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2023 Finalist Rickea Jackson Heads Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced their 20 preseason watch-list candidates for the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award, and 2023 finalist Rickea Jackson of Tennessee is among them. Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award, in its…
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Lady Vols Open Season At #No. 11 in AP Poll, #12 in USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Coaches Poll
The Tennessee women’s basketball team will begin the season ranked in the top 12 of both major preseason polls that were released Tuesday, coming in at No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 and at No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. It marks the third consecutive year the UT women…
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Lady Vols To Host USA Women’s National Team On Nov. 5 At Food City Center
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team program announced Thursday it will play a pair of exhibition games against college teams, and one of those contests will take place in Knoxville against Kellie Harper‘s Lady Vols on Nov. 5. Tennessee and the USA National Team will meet on that Sunday at 6 p.m. ET in Thompson-Boling Arena at…
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Lady Vols Hit Court For First Official Practice
The Lady Vols held their first official basketball practice of the 2023-24 season on Wednesday, and fifth-year head coach Kellie Harper put her 13-player squad through a spirited two-hour workout in Pratt Pavilion. The team has been in the midst of preseason on-court activities and strength and conditioning workouts, but Wednesday’s gathering had a different feel. Coaches…
