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TENNESSEE LADY VOL ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT HONORS & NOTEBOOK

Updated 06/09/08

UT's RECORD VS. OPPONENTS IN THE NCAAs
Tennessee has played 70 different opponents in 123 NCAA playoff games since 1982 and sports a 104-19 record. The Lady Vols have compiled the following records against the opposition: Alabama (1-0), Alabama State (1-0), Appalachian St. (1-0), Arizona (1-0), Arkansas (1-0), Army (1-0), Auburn (3-0), Austin Peay (1-0), Baylor (1-0), Boston College (1-0), Brigham Young (1-0), Cheyney (1-0), Clemson (2-0), Colgate (1-0), Colorado (1-0), Connecticut (2-5), DePaul (1-0), Drake (1-0), Duke (1-1), Fla. A&M (1-0), Fla. Intl. (1-0), Furman (1-0), George Washington (1-0), Georgia (4-1), Georgia State (1-0), Grambling (1-0), Iowa (1-1), Jackson State (1-0), James Madison (1-0), Kansas (1-0), LaSalle (1-0), Liberty (1-0), Long Beach (2-0), Louisiana State (3-0), Louisiana Tech (2-3), Marist (1-0), Maryland (1-0), Memphis (1-0), Michigan State (0-1), Middle Tennessee (1-0), Mississippi (2-1), North Carolina (3-1), North Carolina A&T (1-0), Northwestern (1-0), Notre Dame (3-0), Ohio State (1-0), Old Dominion (2-0), Oral Roberts (1-0), Oregon (1-0), Penn State (1-0), Pittsburgh (1-0). Purdue (2-0), Radford (1-0), Rutgers (6-0), South Carolina State (1-0), Southern California (1-2), Southwest Missouri (1-0), Stanford (3-0), St. Mary's (CA) (1-0), Tennessee Tech (1-0), Texas A&M (1-0), Texas Tech (3-0), Vanderbilt (1-0), Villanova (1-0), Virginia (8-1), Virginia Tech (1-0), Wake Forest (1-0), Western Carolina (1-0), Western Kentucky (3-1) and Xavier (0-1).
UT's RECORD VS. CONFERENCES IN THE NCAAs
Of the Lady Vols' 123 games in the NCAA Tournament since 1982, Tennessee has faced 25 different conferences. Almost half of UT's total number of games have come against teams from the Southeastern Conference (15-2), the Atlantic Coast Conference (16-3) and the Big East (13-5). The breakdown:
Atlantic Coast (16-3)
Atlantic Sun (1-0)
Atlantic 10 (5-1) 
Big Ten (6-2)
Big 12 (7-0)
Big East (13-5)
Big South (2-0)
Colonial (2-0)
Conference USA (2-0)
Metro-Atlantic (1-0)
Mid-Eastern Athletic (3-0)
Missouri Valley (2-0)
Mountain West (1-0)
Ohio Valley (3-0)
Pac 10 (6-2)
Patriot (2-0)
Southeastern (15-2)
Southern (3-0)
Southwestern Athletic (3-0)
Summit League (1-0)
Sunbelt (5-4)
Trans-American (1-0)
West Coast (1-0)
Western Collegiate (2-0)
Independent (1-0)
THE (#1) SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED
You can call it longevity. You can call it coaching and performance. You can call it strength of schedule. Whatever you call it, the University of Tennessee has earned 19 number-one seedings all-time in the NCAA Tournament since 1982. Additionally, UT has been seeded number two on four occasions, number three, three times and number four just once. From 1988-96, the Lady Vols had nine consecutive number one seedings. Only 26 schools have ever received number one seeds over the years. 
The Number One Seeds
YEAR EAST MIDEAST MIDWEST WEST
1982* Old Dominion Southern Cal Louisiana Tech Long Beach St.
1983 Cheyney TENNESSEE Louisiana Tech Southern Cal
1984* Old Dominion Georgia Louisiana Tech Southern Cal
1985 Old Dominion Texas Louisiana Tech Long Beach St.
1986* Virginia Georgia Texas Southern Cal
1987** Texas Auburn Louisiana Tech Long Beach St.
1988* TENNESSEE Auburn Texas Iowa
1989** TENNESSEE Auburn Louisiana Tech Maryland
1990 TENNESSEE Washington Louisiana Tech Stanford
1991** Penn State TENNESSEE Virginia Georgia
1992 Virginia TENNESSEE Iowa Stanford
1993 Ohio State TENNESSEE Vanderbilt Stanford
1994 UConn TENNESSEE Penn State Purdue
1995* UConn TENNESSEE Colorado Vanderbilt
1996** TENNESSEE UConn Louisiana Tech Stanford
1997** North Carolina Old Dominion UConn Stanford
1998** Old Dominion TENNESSEE Texas Tech Stanford
1999 TENNESSEE UConn Purdue Louisiana Tech
2000* UConn TENNESSEE Louisiana Tech Georgia
2001 UConn TENNESSEE Notre Dame Duke
2002* Duke UConn Vanderbilt Oklahoma
2003* UConn TENNESSEE Duke LSU
2004* Penn State Duke TENNESSEE Texas
2005* Tempe Philadelphia Kansas City Chattanooga
North Carolina TENNESSEE Michigan State LSU
2006 BRIDGEPORT CLEVELAND SAN ANTONIO ALBUQUERQUE
Duke North Carolina LSU Ohio State
2007** GREENSBORO DAYTON DALLAS FRESNO
Duke Tennessee North Carolina Connecticut
2008** GREENSBORO OKLAHOMA CITY NEW ORLEANS SPOKANE
Connecticut Tennessee North Carolina Maryland
(Key: *UT advanced to Final Four; **UT NCAA Champions) 
Tennessee's NCAA Seeding Through the Years
Year Seed Region Result
1982 #2 Mideast Final Four (3rd)
1983 #1 Mideast lost in regional final
1984 #3 Mideast Final Four (2nd)
1985 #3 Mideast lost in regional semis
1986 #4 Mideast Final Four (3rd)
1987 #2 Mideast NCAA Champions
1988 #1 East Final Four (3rd)
1989 #1 East NCAA Champions
1990 #1 East lost in regional final (OT)
1991 #1 Mideast NCAA Champions
1992 #1 Mideast lost in regional semis
1993 #1 Mideast lost in regional finals
1994 #1 Mideast lost in regional semis
1995 #1 Mideast Final Four (2nd)
1996 #1 East NCAA Champions
1997 #3 Midwest NCAA Champions
1998 #1 Mideast NCAA Champions
1999 #1 East lost in regional finals
2000 #1 Mideast Final Four (2nd)
2001 #1 Mideast lost in regional semis
2002 #2 Midwest Final Four (3rd)
2003 #1 Mideast Final Four (2nd)
2004 #1 Midwest Final Four (2nd)
2005 #1 Philadelphia Final Four (3rd)
2006 #2 Cleveland lost in regional finals
2007 #1 Dayton NCAA Champions
2008 #1 Oklahoma City NCAA Champions
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