After drawing skepticism about even making it into the NCAA Tournament, the Tennessee Lady Vols managed to prove they didn’t belong in their first game. Holly Warlick’s team lost to the UCLA Bruins 89-77 in College Park in a game that wasn’t even that close.
Tennessee backed into the NCAA Tournament to keep their streak of never missing the Big Dance alive. But there was plenty of speculation and reason to believe that they had no business getting in. On Saturday, they only proved the skeptics right.
With the loss, they finished the season 19-13 overall. Meanwhile, UCLA improved to 21-12 and will face the No.