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CONGRATS TO THE LADY VOLS -- 2007 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPS!!

2006 - 2007 turned out to be a breakthrough year for Tennessee Basketball. Both the Men's and Women's teams had great seasons.

Pat Summitt's Lady Vols won another (7th) national championship. They also went undefeated in SEC regular season games and 34-3 overall. It's nice to see the Lady Vols back on top. A class organization.

Bruce Pearl's men's team also had a great year. They ended up tied with Vandy for 2d in the SEC East with a 10-6 conference record. The Vols were 24-11 overall. They made it to the "Sweet 16" in the NCAA tournament -- and only lost on a last second play to Ohio State. The Vols ended the regular season ranked 22'd nationally. Oh, and they beat Florida at home. So, a great year for UT Basketball.

For more about the Lady Vols championship and analysis of the importance of the their victory in helping make SEC basketball #1, check out Best College Basketball Conference.

The rest of this page has not yet been updated. But, it is fun to read through what we thought as the past season progressed.

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Wow! Just watched UT beat FL. 16-0 at home. March Madness here we come. Can you say #2 seed?

20 Dec 06 UPDATE: How bout them Vols? Tennessee Volunteers Basketball (Men and Lady) looks to be the story this year for UT. The Lady Vol's win over Texas and the Men's win over Oklahoma State were impressive. Looks like the makings of a fun year for Vol Basketball fans.

Attendance is up in the 2006 - 2007 season to 19,268 per game. That's up from last year when the men's team ranked 5th nationally in attendance. They may move up this year. Very impressive Tennessee Volunteers Basketball program building down in Knoxville. For more on SEC fan attendance, check out Top SEC Basketball Fan Attendance School.

8 JAN 07 UPDATE: Congrats to the Lady Vols for their victory at rival UCONN. This is the Lady Vols 3rd straight win vs. Connecticut. Candace Parker may well be the best player in the country and the Lady Vols have shown they will be in contention to win it all again.

Tennessee Volunteers basketball coach Bruce Pearl did an amazing job last year and is clearly one of the best, if not the best coach in SEC basketball.

Junior Guard Chris Lofton is back (a pre-season Wooden candidate) along with a great recruiting class. But the losses of guard C.J. Watson (senior last year) and center Major Wingate (dismissed by Coach Pearl) will be tough to fill.

Dick Vitale picked Tennessee freshman Ramar Smith as the "SEC Newcomer of the Year."

This is a young, talented team that will improve as the season goes along. Bruce Pearl is building a Tennessee Volunteers Basketball power for the future.

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For this year, the University of Tennessee Volunteers basketball (men's) team will finish 3rd in the SEC East and be on the bubble to make it to the big dance in March.

UPDATE: Tennessee's upset over Memphis (ranked 17th) was exciting. Tennessee won by 18 points and Chris Lofton was unstoppable in the first half. He finished with a career high 34 points. It shows the Vols have a young team coming together around a star -- Chris Lofton. Those kind of teams can be do better than expected because they tend to be very efficient. No fighting over roles and between stars for shots, playing time, etc. I think everyone knows their roles and are happy with them. I.e. Chris Lofton is the man. Feed him the ball. But, everyone else is important to play defense, rebound, and get points when open. They are young and will get better. So, I have a good feeling about Bruce Pearl's team. I may need to move Tennessee Volunteers Basketball up in my rankings!

Tennessee Volunteers Basketball (Men's) Information

Head Coach: Bruce Pearl
Assistant Head Coach: Tony Jones
Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes
Assistant Coach: Jason Shay
Director of Basketball operations: Ken Johnson
Stadium: Thompson-Boling Arena (seats 24,535)
Regular Season SEC Record crowd of 25,610 in a 1989 game vs. the Kentucky Wildcats.
Danny Sheridan gives the VOLS a 40:1 odds of winning the national Championship.

