Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball

The Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. The school competes in NCAA Division I as part of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The program began play during the 1911-12 season and has since become one of college basketball’s most storied programs with more than 2000 wins to their name. Hall of Famer Pat Summitt served as head coach from 1974 until her retirement following the 2011-2012 season; she was succeeded by current head coach Rick Barnes who is entering his fifth year at Tennessee for 2019–20.

Under Coach Summitt, Tennessee won 8 National Championships: 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996 1997 1998 2007 2008 and were runners up four times (1982 1983 1984 1995) becoming a dominant force in women’s collegiate basketball throughout much of that time period. In addition they have made 22 Final Four appearances and 30 Sweet Sixteen appearances under her leadership while also winning 16 SEC regular season championships and 15 SEC tournament titles.

In recent history under Coach Barnes’ tenure beginning 2017-18 he has led them to two consecutive NCAA Tournament bids including an Elite Eight appearance last March where they lost 68–73 against eventual national champion Auburn Tigers making it their deepest run since 2010 when Bruce Pearl coached them into regional semifinals before losing 73–76 against Michigan State Spartans . In 2018-19 ,the Vols finished 31st overall according to Kenpom rankings with a record 28 wins 9 losses which included signature road victories over Kentucky Wildcats & LSU Tigers along with non conference success vs Gonzaga Bulldogs Purdue Boilermakers Iowa Hawkeyes etc . They are currently ranked 6th on ESPN power index heading into theseason 2020 -21 campaign looking forward to make another deep run this upcoming march 2021 .