The Lady Vols will enter the 2025 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament for the first time in the Kim Caldwell era on Wednesday morning in Greenville, S.C.
Tennessee has the opening game of the entire tournament and is looking for its first SEC Tournament championship since 2014.
The 9-seed Lady Vols will take on 16-seed Texas A&M in the first round, with 8-seed Vanderbilt and 1-seed South Carolina as the next two potential opponents on the path to the weekend.
Here’s a look at the full bracket for this week’s slate of games:
The Bracket (Click to Expand)
The Path
- Wednesday Morning: vs 16-seed Texas A&M
- Thursday Morning*: vs 8-seed Vanderbilt
- Friday Noon*: vs 1-seed South Carolina
- Saturday Afternoon*: vs 4-seed Kentucky OR 5-seed Oklahoma OR 12-seed Georgia OR 13-seed Arkansas
- Sunday Afternoon*: vs 2-seed Texas OR 3-seed LSU OR 6-seed Alabama OR 7-seed Ole Miss OR 10-seed Mississippi State OR 11-seed Florida OR 14-seed Auburn OR 15-seed Missouri
* indicates a non-guaranteed game. Tennessee will begin its tournament on Wednesday in a single-elimination format. Once Tennessee loses, the Lady Vols will exit the tournament.
Game 1
How to Watch: 9-seed Tennessee (21-8, 8-8 SEC) vs 16-seed Texas A&M (10-18, 3-13 SEC) FIRST ROUND SEC Tournament
- Date: Wednesday, March 5
- Start Time: 11:00 a.m. ET, 10:00 a.m. CT
- Location: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
- Television Broadcast: SEC Network
- Broadcast Team: Sam Gore (PxP), Steffi Sorensen (analyst)
- Online Streaming: WatchESPN
- Radio (Knoxville): Lady Vol Network
ESPN Matchup Predictor (via ESPN Analytics)
- Tennessee: 95.5%
- Texas A&M: 4.5%
Stat Leaders
Tennessee:
- Points – Talaysia Cooper 16.7 PPG
- Rebounds – Zee Spearman 6.0 PPG
- Assists – Samara Spencer 4.9 APG
- Steals – Talaysia Cooper 3.0 SPG
- Blocks – Talaysia Cooper 0.7 BPG
Texas A&M:
- Points – Sahara Jones 9.9 PPG
- Rebounds – Sahara Jones 7.1 RPG
- Assists – Sole Williams 2.5 APG
- Steals – Taliyah Parker 1.0 SPG
- Blocks – Lauren Ware 1.8 BPG
Last 5 Games
Tennessee (3-2):
- 72-69 loss vs Georgia
- 82-58 loss at Kentucky
- 86-78 win at Florida
- 88-80 win vs Alabama
- 80-71 win vs Ole Miss
Texas A&M (0-5):
- 80-71 loss vs Arkansas
- 91-58 loss at Vanderbilt
- 81-55 loss at Mississippi State
- 74-52 loss vs Florida
- 88-49 loss at Alabama
Game Notes (via UTSports)
- Tennessee is 86-28 (.754) all-time in the 46th year of the tourney.
- UT won in 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
- UT stands at 10-6 in games played in the city (of Greenville, SC) after falling to South Carolina in the 2024 semifinals.
- In the series vs. Texas A&M, UT is 5-2 in Knoxville, 3-5 in College Station and 4-1 at neutral sites.
- Tennessee won the only previous meeting this season in College Station on Jan. 2, 91-78.
- Texas A&M is shooting only 37.4 percent and turning the ball over 17.6 times per contest vs. SEC teams.