2006-2007 Tennessee Volunteers Basketball (Men's) Schedule

Fri. Nov. 10 7:00 p.m. ET Mid Tennessee
Mon. Nov. 13 8:00 p.m. ET Fordham
Sun. Nov. 19 4:00 p.m. ET Coppin State
Mon. Nov. 27 8:05 p.m. ET at UL-Lafayette
Fri. Dec. 01 7:30 p.m. ET Murray State
Wed. Dec. 06 9:00 p.m. ET Memphis
Sat. Dec. 16 4:00 p.m. ET W Kentucky
Mon. Dec. 18 8:00 p.m. ET Oklahoma State
Sat. Dec. 23 12:00 p.m. ET Texas
Thu. Dec. 28 7:30 p.m. ET Tennessee Tech
Sat. Dec. 30 8:00 p.m. ET E Tennessee St
Sun. Jan. 07 11:00 a.m. ET Mississippi St
Wed. Jan. 10 8:00 p.m. ET at Vanderbilt
Sat. Jan. 13 1:00 p.m. ET at Ohio State
Wed. Jan. 17 8:00 p.m. ET at Auburn
Sat. Jan. 20 6:00 p.m. ET South Carolina
Wed. Jan. 24 8:00 p.m. ET at Mississippi
Sun. Jan. 28 1:00 p.m. ET at Kentucky
Wed. Jan. 31 7:30 p.m. ET Georgia
Sat. Feb. 03 3:00 p.m. ET at Florida
Tue. Feb. 06 9:00 p.m. ET Louisiana State
Sat. Feb. 10 3:00 p.m. ET Vanderbilt
Tue. Feb. 13 7:00 p.m. ET Kentucky
Sat. Feb. 17 3:30 p.m. ET at South Carolina
Wed. Feb. 21 8:00 p.m. ET Alabama
Sat. Feb. 24 2:00 p.m. ET at Arkansas
Tue. Feb. 27 9:00 p.m. ET Florida
Sat. Mar. 03 4:00 p.m. ET at Georgia

2006-2007 Tennessee Volunteers Basketball (Men's) Roster

# 2 JaJuan Smith G Jr. 6-2 196 2L Decatur, Tenn. (McMinn County HS)

# 3 Marques Johnson G Fr. 6-5 205 HS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider HS)
# 4 Wayne Chism F Fr. 6-9 245 HS Bolivar, Tenn. (Bolivar Central HS)

#5 Chris Lofton G Jr. 6-2 200 2L Maysville, Ky. (Mason County HS)

#11 Quinn Cannington G Fr. 6-4 165 HS Knoxville, Tenn. (Fulton HS)
#12 Ramar Smith G Fr. 6-2 185 HS Detroit, Mich. (Martin Luther King HS)
#13 Tony Passley F So. 6-5 218 TR Indianapolis, Ind. (Redlands CC)

#15 Jordan Howell G Jr. 6-3 192 2L Auburn, Ala. (Bob Jones HS)

#21 Justin Jackson G So. 5-11 173 Sq. Fredericksburg, Va. (Fredericksburg Academy) #22 Steven Pearl F Fr. 6-5 222 HS Knoxville, Tenn. (West HS)
#23 Dane Bradshaw G Sr. 6-4 205 3L Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS)

#24 Tanner Wild G So. 6-0 170 Sq. Huntington, W.Va. (Hunington HS)
#25 Josh Tabb G Fr. 6-4 193 HS Carbondale, Ill. (Carbondale HS/Harmony Comm. School)
#30 Ben Bosse F So. 6-7 197 Sq. Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS)

#32 Duke Crews F Fr. 6-8 233 HS Hampton, Va. (Bethel HS)
#34 Ryan Childress F So. 6-9 238 1L Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller HS)
#40 Rick Daniels-Mulholland F So. 6-5 250 Sq. Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Oak Ridge HS)
#44 Marq Murden G Fr. 6-0 180 HS Saulsbury, Tenn. (Middleton HS)

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"They're simply the Best!" No doubt about it. No college team has dominated its sport over the past three decades like the Lady version of Tennessee Volunteers basketball have dominated collegiate women's basketball.

In 32 years as the head coach at Tennessee, Pat Summitt has led the Lady Vols to six NCAA titles, 25 SEC Conference Tournament and regular season championships and 25 consecutive appearances in the Sweet 16 with a Division I record of 913 wins.

The Lady Vols lead the nation with 26 all-time appearances in the NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship Tournament's "Sweet 16."

Certainly UCONN has come on strong and even been better than UT over the past few years. But, if you look back over the 32 years that Pat Summitt has coached the Vols -- there is no comparison. Awesome.

Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball Court Thanks to Majorvols at flickr.com for the picture.

This year will be no exception. The Lady Vols head into the season ranked 5th in the nation and the top ranked team in the SEC.

