Despite their slide into borderline irrelevance over the past decade, for obvious reasons to be fair, the Tennessee Lady Vols still held on to one major streak. They remain the only program to have reached the women’s basketball NCAA Tournament every year since it began back in 1982.
However, when coronavirus canceled all winter and spring sports, this team, led by first-year head coach Kellie Harper, was in trouble. It was 21-10 and 9-9 in the SEC with the No. 95 ranked strength of schedule, dropping it down to No. 66 in the RPI.
To make matters worse, the Tennessee Lady Vols’ most recent outing was an 86-65 blowout loss to the Kentucky Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.