2021–22 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team explained

Sport:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2021–22
Prev Year:	2020–21
Next Year:	2022–23
Team:	Tennessee Lady Volunteers
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Coachrank:	17
Aprank:	18
Record:	25–9
Conf Record:	11–5
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Samantha Willams
Asst Coach2:	Jon Harper
Asst Coach3:	Joy McCorvey
Tourney Result:	Sweet Sixteen

The 2021–22 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2021–22 college basketball season. Led by former Lady Vol Kellie Harper,^[1] in her third year as head coach, the team played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The 2020–21 team finished the season 17–8, 9–4 in third place in SEC play. They lost in the semifinals of the SEC tournament to South Carolina.^[2] They also received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the second round to Michigan.^[3]

Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition |-!colspan=9 style=""| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=""|SEC tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament

Rankings

See main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings. ^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Notes and References

1. News: Sources: Lady Vols to hire Harper as coach . Mechelle . Voepel . ESPN.com . April 8, 2019 . September 11, 2021.
2. Web site: Backus . Will . Tennessee Lady Vols fall apart early vs South Carolina in SEC Tournament semifinals . knoxnews.com . September 11, 2021 . March 6, 2021.
3. Web site: Hammond . Andrew . Sang . Orion . Michigan women's basketball takes down Tennessee, moves to the Sweet 16 for the first time . . September 11, 2021 . March 23, 2021.