The 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by 4th year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference.
In the February 21 game against LSU, Diamond DeShields scored her 1,000th point. She is the sixth Lady Vol to score 1,000 in her second season and the 43rd to record 1,000 in her career.
Despite having a lackluster performance during the season that dropped them out of the national top-25 ranks in the latter half, Tennessee made it to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. There, they lost to Mississippi State, 58–48. The Lady Vols also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight, before losing 89–67 to Syracuse.
Roster
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.Poll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 4 4 4 8 16 14 14 13 12 13 18 19 23 25 24 RV NR RV RV N/A Coaches 4 5 5 8 15 16 16 16 11 15 22 23 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR 19
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| 2016 SEC Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
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See also 2015–16 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
References