1-0), Georgia (4-1), Georgia State (1-0), Grambling (1-0), Iowa (1-1), Jackson State (1-0), James Madison (1-0), Kansas (1-0), LaSalle (1-0), Liberty (1-0), Long Beach (2-0), Louisiana State (3-0), Louisiana Tech (2-3), Marist (1-0), Maryland (1-0), Memphis (1-0), Michigan State (0-1), Middle Tennessee (1-0), Mississippi (2-1), North Carolina (3-1), North Carolina A&T (1-0), Northwestern (1-0), Notre Dame (3-0), Ohio State (1-0), Old Dominion (2-0), Oral Roberts (1-0), Oregon (1-0), Penn State (1-0), Pittsburgh (1-0). Purdue (2-0), Radford (1-0), Rutgers (6-0), South Carolina State (1-0), Southern California (1-2), Southwest Missouri (1-0), Stanford (3-0), St. Mary's (CA) (1-0), Tennessee Tech (1-0), Texas A&M (1-0), Texas Tech (3-0), Vanderbilt (1-0), Villanova (1-0), Virginia (8-1), Virginia Tech (1-0), Wake Forest (1-0), Western Carolina (1-0), Western Kentucky (3-1) and Xavier (0-1).
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| UT's RECORD VS. CONFERENCES IN THE NCAAs |
| Of the Lady Vols' 123 games in the NCAA Tournament since 1982, Tennessee has faced 25 different conferences. Almost half of UT's total number of games have come against teams from the Southeastern Conference (15-2), the Atlantic Coast Conference (16-3) and the Big East (13-5). The breakdown: |
Atlantic Coast (16-3)
Atlantic Sun (1-0)
Atlantic 10 (5-1)
Big Ten (6-2)
Big 12 (7-0)
Big East (13-5)
Big South (2-0)
Colonial (2-0)
Conference USA (2-0)
Metro-Atlantic (1-0)
Mid-Eastern Athletic (3-0)
Missouri Valley (2-0)
Mountain West (1-0)
Ohio Valley (3-0)
Pac 10 (6-2)
Patriot (2-0)
Southeastern (15-2)
Southern (3-0)
Southwestern Athletic (3-0)
Summit League (1-0)
Sunbelt (5-4)
Trans-American (1-0)
West Coast (1-0)
Western Collegiate (2-0)
Independent (1-0) |
| THE (#1) SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED |
| You can call it longevity. You can call it coaching and performance. You can call it strength of schedule. Whatever you call it, the University of Tennessee has earned 19 number-one seedings all-time in the NCAA Tournament since 1982. Additionally, UT has been seeded number two on four occasions, number three, three times and number four just once. From 1988-96, the Lady Vols had nine consecutive number one seedings. Only 26 schools have ever received number one seeds over the years. |
| The Number One Seeds |
| YEAR |
EAST |
MIDEAST |
MIDWEST |
WEST |
| 1982* |
Old Dominion |
Southern Cal |
Louisiana Tech |
Long Beach St. |
| 1983 |
Cheyney |
TENNESSEE |
Louisiana Tech |
Southern Cal |
| 1984* |
Old Dominion |
Georgia |
Louisiana Tech |
Southern Cal |
| 1985 |
Old Dominion |
Texas |
Louisiana Tech |
Long Beach St. |
| 1986* |
Virginia |
Georgia |
Texas |
Southern Cal |
| 1987** |
Texas |
Auburn |
Louisiana Tech |
Long Beach St. |
| 1988* |
TENNESSEE |
Auburn |
Texas |
Iowa |
| 1989** |
TENNESSEE |
Auburn |
Louisiana Tech |
Maryland |
| 1990 |
TENNESSEE |
Washington |
Louisiana Tech |
Stanford |
| 1991** |
Penn State |
TENNESSEE |
Virginia |
Georgia |
| 1992 |
Virginia |
TENNESSEE |
Iowa |
Stanford |
| 1993 |
Ohio State |
TENNESSEE |
Vanderbilt |
Stanford |
| 1994 |
UConn |
TENNESSEE |
Penn State |
Purdue |
| 1995* |
UConn |
TENNESSEE |
Colorado |
Vanderbilt |
| 1996** |
TENNESSEE |
UConn |
Louisiana Tech |
Stanford |
| 1997** |
North Carolina |
Old Dominion |
UConn |
Stanford |
| 1998** |
Old Dominion |
TENNESSEE |
Texas Tech |
Stanford |
| 1999 |
TENNESSEE |
UConn |
Purdue |
Louisiana Tech |
| 2000* |
UConn |
TENNESSEE |
Louisiana Tech |
Georgia |
| 2001 |
UConn |
TENNESSEE |
Notre Dame |
Duke |
| 2002* |
Duke |
UConn |
Vanderbilt |
Oklahoma |
| 2003* |
UConn |
TENNESSEE |
Duke |
LSU |
| 2004* |
Penn State |
Duke |
TENNESSEE |
Texas |
| 2005* |
Tempe |
Philadelphia |
Kansas City |
Chattanooga |
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North Carolina |
TENNESSEE |
Michigan State |
LSU |
| 2006 |
BRIDGEPORT |
CLEVELAND |
SAN ANTONIO |
ALBUQUERQUE |
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Duke |
North Carolina |
LSU |
Ohio State |
| 2007** |
GREENSBORO |
DAYTON |
DALLAS |
FRESNO |
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Duke |
Tennessee |
North Carolina |
Connecticut |
| 2008** |
GREENSBORO |
OKLAHOMA CITY |
NEW ORLEANS |
SPOKANE |
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Connecticut |
Tennessee |
North Carolina |
Maryland |
| (Key: *UT advanced to Final Four; **UT NCAA Champions) |
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| Tennessee's NCAA Seeding Through the Years |
| Year |
Seed |
Region |
Result |
| 1982 |
#2 |
Mideast |
Final Four (3rd) |
| 1983 |
#1 |
Mideast |
lost in regional final |
| 1984 |
#3 |
Mideast |
Final Four (2nd) |
| 1985 |
#3 |
Mideast |
lost in regional semis |
| 1986 |
#4 |
Mideast |
Final Four (3rd) |
| 1987 |
#2 |
Mideast |
NCAA Champions |
| 1988 |
#1 |
East |
Final Four (3rd) |
| 1989 |
#1 |
East |
NCAA Champions |
| 1990 |
#1 |
East |
lost in regional final (OT) |
| 1991 |
#1 |
Mideast |
NCAA Champions |
| 1992 |
#1 |
Mideast |
lost in regional semis |
| 1993 |
#1 |
Mideast |
lost in regional finals |
| 1994 |
#1 |
Mideast |
lost in regional semis |
| 1995 |
#1 |
Mideast |
Final Four (2nd) |
| 1996 |
#1 |
East |
NCAA Champions |
| 1997 |
#3 |
Midwest |
NCAA Champions |
| 1998 |
#1 |
Mideast |
NCAA Champions |
| 1999 |
#1 |
East |
lost in regional finals |
| 2000 |
#1 |
Mideast |
Final Four (2nd) |
| 2001 |
#1 |
Mideast |
lost in regional semis |
| 2002 |
#2 |
Midwest |
Final Four (3rd) |
| 2003 |
#1 |
Mideast |
Final Four (2nd) |
| 2004 |
#1 |
Midwest |
Final Four (2nd) |
| 2005 |
#1 |
Philadelphia |
Final Four (3rd) |
| 2006 |
#2 |
Cleveland |
lost in regional finals |
| 2007 |
#1 |
Dayton |
NCAA Champions |
| 2008 |
#1 |
Oklahoma City |
NCAA Champions |
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