The 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the

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in the 2015–16

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season. The Lady Vols, led by 4th year head coach Holly Warlick, play their games at

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and are members of the

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. In the February 21 game against

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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

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, 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

Schedule and Results

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Roster

Rankings

Schedule and Results

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