The Lady VolsUnder the guidance of head coach Kelly Harper, he has finished one of their best seasons in recent memory.
Tennessee finished 18th in the AP Top 25 for the 2021-22 season. At some point last season, I was fourth in the AP Top 25. This is the highest rank of Lady Vols since the 2015 season.
The season didn’t end the way Harper wanted — Tennessee lost to Louisville in Sweet 16 — the program is clearly on the right track.
Lady Vols hasn’t participated in the Final Four since 2008. Harper hopes to change the final four in 2022-23. And she has to take on the challenge of doing just that — thanks to the powerful transfer portal haul that gives Tennessee one of the best rosters in the country.
ESPN has LadyVols as a result of its transfer portal hauling and new hires participating in the program 4th In their early Top 25 rankings.
Rey Za Burrel Is gone, but Lady Vols definitely won the transfer portal sweepstakes with the next stake. Ricka Jackson (Mississippi), Gillian Hollings Head (Georgia), Jasmine Powell (Minnesota) and Jasmine Franklin (Missouri). Pair that group with a freshman, Justine Pissott, and a freshman in 11th place. Jordan Horston When Tamariki, And Tennessee has the talent to build on a promising start last season. The program achieved the highest ranking in the Associated Press poll (4th) since the first week of 2015.
Part of the reason Lady Vols is so successful today is due to the culture that Harper has built up.she Recently told 247Sports She now loves the atmosphere of her team.
“I was really excited about the start (last season). I was really excited about the fact that I was back in Sweet 16. That’s no doubt,” Harper said. “But to be honest, the most important thing in my opinion was the way. That was our way. And it was the atmosphere. It was the feel. It was the competitiveness. It was love. It was a character. It was a fight, a grit. I love that way. “
Harper, Lady Vols is heading in the right direction. It would be poetic if one of Pat Summitt’s best players was the coach who would eventually bring the program back to championship level.
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