They had six chances in their final 10 games, including the regular season and SEC Tournament. All the Tennessee Lady Vols had to do was win one of those games, either at the South Carolina Gamecocks, LSU Tigers or Arkansas Razorbacks, at home against the Texas A&M Aggies or Mississippi State Bulldogs, or against the Kentucky Wildcats in the postseason.
Instead, Kellie Harper’s team lost all of them. What’s worse is the most recent of those games left the worst impression. UT lost to five of those teams in a row down the stretch of the regular season, but they rebounded with three straight wins against teams outside of the top 100 of the RPI.