They are led by sophomore guard-forward-center Candace Parker who is the best player in collegiate women's basketball and the favorite to win player of the year honors. She comes off a strong performance on the U.S. national team that won the bronze medal in September in Brazil. She made Tennessee Volunteers Basketball proud!

We'll have a pretty good idea just how good Tennessee is before Christmas as they have games against #4 Stanford on Nov. 24 and against #2 North Carolina on Dec 3. Then they play arch-rival UCONN on Jan 6. Tennessee always schedules tough non-conference games early in the year. They often lose some of those games, but it pays off at the end of the year as they are always strong when it counts -- SEC Tournament and NCAA tournament.

Nicky Anosike at center and Alexis Hornbuckle at guard will also compete for All-SEC honors.

Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team plays defense. Thanks to majorvols at flickr.com for the picture .

The Tennessee Lady Vols will win the SEC again, get a top seed in the NCAA tournament and contend for the National Championship. As usual.

TENNESSEE LADY VOLS BASKETBALL INFORMATION

Head Coach: Pat Summitt (33rd season at UT; 913-177 record). Signed a 6 year contract extension valued at 1.3 million per year.
Associate Head Coach: Holly Warlick
Assistants: Nikki Caldwell and Dean Lockwood
Director of Basketball Operations: Danielle Donehew
Stadium: Thompson-Boling Arena (seats 24,535)

Regular Season NCAA Women's Basketball attendance record of 24,597 for 1998 game against UCONN.

2006-2007 TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS BASKETBALL (Lady Vols) SCHEDULE

Nov 12 - vs. Chattanooga, 3:00 PM
Nov 16 - vs. U-C-L-A, 7:00 PM
Nov 19 - at Arizona State, 2:00 PM
Nov 24 - vs. Stanford, 7:00 PM
Nov 26 - vs. Middle Tennessee, 3:00 PM
Nov 28 - at Louisiana Tech, 8:00 PM
Dec 3 - at North Carolina, 8:00 PM
Dec 5 - vs. Tenn-Martin, 7:00 PM
Dec 7 - vs. George Washington, 7:00 PM
Dec 17 - at Texas, 1:30 PM
Dec 20 - vs. West Virginia, 7:00 PM
Dec 22 - at Old Dominion, 5:00 PM
Dec 30 - vs. Notre Dame, 2:00 PM
Jan 3 - vs. Alabama, 7:00 PM
Jan 6 - at Connecticut, 4:00 PM
Jan 11 - at Florida, 7:00 PM
Jan 14 - at Georgia, 2:30 PM
Jan 18 - vs. Miss State, 7:00 PM
Jan 22 - vs. Duke, 7:00 PM
Jan 25 - at Vanderbilt, 7:00 PM
Jan 28 - at Alabama, 3:00 PM
Feb 1 - vs. South Carolina, 7:00 PM
Feb 5 - vs. Georgia, 7:00 PM
Feb 8 - at Auburn, 7:00 PM
Feb 11 - vs. Kentucky, 5:30 PM
Feb 15 - vs. Ole Miss, 7:00 PM
Feb 19 - at L-S-U, 7:00 PM
Feb 22 - at Arkansas, 8:00 PM
Feb 25 - vs. Vanderbilt, 1:00 PM

2006-2007 Tennessee Volunteers Basketball (Women's) Roster

#00 Shannon Bobbitt G 5-2 JR New York, N.Y./Bergtraum/Trinity Valley CC
#1 Sidney Spencer F 6-3 SR Hoover, Ala./Hoover
#2 Cait McMahan G 5-4 FR Maryville, Tenn./Heritage
#3 Candace Parker F-C-G 6-4 SO Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central
#10 Elizabeth Curry G 5-6 SR New Virginia, Iowa/Interstate 35 High School
#13 Dominique Redding F 6-1 SR Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater
#14 Alexis Hornbuckle G 5-11 JR Charleston, W.V./South Charleston
#33 Alberta Auguste F 5-11 JR Marrero, La./John Ehret/Central Florida CC
#34 Nicci Moats F 6-2 FR Daleville, Va./Lord Botetourt
#44 Alex Fuller F-C 6-3 SO Shelbyville, Tenn./Shelbyville Central
#55 Nicky Anosike F-C 6-4 JR Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's

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